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The Debaters

The Debaters
Photo taken from a taping of The Debaters at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, with Sean Cullen (centre) as host.
GenreComedy, Panel Game Show
Running time30 minutes
Country of originCanada
Language(s)English
Home stationCBC Radio One
CBC Television
StarringSteve Patterson
Created byRichard Side
Produced byRichard Side
Phillip Ditchburn
Anna Bonokoski
Recording studioVarious live venues across Canada
Original releaseSeptember 2006 (CBC Radio One)
2011 (CBC Television) –
present (CBC Radio One)
2011 (CBC Television)
WebsiteThe Debaters

The Debaters is a Canadian radio comedy show currently hosted by Steve Patterson.[1] It airs on CBC Radio One, Saturdays at 1:30PM and Wednesdays at 11:30AM, Eastern Time.

During each episode, two debates take place between two sets of two contestants. The topics are deliberately comedic, such as "Apples vs. Oranges and "Was Darth Vader a Bad Father?". The winner is chosen by audience reaction at the end of the debate.[2] Each season has approximately 33 new episodes. These are recorded in front of live audiences in studios, theatres and clubs across Canada.

In 2011, the radio series also taped a number of episodes for broadcast as a television series on CBC Television,[3] but did not get a second season.

  1. ^ Patrick Blennerhassett, "The great Canadian comic debate". Victoria News, October 2, 2008.
  2. ^ "Taping comedy show for radio; CBC's Debaters comes to the McPherson stage". Victoria Times-Colonist, September 3, 2008.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).