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The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2010. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.
Date | Event |
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January 19 | Citytv announces major cutbacks in programming and firing of staff at its affiliates Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton and Winnipeg. [1] |
January 22 | CBC Television, CTV and Global simultaneously broadcast Canada for Haiti , a relief special in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake and French-language networks Radio-Canada, TVA, V, Télé-Québec, LCN, MusiquePlus, MusiMax and TV5 broadcast the French-language Ensemble pour Haïti . |
February 12 | The televised 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony are the most watched programme in Canadian television history, with an average of 13.3 million Canadians watching at any moment. [2] |
February 22 | A combined 7.5 million viewers watch Virtue and Moir win Gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics skating to Mahler's Adagietto from Symphony No. 5. |
February 28 | The 2010 Olympics men's ice hockey gold medal final drew an average 16.6 million viewers while a peak of 26.5 million Canadians watched at least part of the game. [3] [4] |
The 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony was watched by an average of 14.3 million Canadians and peaked at 24.5 million. [5] | |
April 18 | The 2010 Juno Awards aired on CTV. Later, it is rebroadcast on MuchMusic. |
April 30 | Kevin Newman announces he is resigning as anchor of Global National . His final day will be August 20. |
May 16 | The first season of the Quebec version of Big Brother is won by Vincent Durand Dubé. |
June 14 | Channel Zero and CHEK Media Group picks up the rights to virtually all of the US network series for the first time since the dissolution of the E! system from CKXT-TV and CHNU-TV. |
July 8 | Lloyd Robertson announces at the end of the broadcast of CTV National News that he will retire as lead anchor in 2011. [6] |
July 9 | CTV announces that Lisa LaFlamme will be Lloyd Robertson's replacement as lead anchor of the CTV National News. [7] |
July 11 | A combined 5.8 million people watch the 2010 FIFA World Cup final on CBC and Radio-Canada, coverage peaks at 7.6 million viewers. [8] |
July 13 | Global announces that Dawna Friesen will succeed Kevin Newman as anchor of Global National. [9] |
August 2 | TV Land Canada is rebranded as Comedy Gold. |
August 6 | The CBC announces that it will not meet the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission deadline of August 31, 2011, for the digital transition, with only 15 or 27 transmitters ready by then. [10] |
August 31 | CHCH-TV re-brands it's modified classic remastered logo and a jingle. |
September 10 | BCE Inc. announces it will purchase CTV for $1.3 billion. [11] [12] |
September 20 | The first Canadian 3D documentary airs on CBC Television. The documentary chronicles the life of Elizabeth II and her role as the Monarch of Canada. [13] |
October 27 | Shaw Communications officially takes over Canwest's broadcasting assets including Global. [14] |
November 1 | Discovery Health becomes Twist TV [15] |
November 13 | The 2010 Gemini Awards air on Global. Less Than Kind and The Tudors take home top honors. |
November 29 | Star was rebranded and returned as E!. The channel was currently ceased as a TV system since 2007. |
Series listed here were announced by their respective networks as scheduled to premiere in 2010.
Show | Station | Premiere Date |
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18 to Life | CBC | January 4 |
Best Recipes Ever | ||
Republic of Doyle | January 6 | |
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures | HBO Canada | January 10 |
The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town | CBC | January 12 |
Dan for Mayor | CTV and The Comedy Network | March 1 |
Hiccups | ||
The Bridge | CTV | March 5 |
Pure Pwnage | Showcase | March 12 |
Wingin' It | Family Channel | April 3 |
Living in Your Car | HBO Canada | May 7 |
Baxter | Family Channel | May 24 |
This Movie Sucks! | CHCH-TV | May 28 |
Total Drama World Tour | Teletoon | June 10 |
Rookie Blue | Global | June 24 |
Haven | Showcase | July 12 |
Beyond Survival | OLN | August 27 |
Les Rescapés | Radio-Canada | August 31 |
Sidekick | YTV | September 3 |
Lost Girl | Showcase | September 12 |
Connor Undercover | Family Channel | September 17 |
Call Me Fitz | HBO Canada | September 19 |
All for One | CBC | September 26 |
Men with Brooms | October 4 | |
Appreciations | YTV | October 8 |
Show | Station | Cancelled |
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The Border | CBC | January 14 |
6teen | Teletoon | February 11 |
Death Comes to Town | CBC | March 16 |
Total Drama Action | Teletoon | June 10 |
Caillou | October 4 | |
Captain Flamingo | YTV | December 19 |
Kenny vs. Spenny | CBC/Showcase | December 23 |
The Backyardigans | Treehouse TV | December 25 |
Date | Name | Age | Notability | Source |
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March 10 | Corey Haim | 38 | Canadian-American film/television actor (half of the acting duo The Two Coreys, also appeared in a reality show of the same name). | [16] |
May 26 | Art Linkletter | 97 | Canadian-American radio and television personality and the former host of two long-running United States television shows ( House Party, People Are Funny, Kids Say the Darndest Things ) | |
July 27 | Maury Chaykin | 61 | American-born Canadian actor who portrayed Nero Wolfe in the made-for-television film The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery and the A&E Network 2001–2002 television series A Nero Wolfe Mystery . | |
July 28 | John Aylesworth | 81 | Canadian-born American television writer and producer (Co-creator of Hee Haw ; writer for Your Hit Parade, The Sonny and Cher Show, The Julie Andrews Hour, Hullabaloo , and Kraft Music Hall ) | |
September 10 | Billie Mae Richards | 88 | Canadian-born American television voice actress ( Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer , The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo , Care Bears , and The Care Bears Family ) | [17] |
November 28 | Leslie Nielsen | 84 | Canadian-born American actor (Most known as Lieutenant Frank Drebin on Police Squad! , and The Naked Gun films) | [18] |
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