Editing This Hour Has Seven Days (section)

==Legacy==

''Seven Days'' set new standards of [[broadcast journalism]] in Canada and the United States. Shortly after it ended, the rival [[CTV Television Network]] launched a similar program called ''[[W5 (TV series)|W5]]'', which continues to air to this day (Watson contributed to this series on occasion). ''[[60 Minutes]]'' and [[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|''The Fifth Estate'']] were two others shows that debuted within fewer than 10 years of ''Seven Days''<nowiki/>' cancellation.<ref name=":0" /> It later also inspired the Canadian sketch comedy series ''[[This Hour Has 22 Minutes]]'', which took both its name and a comedic variation on ''Seven Days''-style ambush interviews from the earlier show.

Watson continued to produce programming for the CBC, including the 1988 documentary series ''The Struggle for Democracy''. He also produces and narrates ''[[Heritage Minute|The Heritage Minutes]]'', which are made for the [[Historica Foundation]] and given to all broadcasters who want them (receiving some 50,000 showings per year across Canada). In 1989, he was named chairman of the CBC, a position he held until 1994.

LaPierre, who also continued to produce CBC programming and authored a number of books on Canadian history, was named to the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]] in 2001. He died in Ottawa in December 2012.

Christie continued to work as a singer and comedic actress.

In 2001, the CBC reaired a number of old episodes of ''Seven Days'' as a summer series.

In 2002, the [[Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada]] honoured ''This Hour Has Seven Days'' as a MasterWorks recipient.<ref>[http://avtrust.ca/masterworks/2002/en_television_2.htm MasterWorks recipient (video clip)]</ref>

In 2014, the October 24, 1965 episode of the series was screened at the Canadian International Television Festival in [[Toronto]].<ref name="goldenage" /> This episode featured the [[Ku Klux Klan]] segment noted above, as well as an invitation to political party leaders to appear on the show as part of the [[1965 Canadian federal election|1965 election]] campaign, a report on the shooting death of a policeman in [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], an election "poll" of [[homelessness|homeless]] men, interviews with [[Bob Guccione]] and [[Orson Welles]], a feature profile on boxer [[George Chuvalo]], and a comedic sketch mocking Prime Minister [[Lester Pearson]] and British Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]]'s negotiations to have the Canadian government purchase military aircraft from the United Kingdom.<ref name="goldenage" />