2023 in Canadian television

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The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2023. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

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Events

February

DateEventSource
16 David Cochrane is named the new host of CBC News Network's daily political talk show Power & Politics . [1]

March

DateEventSource
27After over 25 years on the air, Teletoon rebranded to Cartoon Network Canada. The existing Cartoon Network channel was concurrently relaunched as Boomerang Canada. The Teletoon branding continues to be used for the Teletoon+ streaming service and its French-language feed.

June

DateEventSource
27 Eastlink removes the specialty channels owned by Corus Entertainment, after being unable to reach a carriage agreement. Corus said that other TV service providers will continue to carry their specialty channels.

August

DateEventSource
31 Natyf TV, a channel which had operated since 2018 as a discretionary service with little distribution outside of Montreal, is granted a must-carry order ensuring that it will be available on all cable distribution services in Quebec. [2]

September

DateEventSource
5 Citytv announces Meredith Shaw as the new co-host of Breakfast Television , following the departure of Dina Pugliese from the program earlier in the year. [3]

October

DateEventSource
1After 35 years on the air, Bell Media's specialty channel Vrak shuts down. The reason for the channel's shutdown is for Bell to concentrate on its top-performing, most popular specialty channels.

November

DateEventSource
13 CTV launches an early 5:30 p.m. edition of CTV National News , to be anchored by Sandie Rinaldo. [4]

Programs

Programs debuting in 2023

Start dateShowChannelSource
January 5 LOL: Qui rira le dernier? Amazon Prime Video [5]
January 6 Stuff the British Stole CBC
January 10 Virage: Double faute Noovo [6]
January 11 L'Empereur [7]
January 12 Bollywed CBC Television [8]
January 17 Wong & Winchester Citytv [9]
February 4 Rubble & Crew Treehouse TV/StackTV [10]
February 9 Mégantic Club Illico [11]
February 10 The Spencer Sisters CTV [12]
February 16 Canada's Ultimate Challenge CBC Television [13]
February 17 Thunder Bay Crave [14]
February 24 Push CBC Television [15]
February 27 Plan B [16]
March 6 Shelved CTV [17]
March 8 Désobéir: Le Choix de Chantal Daigle Crave [18]
Ness Murby: Transcending AMI-tv [19]
March 19 Essex County CBC Television [20]
Sullivan's Crossing CTV [21]
March 26 Builder Brothers Dream Factory Treehouse TV [22]
April 1 Evolving Vegan CTV Life Channel [23]
Streams Flow from a River Super Channel [24]
April 10 Popularity Papers YTV [25]
April 14 Sew Fierce OutTV [26]
April 20 Red Ketchup Adult Swim [27]
May 2 Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident Vrai [28]
May 9 Little Big Community APTN [29]
May 17 Bush Wreck Rescue Discovery [30]
Sisters Crave [31]
May 24 Good Morning Chuck (Or the Art of Harm Reduction) (Bon matin Chuck, ou l'art de réduire les méfaits) [32]
May 26 Little Bird [33]
May 28 Farming for Love CTV [34]
June 16 Billionaire Murders Crave [35]
June 19 Battle of the Generations CTV [36]
July 7 The Dessert Crave [37]
September 4 Aunty B's House CBC Kids [38]
September 5 The Good Stuff with Mary Berg CTV [39]
September 17 Telling Our Story CBC Television [40]
September 20 Bones of Crows [40]
September 23 I Have Nothing Crave [41]
September 24 Black Community Mixtapes Citytv [42]
September 27 Robyn Hood Global [43]
October 2 The Traitors Canada CTV [44]
October 6 Paranormal Revenge CTV Sci-Fi Channel [32]
October 13 Bria Mack Gets a Life Crave [45]
October 16 Listing Large CTV Life Channel
October 18 Black Life: Untold Stories CBC Television [40]
November 9 BlackBerry [40]
November 16 Temps de chien Ici TOU.TV [46]
November 22 Swan Song CBC Television [40]

Programs ending in 2023

End dateShowChannelFirst airedStatusSource
March 8 Pretty Hard Cases CBC Television 2021Ended [47]
March 28 Workin' Moms 2017 [48]
June 9 The Marilyn Denis Show CTV 2011 [49]
October 6 Entertainment Tonight Canada Global 2005 [50]
December 8 Sort Of CBC Television2021Ending [51]
December 25 Letterkenny Crave 2016 [52]

Specials

Start dateShowChannelSource
February 20 Life with Luca Family Channel
March 13 Juno Awards of 2023 CBC Television [53]
April 16 11th Canadian Screen Awards [54]
May 12 I'm Sandie Rinaldo CTV [55]
September 16 2023 Canadian Country Music Awards [56]
November 19 110th Grey Cup TSN
December 10 25th Quebec Cinema Awards Noovo [57]

Networks and services

Network conversions and rebrandings

Old network nameNew network nameTypeConversion dateNotes
Teletoon Cartoon Network Canada Cable/satelliteMarch 27
Cartoon Network Boomerang Canada

Closures

NetworkTypeClosure dateNotes
A.Side TV Cable/satelliteJanuary 15 [58]
Vrak October 1
ESPN Classic October 31 [59]

Deaths

DateNameAgeNotesSource
February 25 Gordon Pinsent 92Actor (various Canadian series including The Forest Rangers, Quentin Durgens, M.P. , Street Legal , Due South , and Republic of Doyle ) [60]
March 21 Charles E. Bastien 60Animation director ( Pelswick , PAW Patrol ) [61]
May 5 Pauline Newstone 79Voice actress for Ocean Productions 1973-2020. [62]
May 14 Samantha Weinstein 28Actress (TV roles including XPM and Alias Grace , voice work on such animated series as D.N. Ace and Dino Ranch ) [63]
June 28 Sue Johanson 93Sex educator and host of Sunday Night Sex Show on W Network [64]
August 17 Rick Jeanneret 81Hockey announcer for the Buffalo Sabres [65]
September 7 Peter C. Newman 94Journalist, documentary writer ( The Canadian Establishment , Titans) [66]
October 28 Matthew Perry 54Canadian-born actor and comedian best known for his work in American series (prominent roles included Chandler Bing on Friends and Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple , both simulcast in Canada) [67]

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