The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2007 Broadcast Medium: Television Debuted October 14, 2007 at 7PM Produced in Calgary, this series was based on the successful books about the Fleming family of Hudson, Alberta. Heartland was the name of the place where injured or abused horses went to recover and be re-located. Its slot on Sunday nights continued […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Debut October 4, 2007 at 9PM This series, dedicated to documentary filmmakers, maintained a long-standing commitment by CBC to Canadian producers and directors, to broadcast their work. This series provided the same kind of informative and entertaining documentaries reflecting a Canadian point-of-view as such series as Compass in 1965 and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2007 to 2008 Broadcast Medium: Television Air Farce Live was the new title give to Royal Canadian Air Farce (q.v.) at the start of the 2007-2008 broadcast season. (Fridays, 8:00pm) Written by Pip Wedge – October, 2007
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Launched Tuesdays at 9PM and Wednesdays at 10PM in July 2006. This hour long series was under the banner of “Factual Entertainment”, the new division of CBC Television dedicated to the phenomenon of so-called reality shows. This show, produced by ABC, was simulcast with the American Network. For […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2006 to 2007 Broadcast Medium: Television Debuted October 9, 2006 This half-hour comedy was an English version of a French program, popular in Quebec. It was the story of a journalist and a former sports writer who worked for a third-rate Toronto lifestyle magazine. Moses Znaimer and Jocelyn Deschênes created the show, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly from October 12, 2006 to November 30, 2006 This eight-part mini series dramatized one of the most important events in Canada’s history. It was the story of what was popularly known as the October Crisis. In 1970, a French Canadian group known as the Front […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights from July 24 to August 28, 2006. This half-hour comedy/drama took place in Canada’s North, specifically in the town of Henderson, Yukon. One night, a meteorite fell across the sky and lands in a frozen lake just outside town. Brian, a local resident, aw it […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired July 4 to July 13, 2006 Over the years, CBC has often dipped its programming foot into the warm waters of Daytime television. This new half-hour program debuted at 2:30 in the afternoon on the network. It was self described as “the sexy, fast-paced, daytime drama series […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2006 to 2007 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights at 9PM; Friday nights at 11PM. This hour-long drama was created by Chris Haddock who was also responsible for Da Vinci’s Inquest, one of the most successful and critically acclaimed dramas on CBC Television. When Da Vinci’s City Hall, the sequel to […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2005 Broadcast Medium: Television The Hour, a one-hour late evening show with host George Stroumboulopoulos, debuted on CBC Newsworld in September 2005, moving to the main network in 2006. In September 2010 it was reduced to a half-hour program, and retitled George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (q.v.). Written by Pip Wedge – March, 2011