Showdown is a Canadian television game show, which aired on CTV in the network's inaugural 1961–62 season. Hosted by Hamilton radio broadcaster , the program featured contestants competing to answer general knowledge questions on music. Showdown was produced for CTV by Screen Gems (now Sony Pictures Television) and CFCF-TV (one of several co-productions between the network and Screen Gems) and was broadcast each Thursday at 7:30 PM beginning 5 October 1961.