The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly, on Sunday nights from September 17, 2006 to October 15, 2006.[Ten episodes; two parts each week] This documentary series was 3 years in the making by creators of Canada: A People’s History, one of the most successful and important programs on CBC television. This series […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2005 to 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television When the pilot for this series aired on CBC in January 2005, the results were so satisfactory that the Corporation commissioned a first series of six episodes, which debuted on the network in January 2006. Mary Walsh (CODCO, This Hour has 22 Minutes)created, co-wrote and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2006 to 2007 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired daily, Monday through Friday, at various times. This hour-long daytime show was targeted at women and was the first such show in many years for the CBC to produce, since Take 30 left the schedule in 1982. The host was Gill Deacon, a familiar […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television A one hour pilot of Getting Along Famously aired on CBC in January 2005, and ratings were sufficiently impressive for the CBC to commission a six-half hour series to debut in January 2006. Starring in the pilot and the series were comedian Colin Mochrie and his actress […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2005 to 2014 Broadcast Medium: Television Debuted January 17, 2005 on CBC Newsworld, as The Hour. Aired weeknights at 11PM. on the CBC Network, beginning in September 2006. First broadcast on Newsworld in primetime, The Hour was moved to the network after a successful run on CBC’s news channel. The program […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Debuted October 4, 2006 This weekly hour-long program featured five successful Canadian business people looking to invest in new products. Entrepreneurs appeared in a staged dungeon and pitched the potential investors (Dragons) with their products. The investors interviewed each candidate and decided whether or not to invest […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights at 9pm from March 7, 2006 to April 11, 2006 Ken Finkleman, creator of The Newsroom, created this hour-long series of six episodes that took place in the fictional Château Rousseau, a metropolitan hotel. It was the story of a writer [played by Mathew […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired July 18 to July 27, 2006, three days a week. Produced in Vancouver, this daytime program was self-described as “a dramatic look at the many worlds that revolve around a new medical practice opening its doors in one of Vancouver’s most diverse neighbourhoods, 49th & Main. It’s […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2006 to 2007 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesdays and Thursday nights at 7:30PM; repeated at 11:30PM, from June 28 to September 7, 2006. The series aired again in the summer of 2007, but was not subesequently renewed. This series of 22 episodes was an interesting series produced specifically with the look […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2005 to 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights at 8:30PM from January 5, 2005 to March 2006 This half-hour comedy considered itself a “mockumentary” or satiric documentary that was presented as if it were factual, but was not. This series, produced by Adjacent 2 Entertainment in Montreal, attempted to portray the lives […]