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The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2009. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.
Events
[edit]Date | Event |
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March 29 | 2009 Juno Awards |
April 4 | 29th Genie Awards |
May 31 | Sébastien Tremblay, runner up of the fourth season of Loft Story wins the sixth and final season of Loft Story, under the title of Loft Story : La revanche. |
June 30 | Channel Zero announces they have purchased CHCH and CJNT, and saved both stations from closure. The deal is awaiting approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). |
August 31 | The last scheduled day of broadcast for E! and its affiliate CHCA in Red Deer, along with A station CKNX-TV in Wingham, Ontario as CTVglobemedia converted it to a rebroadcaster of CFPL-TV in London, Ontario. The demise of the E! system also caused co-owned CHBC-TV in Kelowna, British Columbia to switch to the Global Television Network. Also, Channel Zero closes in on acquiring CHCH Hamilton & CJNT Montreal. In addition, French language Quebec TV network TQS is renamed as V. |
September 4 | Canwest announces they have sold CHEK-TV to local investors, 4 days after the station's scheduled last day of broadcast. |
October 2 | CKX-TV goes off the air after 54 years of broadcasting. |
October 19 | A Canadian version of DIY Network launches in Canada, replacing Fine Living under a new license. |
October 21 | The CBC announced that CBC Newsworld would be re-branded as CBC News Network. The rebranding took place on October 26.[1] |
November 2 | Discovery Kids Canada was replaced by a Canadian version of Nickelodeon, also under a new license. |
November 14 | 2009 Gemini Awards |
Television programs
[edit]Programs debuting in 2009
[edit]Show | Station | Premiere Date |
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Being Erica | CBC | January 5 |
Wild Roses | January 6 | |
Howie Do It | Global | January 9 |
Total Drama Action | Teletoon | January 11 |
ZOS: Zone of Separation | The Movie Network/Movie Central | January 19 |
Jimmy Two-Shoes | Teletoon | February 21 |
The Listener | CTV | March 1 |
In Real Life | YTV | March 4 |
Pretty Cure | March 6 | |
League of Super Evil | March 7 | |
The Line | The Movie Network/Movie Central | March 16 |
CP24 Breakfast | CP24 | March 26 |
Bob & Doug | Global | April 19 |
Producing Parker | TVtropolis | May 4 |
Stoked! | Teletoon | June 25 |
Conviction Kitchen | Citytv | September 13 |
The Foundation | Showcase | |
Make the Politician Work | CBC | |
The Ron James Show | CBC Television | September 25 |
Battle of the Blades | October 4 | |
My Rona Home | Citytv | |
TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens | TVTropolis | October 9 |
Connect with Mark Kelley | CBC News Network | October 26 |
The Lang and O'Leary Exchange | ||
Power & Politics | ||
Cra$h & Burn | Showcase | November 18 |
Programs ending in 2009
[edit]Show | Station | Cancelled |
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Sophie | CBC | March 23 |
Life with Derek | Family | March 25 |
Storm Hawks | YTV | April 6 |
Corner Gas | CTV | April 13 |
Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy | Teletoon | May 4 |
The Best Years | Global | May 15 |
CBC News: Sunday Night | CBC | May 31 |
Grossology | YTV | October 24 |
Henry's Amazing Animals | Discovery Kids | November 2 |
Films and miniseries
[edit]- Booky's Crush - CBC
- Soul - VisionTV
- The Summit - CBC
Deaths
[edit]Date | Name | Age | Notability |
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July 21 | Les Lye | 84 | Canadian TV actor and broadcaster (You Can't Do That On Television) |
August 23 | Ryan Jenkins | 32 | Canadian businessman and reality television participant; Alleged killer of American-born ex-wife Jasmine Fiore (Megan Wants a Millionaire) |
October 23 | Lou Jacobi | 95 | Canadian-born American television and film actor (The Dean Martin Show, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., That Girl) [2] |
Television stations
[edit]Network affiliation changes
[edit]Date | Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | References |
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July 14 | Kamloops, British Columbia | CFJC-TV | 4 (analogue) | Independent CH/E! |
Citytv | |
Prince George, British Columbia | CKPG-TV | 2 (analogue) | ||||
August 31 | Kelowna, British Columbia | CHBC-TV | 2 (analogue) | Global |
Closures
[edit]Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes |
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August 31 | Red Deer, Alberta | CHCA-TV | 6 | E! | [3] |
October 2 | Brandon, Manitoba | CKX-TV | 5 (analogue) | CBC | [4] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ CBC News (2009-10-21). "Changes to The National as CBC unveils new look". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ "Lou Jacobi – veteran character actor – dies" From San Francisco Chronicle (October 28, 2009)
- ^ “CHCA-TV fades to black” Archived 2012-07-19 at archive.today. Red Deer Advocate. July 23, 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ^ CKX News Final Broadcast Fade to Black
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