List of years in Canadian television:

The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2017. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

Events

Notable events

February

Date Event
5 The CRTC rejects simultaneous substitution over Super Bowl LI, giving Canadian viewers the ability to view American Super Bowl commercials in real time; the CRTC ruled that the commercials had become an integral part of the game broadcast and that the network had been botching its simsubs over other programs by cutting in and out at the wrong times.[1] Bell Media, which owns the rights to the Super Bowl broadcasts in Canada, vehemently fought against the proposed rule change, which caused its viewership to drop 39% compared to Super Bowl 50.[2]

March

Date Event
12 The 5th Canadian Screen Awards air on CBC.[3]

July

Date Event
1 Peter Mansbridge, the anchor of CBC Television's national newscast The National since 1988, retires following the network's live Canada Day broadcast.[4]

August

Date Event
1 CBC Television announces that Adrienne Arsenault, Rosemary Barton, Andrew Chang and Ian Hanomansing will be the new anchors of The National, starting on November 6.[5]
31 The digital specialty channel G4 Canada ends operations after just short of sixteen years of operations, with Rogers Media turning in its license for CRTC revocation.[6][7] It ends four years after the American G4 went off the air, and several months after its intended replacement in United States, Esquire Network also expired.

September

Date Event
4 Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole return to TSN's SportsCentre after four years in the United States. The pair previously anchored TSN's flagship show from 2003 to 2013.
City stations CKEM Edmonton and CHMI Winnipeg relaunch evening newscasts, under the CityNews brand. The news programs, which air at 6 pm and 11 pm, are the first newscasts on the station since the CTVglobemedia's acquisition of previous owner CHUM Limited.
25 Satirist Rick Mercer, host of the eponymous Rick Mercer Report, announces that the upcoming season of the Report will be his last.[8]

October

Date Event
17 Bell announces the purchase of French channels Séries+ and Historia.
20 Following the death of iconic Canadian rock singer Gord Downie on October 17, CTV advances the television premiere of Long Time Running, the documentary film by Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier about the Man Machine Poem Tour of 2016, from its originally planned date of November 19.

December

Date Event
26 Irv Weinstein, an American actor-turned-news anchor who was widely viewed in Southern Ontario through border blaster WKBW-TV and influenced a large number of Southern Ontario comics who would go on to become internationally famous (such as Eugene Levy, Jim Carrey and Mike Myers), dies at the age of 87 following a 21-month battle with ALS.[9]

Television programs

Programs debuting in 2017

Series currently listed here have been announced by their respective networks as scheduled to premiere in 2017. Note that shows may be delayed or cancelled by the network between now and their scheduled air dates.

Start Date Show Channel Source
January 1 Ransom Global [10]
January 3 Heavy Rescue: 401 Discovery [11]
January 9 Lâcher prise Ici Radio-Canada Télé
January 9 Pure CBC Television [12]
January 10 Workin' Moms CBC Television [12]
January 25 Cardinal CTV [13]
Mary Kills People Global [14]
February 2 Nirvanna the Band the Show Viceland
February 17 True North Calling CBC Television [12]
February 20 Bellevue CBC Television [12]
March 7 The Real Housewives of Toronto Slice [15]
March 24 What Would Sal Do? CraveTV
Super Channel 		[16]
March 26 Canada: The Story of Us CBC Television
April 10 (web) Save Me CBC Television [17]
May 6 Chuck's Choice YTV
July 17 21 Thunder CBC Television
September 4 Worst to First HGTV
September 21 Bad Blood City [18]
September 25 Alias Grace CBC Television [19]
November 1 The Great Canadian Baking Show CBC Television
November 5 Fubar Age of Computer City
November 7 Political Blind Date TVOntario
November 23 The Indian Detective CTV
Unknown Adulthood (L'Âge adulte) Ici TOU.TV
The Neddeaus of Duqesne Island CBC Comedy

Television films and specials

Start Date Show Channel Source
March 2 The Skin We're In CBC Television
October 20 Long Time Running CTV
October 22 Gord Downie's Secret Path in Concert CBC Television

Television stations

Stations closures

Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Source
January 27 Kenora, Ontario CJBN-TV 13 (analog) Global [20]

See also

References

  1. ^ "CRTC opens door for U.S. Super Bowl ads to air on Canadian TV". The Globe and Mail. January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "Bell will fight CRTC ad policy after Super Bowl ratings drop". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Howie Mandel to host 2017 Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News. December 15, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  4. ^ "Peter Mansbridge to step down from The National next year". CBC News. September 5, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  5. ^ Watters, Haydn (August 1, 2017). "Adrienne Arsenault, Rosemary Barton, Andrew Chang, Ian Hanomansing to host The National". CBC News.
  6. ^ "Rogers Media pulls the plug on G4". Cartt. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-283". CRTC. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  8. ^ Young, Chris (25 September 2017). "Rick Mercer to end Mercer Report next year after 15 seasons". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Remembering Irv Weinstein: A Buffalo Broadcasting Legend". Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  10. ^ "New Original Suspense Drama Ransom Joins Global's Midseason Lineup Sunday, January 1 at 8:30 PM ET/ 8 PM PT". Corus Entertainment. November 30, 2016. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  11. ^ Erin Anderson (January 3, 2017). "Discovery Channel's 'Heavy Rescue: 401' premieres Tuesday". 570 News. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  12. ^ a b c d "CBC Unveils Winter Schedule" Archived 2016-11-15 at the Wayback Machine. Broadcaster, November 14, 2016.
  13. ^ "CTV and Super Écran Partner on New Serialized Drama" Archived 2016-02-15 at the Wayback Machine. Broadcaster, February 11, 2016.
  14. ^ Brent Furdyk (January 18, 2017). "Controversial new drama 'Mary Kills People' to premiere Jan. 25". Global News. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  15. ^ "'Real Housewives Of Toronto' To Air On Slice In 2017". The Huffington Post. June 7, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  16. ^ "The 2016 New Establishment: New Metric Media". Playback, September 8, 2016.
  17. ^ "CBC adds new web series on first responders". Media in Canada, April 10, 2017.
  18. ^ "City TV unveils a Canadian 'Sopranos' for the fall". Toronto Star, June 6, 2017.
  19. ^ "CAMERAS ROLL ON CBC AND NETFLIX MINISERIES ALIAS GRACE FROM HALFIRE ENTERTAINMENT". CBC Television. September 7, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  20. ^ "UPDATED: Shaw to close CJBN-TV". Cartt.ca. 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-12-01.

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