The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2005 to 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights at 9PM from October 25, 2005 to February 28, 2006 This hour-long drama succeeded Da Vinci’s Inquest by following the career path of its lead character, Dominic Da Vinci. The show was based on the actual story of Larry Campbell, the Vancouver Coroner […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2004 to 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Airing Tuesday nights. Making its debut in 2004, this one hour drama explored the highly charged world of the lower criminal courts. Lawyers, judges, criminals and court workers were portrayed on the show with a sense of urgency and disbelief as they proceeded through the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2004 Broadcast Medium: Television Debuted January 12, 2004; aired Tuesdays at 8PM. This weekly half-hour comedy program was originally called Rick Mercer’s Monday Report, but a schedule change in 2005 moved the program to Tuesday nights. Host Rick Mercer was one of Canada’s top comedians whose blend of satire and irreverent […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2004 Broadcast Medium: Television Based on the BBC series, “The Great Britons” and contests in Britain, Germany and France, The Greatest Canadian sought to identify its top individuals in any field. First announced in the spring of 2004, the CBC sought nominations from Canadians. These names were submitted by mail, phone […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2004 to 2007 Broadcast Medium: Television This half-hour drama was taken from the files of Canadian police stories about important crimes. The producers interviewed the officers and detectives involved as a series of re-creations told the story of a particular actual case. The title was taken from the common police notion […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: undefined Broadcast Medium: Television A two-part mini-series dramatizing the events of the Halifax explosion. On December 6, 1917, two ships collided in Halifax harbour. One of the ships, bound for Europe, was loaded with munitions. The blast leveled most of the city [approximately 2 square kilometers] leaving 2,000 dead and 9,000 […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2003 to 2004 Broadcast Medium: Television An American in Canada starred Rick Roberts as Jake Crewe, acerbic host of Good Morning Phoenix, the “number one TV morning show west of Albuquerque”. After beating up his station manager, Jake finds a job in Canada hosting Wake Up Calgary, the third rated morning […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2002 to 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Online and late night: they were the two aspects of the entity that was ZeD. In its late-night incarnation, host Sharon Lewis “probed light and original live music, dance and spoken word performances by groundbreaking artists; frontline indie-culture reportage by a crew of cross-Canada video correspondents; […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2001 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights at 9PM from March 5, 2001 to April 9, 2001 Based on a radio show, this television series featured the talents of four of Canada’s best comedic actors: Susan Coyne, Diane Flacks, Kathryn Greenwood and Erin McMurtry. This series had an historical theme as […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2000 to 2001 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly from November 3, 2000 to December 8, 2000. Repeated in 2001. This hour-long drama was perhaps ahead of its time. It was a program that focused on relationships and individual identity. Because of its size and diversity, Canada offered the perfect backdrop to […]