[1] A franchised adaptation of the American Wide World of Sports, the program initially aired a mixture of content from the American series and original Canadian content produced by CTV and its affiliates,[2] with the balance shifting much more strongly toward original Canadian content in later years.
[1] Like the American series, the Saturday afternoon program presented a package of sporting events, principally in sports such as lacrosse, boxing, skiing, auto racing, rodeo, tennis and figure skating, which did not typically receive the kind of full prime-time broadcasts that were typical in major league team sports like football, baseball or hockey.
[5] Pat Marsden and Dan Matheson were also associated with the program as play-by-play announcers for various sports.
Esaw retired from CTV in 1990,[6] and was replaced as host by Rod Black.
It was replaced with the similar CTV Sports Presents, which was cohosted by Black and Tracy Wilson.