The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2012 Broadcast Medium: Television On May 22, 2012 the CBC announced that it was launching a nationwide search for a Dorothy to appear on CBC Television’s Over the Rainbow and star in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s forthcoming Canadian production of The Wizard of Oz. One aspiring performer would be selected the winner of Over The Rainbow, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2009 to 2016 Broadcast Medium: Television The Lang and O’Leary Exchange was a business news television series, which began airing on the CBC News Network weekdays in 2009 as a half-hour, later becoming a full hour and then two consecutive half-hours. One of the half-hours moved to the full CBC Network in […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2012 to 2014 Broadcast Medium: Television On May 10th 2012, the CBC announced that their fall schedule would include a new series, Cracked, which would be based on a concept by Toronto police officer Calum de Hartog and would dramatize the increased training police were receiving to deal with psychiatric patients. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2011 Broadcast Medium: Television CBC started off 2011 by trying to help Canadians in general lose weight, and in particular the residents of the town of Taylor, B.C, a community of some 1400 people. The citizens of this northern town jointly undertook to try to lose a ton of weight between […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2012 Broadcast Medium: Television On February 13th 2011 the CBC announced that it had committed to a full-season order for Mr. D, a sitcom that would star Toronto school teacher-turned-comic Gerry Dee, known for his appearances in Last Comic Standing. The comedy pilot from Topsail Productions was produced by Michael Volpe and Gerard Donoghue, with Steve […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2011 Broadcast Medium: Television On February 13th 2011, the CBC announced that, based on a pilot they had screened, a full season order had given to a comedy series, Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays, from writer and actor Bob Martin and Rhombus Films. The pilot starred Bob Martin, Martha Burns and Jennifer Irwin, and was directed […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2011 to 2014 Broadcast Medium: Television With two French television shows, two best-selling cookbooks, a bustling cooking school and a renowned housewares store to his credit, host Stefano Faita had celebrity chef status in his hometown of Montreal. In 2011-12, the first season of the CBC weekday series In the Kitchen […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Medium: Television After the radio half-hour comedy series The Debaters had played on CBC Radio One for five years, several episodes broadcast during 2011 were also taped for television exposure during the hockey playoffs. Then on June 8th 2011, the CBC announced that a Debaters television series would be scheduled on the network […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Medium: Television On February 13th 2011, the CBC confirmed that it made made a commitment to Wide-Eyed Entertainment for a new business series, to be titled Dealer to Leader, that would feature Kevin O’Leary, one of the Dragons from CBC’s successful Dragon’s Den series. However, the series never materialized. Written by Pip Wedge – March, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2011 to 2012 Broadcast Medium: Television On February 13th 2011, one of a list of new shows announced by the CBC as having been committed to for the 2011-2012 season was titled Cover Me Canada. The announcement gave no details of the content of the series, which would come from 11 Entertainment. […]