Irish Coffee (TV series)

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| genre = talk show

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| presenter = Fred Davis
Paul Kligman
Paul Soles
Bill Walker

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| country = Canada

| language = English

| channel = CBC Television

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| last_aired = {{end date|1970|1|28|df=y}}

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Irish Coffee is a Canadian talk show television series which aired on CBC Television from 1969 to 1970.

Premise

This Toronto-produced series was recorded on location at Julie's, a restaurant on Jarvis Street located across from the primary CBC facilities. Discussions were informal, frequently involving humorous stories. Episodes were hosted by one of Fred Davis, Paul Kligman, Paul Soles and Bill Walker, featuring such guests as Andrew Allan, Ray Sonin, Ben Wicks and Peter Worthington.{{cite web | url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1224 | first=John | last=Corcelli | date=August 2005 | title=Irish Coffee | publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | accessdate=7 May 2010 }}

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 24 September 1969 to 28 January 1970. The series was cancelled due to insufficient viewership and negative critical reception.

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