Category: CBC Television Network

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 […]

Network: 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 […]