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The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2024. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

Events

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January

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Date Event Source
11 After over 13 years on the air, Groupe TVA's only children's channel Yoopa ended operations. The channel was replaced with QUB, a TV broadcast version of Groupe TVA's Qub Radio.

February

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Date Event Source
8 Bell Media announces significant cutbacks at the CTV News division, including the cancellation of all noon-hour and weekend local newscasts outside of a few major metropolitan markets on its CTV owned-and-operated stations, cuts to programming at CTV News Channel and BNN Bloomberg, and the cancellation of its newsmagazine W5 as a regular program. [1][2]

April

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Date Event Source
9 Moi et Cie is rebranded as Témoin.
25 Amazon Prime Video announces it has reached a deal with the National Hockey League and Rogers Communications to exclusively carry national Monday night regular season NHL games (in English) during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons. [3]

June

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Date Event Source
6 Eastlink ends their dispute with Corus Entertainment and re-adds their specialty channels back on some new Theme Packs. While TiVo Stream customers would get all of them, TiVo Classic customers will only be able to access HGTV, Food Network, W Network, Showcase and History.
10 Rogers Sports & Media announces a multi-year agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery, under which it will assume rights to many of its factual and lifestyle television brands beginning January 1, 2025, including most prominently Discovery, Food Network, and HGTV among others, ending their long-term associations with Bell Media and Corus Entertainment specialty channels respectively. Rogers also announced an agreement with NBCUniversal to launch Bravo in Canada beginning on September 1, 2024. Corus and Bell stated that other WBD deals (Cartoon Network and Adult Swim for the former and HBO for the latter) are not affected by these changes. [4]

July

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Date Event Source
26–August 11 The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France airs on CBC, CBC Gem, Ici Télé, and cable networks TSN, RDS, and Sportsnet.

September

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Date Event Source
1 After 25 years of operation, the Oprah Winfrey Network was shut down by Corus Entertainment. The channel's broadcast license was surrendered to the CRTC on October 8.
OLN is rebranded and relaunched as Bravo.
7 The Canadian Football League returns to Canadian over-the-air television for the first time in 17 years with a package of Saturday afternoon contests on CTV. [5][6]

October

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Date Event Source
14 Barney's World, a CGI-animated reboot of Barney & Friends, debuts on Treehouse. The series is also available to stream on StackTV.
22 The CRTC announces the approval of Uvagut TV, an Inuktitut language television channel previously carried only in Nunavut, for national distribution by all Canadian cable and direct broadcast satellite providers, beginning January 2025. [7]

Upcoming events

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December

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Date Event Source
30 Corus Entertainment will rebrand specialty channels HGTV Canada and Food Network Canada as Home Network and Flavour Network. [8]
31 MTV Canada will be shut down by Bell Media.
WWE Network will be shut down by Rogers Sports & Media, due to Netflix's new deal with the WWE taking place the next day.
As comfirmed by the Saskatchewan based TV service provider SaskTel, Cooking Channel and the original Magnolia Network, both owned by Corus Entertainment, are expected to cease broadcasting, as the broadcaster might have been unable to find alternate imported content.

Programs

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Programs debuting in 2024

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Start date Show Channel Source
January 8 MasterChef Québec TVA [9]
January 9 One More Time CBC [10]
January 10 Wild Cards [10]
January 19 Late Bloomer Crave [11]
January 21 Sight Unseen CTV [12]
January 26 Ghosting with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan CBC Gem [13]
February 5 Timber Titans Discovery [14]
February 7 Allegiance CBC [10]
February 8 The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down [15]
February 22 Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Citytv [16]
March 5 Treaty Road APTN [17]
March 8 Gangnam Project CBC Kids [18]
March 22 The Trades Crave [19]
April 1 Dylan's Playtime Adventures CBC Kids [20]
May 7 Pow Wow Chow APTN [21]
May 8 Hop CBC Kids [22]
May 30 Geek Girl Netflix
July 12 Made for TV with Boman Martinez-Reid Crave [23]
August 23 Don't Even Crave [24]
September 2 My Haunted Hometown T+E [25]
September 5 House of Ali HGTV [26]
September 8 Old Enough! Canada TVO [27]
September 9 Quel talent! Noovo [28]
September 20 The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal Prime Video [29]
September 24 Murder in a Small Town Global [26]
September 27 So Long, Marianne Crave [30]
October 2 Mark McKinney Needs a Hobby CTV [31]
October 8 Todd Talbot Builds: The Passive House Project Cottage Life [32]
October 11 The Office Movers Crave [33]
October 14 Barney's World Treehouse, STACKTV
October 30 Anna Comes Home (Le retour d'Anna Brodeur) Crave [34]
TBA Bad Trips Crave [35]
Darcy & Jer: No Refunds Crave [36]
Drag Brunch Saved My Life Crave [37]
The Last Captains Discovery [36]
My Pet Ate What? Animal Planet [36]
Novelette Is Trying OUTtv [38]
One Day We'll All Be Dead Crave [11]
Queen of the Castle CTV Life [36]
The Rebuild: Inside the Montreal Canadiens Crave
Revival CTV Sci-Fi [36]
Shipwreck Kings Discovery [36]
Sounds Black History [26]
The Sticky Amazon Prime Video [39]
Yukon Rescue History [26]

Programs ending in 2024

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End date Show Channel First aired Status Source
January 19 Transplant CTV 2020 Ended [40]
March 23 W5 1966 [41]
April 2 Run the Burbs CBC Television 2022 Canceled [42]
May 3 CityLine Citytv 1984 Canceled [43]
May 8 Big Brother Canada Global 2013 Canceled

Specials

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Start date Show Channel Source
March 24 Juno Awards of 2024 CBC [44]
May 31 12th Canadian Screen Awards [45]
September 14 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards CTV
November 17 111th Grey Cup CTV, TSN
December 8 26th Quebec Cinema Awards Noovo

Networks and services

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Network launches

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Network rebrandings

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Network closures

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Deaths

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Date Name Age Notes Sources
April 24 Bob Cole 90 Sportscaster and play-by-play voice for Hockey Night in Canada [47]
May 15 Darren Dutchyshen 57 Sportscaster and anchor for TSN's SportsCentre [48]
October 11 Mike Bullard 67 Comedian and host of CTV's Open Mike with Mike Bullard and Global's The Mike Bullard Show [49]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Outgoing rightsholder to this brand; channel operated by Corus Entertainment. A new channel under this brand, operated by Rogers Sports & Media, will launch on January 1, 2025.

References

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  1. ^ Connie Thiessen, "Most noon, weekend CTV newscasts cancelled as part of cuts at Bell Media". Broadcast Dialogue, May 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "Bell Media planning cuts to CTV, BNN Bloomberg following BCE layoffs, sale of 45 radio stations". CTV News. February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  3. ^ "Prime Video Adds Live NHL Hockey Games in Canada," from The Hollywood Reporter, 4/25/2024
  4. ^ Connie Thiessen, "Rogers scoops Warner Bros. Discovery rights from Corus and Bell". Broadcast Dialogue, June 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "Star-Studded New Series, Returning Hits, and Live Events to Anchor CTV's 2024/25 Schedule". Bell Media. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  6. ^ "Where to Watch: 2024 CFL Broadcast Information". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  7. ^ Kira Wronska Dorward, "CRTC approves Uvagut TV as Canada-wide Inuktut channel". Northern News Services, October 24, 2024.
  8. ^ "Corus Entertainment introduces 2 new networks, highlighting home and food". Global News, September 18, 2024.
  9. ^ Hugo Dumas, "Une recette courte, rapide et figée". La Presse, January 15, 2024.
  10. ^ a b c Connie Thiessen, "CBC to launch two new FAST channels as part of 2023-24 programming slate". Broadcast Dialogue, June 1, 2023.
  11. ^ a b Cassandra Szklarski, "CTV adds homegrown baking contest, quiz show while Crave leans into edgy comedies". Toronto Star, June 9, 2022.
  12. ^ Greg David, "Casting details announced for upcoming new CTV original drama series Sight Unseen". TV, eh?, October 12, 2023.
  13. ^ Debra Yeo, "Searching for haunted Ontario: Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan go ‘Ghosting’ on CBC Gem". Toronto Star, January 24, 2024.
  14. ^ Greg David, "New Canadian original series Timber Titans anchors Discovery’s winter programming lineup". TV, eh?, January 19, 2024.
  15. ^ "Seth Rogen, Jennifer Robertson join CBC's 'The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down'". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 30, 2023.
  16. ^ Peter White, "‘Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent’ Sets Cast". Deadline Hollywood, October 16, 2023.
  17. ^ Greg David, "Treaty Road, the ground-breaking docuseries, premieres March 5 on APTN". TV, eh?, February 1, 2024.
  18. ^ "PILLANGO PRODUCTIONS AND AIRCRAFT PICTURES ANNOUNCE K-POP INSPIRED TWEEN DRAMEDY SERIES GANGNAM PROJECT FOR CBC KIDS AND CBBC".
  19. ^ Greg David, "From the producers of Trailer Park Boys, the well-oiled and witty new Crave original comedy The Trades premieres March 22". TV, eh?, February 12, 2024.
  20. ^ "New to CBC Gem in April 2024," press release from CBC Media Centre, 3/22/2024
  21. ^ Jonathan Migneault, "Pow Wow Chow show takes viewers on a culinary tour of Ontario's Powwow Trail". CBC Sudbury, May 6, 2024.
  22. ^ "CBC Kids Boards New Preschool Comedy From Arthur Creator".
  23. ^ Greg David, "Bomanizer ventures into television with new Crave original series Made For TV with Boman Martinez-Reid, streaming July 12". TV, eh?, May 29, 2024.
  24. ^ Greg David, "Indigenous coming-of-age comedy Don’t Even debuts August 23 on Crave". TV, eh?, July 23, 2024.
  25. ^ Greg David, "T+E’s new original documentary series, My Haunted Hometown, takes viewers inside North America’s most terrifying locations". TV, eh, August 24, 2024.
  26. ^ a b c d Alex Nino Gheciu, "New Pamela Anderson, Bryan Baeumler shows among Corus’ fall/winter plans". CityNews, June 5, 2024.
  27. ^ Whittock, Jesse (January 29, 2024). "Colin Mochrie To Narrate Canadian Version Of Eye-Opening Japanese Format 'Old Enough!', In Which Toddlers Go It Alone". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 29, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  28. ^ Ariane Auclair-Gendron, "Noovo annonce l'arrivée d'un populaire concours de talent sur ses ondes". Showbizz, March 28, 2024.
  29. ^ Rosie Long Decter, "Tragically Hip Docuseries 'No Dress Rehearsal' Will Premiere at TIFF". Billboard, August 9, 2024.
  30. ^ Amelia Eqbal, "So Long, Marianne dives into the life of Leonard Cohen's most famous muse". CBC Arts, October 1, 2024.
  31. ^ Greg David, "New CTV original comedy Mark McKinney Needs a Hobby premieres October 2". TV, eh?, September 16, 2024.
  32. ^ Greg David, "Todd Talbot debuts new series, Todd Talbot Builds: The Passive House Project, premiering October 8 exclusively on Cottage Life". TV, eh?, September 3, 2024.
  33. ^ Greg David, "It’s moving day! From Jae and Trey Richards, the new Crave original comedy The Office Movers premieres October 11". TV, eh?, September 3, 2024.
  34. ^ J. Kelly Nestruck, "New Crave comedy Anna Comes Home throws cold water on the Emily in Paris fantasy". The Globe and Mail, October 30, 2024.
  35. ^ Alex Nino Gheciu, "New Will Arnett animated show, Drag Race series coming to Bell this fall/winter". Lakeland Today, June 6, 2024.
  36. ^ a b c d e f Jesse Whittock, "Canada’s Crave Confirms U.S. & UK Titles & Will Arnett Voice Role In ‘Super Team Canada’ As Streamer Aims To Topple Rivals: 'We Know We Can Do More'. Deadline Hollywood, June 7, 2024.
  37. ^ Megan LaPierre, "Priyanka Helms New TV Show 'Drag Brunch Saved My Life'". Exclaim!, June 6, 2024.
  38. ^ Kelly Townsend, "OutTV commissions Vancouver scripted series, renews five titles". Playback, June 6, 2024.
  39. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 22, 2023). "'The Sticky': Margo Martindale, Chris Diamantopoulos & Guillaume Cyr To Star; EP Jamie Lee Curtis To Guest Star In Amazon Series". Deadline Hollywood.
  40. ^ "Transplant scrubs in one last time on CTV". Playback, January 16, 2024.
  41. ^ Thiessen, Connie (February 8, 2024). "Most noon, weekend CTV newscasts cancelled as part of cuts at Bell Media". Broadcast Dialogue.
  42. ^ Petski, Denise (April 25, 2024). "'Run The Burbs' Canceled After 3 Seasons". Deadline Hollywood.
  43. ^ Josh Rubin, "Citytv’s ‘Cityline’ cancelled after 40-year run, Tracy Moore moves to ‘Breakfast Television’". Toronto Star, April 30, 2024.
  44. ^ David Friend, "Nelly Furtado promises 'sexy,' 'spicy' show as host of 2024 Juno Awards". Toronto Star, November 7, 2023.
  45. ^ Alex Nino Ghechiu, "Organizers say Canadian Screen Awards will again be a pre-taped ceremony". CityNews, February 8, 2024.
  46. ^ Thiessen, Connie (2024-08-13). "Club illico and Vrai to merge under illico+ banner". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  47. ^ Obituary for Bob Cole from CBCNews.ca, 4/25/2024
  48. ^ Obituary for Darren Dutchyshen from The Canadian Press, 5/16/2024
  49. ^ Obituary for Mike Bullard from CBC News, 10/13/2024
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