2025 in Canadian television

Last updated

The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2025. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

Contents

Notable events

January

DateEventSource
1 Rogers Sports & Media's new agreement for Warner Bros. Discovery lifestyle and factual brands, announced in June 2024, takes effect. New versions of five WBD-licensed channel brands previously licensed to Bell Media or Corus Entertainment launched under Rogers ownership, with other affected brands available through Citytv+. Five Discovery-branded channels owned by Bell rebranded, two adopting new brands licensed from NBCUniversal. [1] [2]

February

DateEventSource
10 Sid Seixeiro and Meredith Shaw simultaneously depart as hosts of Citytv's Breakfast Television . [3]

March

DateEventSource
17 Dina Pugliese returns as host of Citytv's Breakfast Television after departing the program in 2023, alongside new co-host Tim Bolen. [4]

May

DateEventSource
13 Stingray Group announces the closure of its twinstick stations in Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan, CKSA-DT and CITL-DT, effective immediately, citing "challenging economic conditions." [5]

June

DateEventSource
3 Pattison Media announces the closure of Medicine Hat's CHAT-TV after 68 years, citing shrinking support for local TV and ongoing losses making it impossible to continue TV operations in the city. [6]
4Longtime CBC News Network morning anchor Heather Hiscox announces her retirement, effective November 6. [7]

July

DateEventSource
10 Corus Entertainment announces the closure of ABC Spark, Disney Jr., Disney XD, La Chaîne Disney, and Nickelodeon on September 1 due to financial pressure within Corus. On the day after this closure, Corus also announces that its animation studio Nelvana will suspend operations and wind down its existing projects. [8] [9]

August

DateEventSource
25 WildBrain announces the impending closure of Family Channel, Family Jr., Télémagino, and WildBrainTV over the coming months, after the loss of its carriage agreements with Bell and Rogers caused the networks to become economically unviable, and the proposed sale of a majority stake in the channels to IoM Media Ventures to fall through. WildBrain had originally acquired the networks from Astral Media in 2014, following their acquisition by Bell Media in 2013. [10] [11]

August

DateEventSource
12The CRTC approves the acquisition of the Hollywood Suite pay television service by Anthem Sports & Entertainment. [12]

September

Programs

Programs debuting in 2025

Start dateShowChannelSource
January 6 Saint-Pierre CBC Television [13]
January 7 North of North
February 1 Sounds Black History [14]
February 10Novelette Is Trying OUTtv [15]
February 18 Hanomansing Tonight CBC News Network [16]
February 24Pamela's Cooking with Love Flavour [17]
February 25 Small Achievable Goals CBC Television [13]
April 21Big Burger Battle Flavour
May 2 Drag Brunch Saved My Life Crave [18]
May 15Game Changers AMI-tv [19]
May 16Super Team Canada Crave [20]
May 26We Were Broncos AMI-tv [21]
June 12 Revival CTV Sci-Fi [22]
July 8Pretty Blind AMI-tv [23]
July 11Underdog Inc. [24]
August 25Coastal Carvings APTN Lumi [25]
September 4Beer Budget Reno Home [26]
September 7Building Baeumler Home [26]
November 10Rentovation Home [26]
TBABad Trips Crave [27]
Life Is Messy Home [26]
Locals Welcome CBC Television [28]
My Pet Ate What? CTV Wild [29]
One Day We'll All Be Dead Crave [30]
Queen of the Castle CTV Life [29]
Shipwreck Kings Discovery [29]
Sounds Black History [31]
Yukon Rescue History [31]

Programs ending in 2025

End dateShowChannelFirst airedStatusSource
February 27 Children Ruin Everything CTV 2022Ended [32]
June 27 The Agenda TVO 2006Ended [33]

Specials

Start dateShowChannelSource
March 30 Juno Awards of 2025 CBC [34]
June 1 13th Canadian Screen Awards CBC [35]
November 16 112th Grey Cup CTV, TSN
Dates TBA 2025 Canadian Country Music Awards CTV
27th Quebec Cinema Awards Noovo

Networks and services

Network launches

NetworkTypeLaunch dateNotes
Discovery Cable and satellite January 1New channels operated by Rogers Sports & Media, under brands previously used by different channels.
Food Network
HGTV
Investigation Discovery
Magnolia Network

Network rebrandings

Old network nameNew network nameTypeConversion dateNotes
Animal Planet CTV Wild Channel Cable/satelliteJanuary 1 Bell Media channels relaunched due to previous programming and brand rights being acquired by Rogers.
Discovery Channel (original) USA Network
Discovery Science CTV Nature Channel
Discovery Velocity CTV Speed Channel
Investigation Discovery (original) Oxygen True Crime

Station closures

MarketStationAffiliationClosure dateNotes
Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan CKSA-DT Citytv May 13 [5]
CITL-DT CTV
Medicine Hat, Alberta CHAT-TV Citytv June 3 [6]

Network closures

NetworkTypeClosure dateNotes
ABC Spark Cable/satelliteSeptember 1 [8]
Disney Jr.
Disney XD
La Chaîne Disney
Nickelodeon

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ Thiessen, Connie (August 28, 2024). "Rogers outlines plans to launch new channels". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
    2. ↑ Thiessen, Connie (2024-10-17). "Bell to bring USA Network, Oxygen True Crime to Canada". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
    3. ↑ Leanne Delap, "Breakfast Television hosts Meredith Shaw and Sid Seixeiro’s abrupt exit leaves audiences reeling: ‘Viewers are blindsided’". Toronto Star , February 11, 2025.
    4. ↑ Raju Mudhar, "Breakfast Television reveals its new hosts". Toronto Star , March 17, 2025.
    5. 1 2 Thiessen, Connie (13 May 2025). "Stingray shutters Lloydminster TV stations". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
    6. 1 2 Thiessen, Connie (3 June 2025). "Medicine Hat's CHAT-TV closing its doors after 68 years". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
    7. ↑ Connie Thiessen, "CBC Morning Live host Heather Hiscox announces retirement". Broadcast Dialogue, June 4, 2025.
    8. 1 2 "Corus to stop distributing Nickelodeon, four other kids' entertainment channels". North Shore News. 2025-07-11. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
    9. ↑ O'Kane, Josh; Galea, Irene (September 2, 2025). "Corus halts production at animation studio Nelvana, says it will focus managing existing properties". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved September 2, 2025.
    10. ↑ Tuchow, Ryan. "WildBrain to shutter its channels business". Kidscreen. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
    11. ↑ "WILDBRAIN PROVIDES UPDATE ON ITS TELEVISION BROADCAST BUSINESS". Investors - WildBrain. August 25, 2025. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
    12. ↑ Kelly Townsend, "CRTC approves Anthem’s acquisition of Hollywood Suite". Playback , September 12, 2025.
    13. 1 2 Jamie Casemore, "CBC sets winter 2025 streaming, broadcast lineup". Playback , November 28, 2024.
    14. ↑ Rosie Long Decter. "New Docuseries 'Sounds Black' Explores Impact of Black Music in Canada". Billboard . Retrieved March 21, 2025.
    15. ↑ Kelly Townsend, "OutTV commissions Vancouver scripted series, renews five titles". Playback , June 6, 2024.
    16. ↑ Cassandra Szklarski, "Ian Hanomansing to host live CBC News Network prime-time show from Vancouver". Toronto Star , February 12, 2025.
    17. ↑ Mike Devlin, "Pamela Anderson on Canadian pride and Cooking With Love". Victoria Times-Colonist , March 15, 2025.
    18. ↑ Megan LaPierre, "Priyanka Helms New TV Show 'Drag Brunch Saved My Life'". Exclaim! , June 6, 2024.
    19. ↑ Greg David, "He’s back! AMI’s Dave Brown returns with a brand-new series, Game Changers, debuting May 15 on AMI-tv and AMI+". TV, eh?, May 8, 2025.
    20. ↑ Alex Nino Gheciu, "New Will Arnett animated show, Drag Race series coming to Bell this fall/winter". Yahoo! News , June 6, 2024.
    21. ↑ Greg David, "A story of perseverance in life and adaptive sport, We Were Broncos debuts May 26 on AMI-tv and AMI+". TV, eh?, May 14, 2025.
    22. ↑ Vejvoda, Jim (May 1, 2025). "Revival: Exclusive Trailer, Poster and Release Date for SYFY's Image Comics TV Adaptation". IGN. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
    23. ↑ Greg David, "Partial sight and albinism become comedy gold in AMI-tv’s new series, Pretty Blind". TV, eh?, June 24, 2025.
    24. ↑ Greg David, "Taking on jobs built for giants, Little Person Dale Kristensen stars in AMI’s new docuseries Underdog Inc., debuting July 11 on AMI-tv and AMI+". TV, eh?, June 26, 2025.
    25. ↑ Greg David, "Indigenous art takes the spotlight in the new docuseries ‘Coastal Carvings,’ premiering Aug. 25 on APTN lumi". TV, eh?, July 29, 2025.
    26. 1 2 3 4 Connie Thiessen, "Corus unveils more programming details around rebranded Home Network, Flavour Network". Broadcast Dialogue, October 21, 2024.
    27. ↑ Alex Nino Gheciu, "New Will Arnett animated show, Drag Race series coming to Bell this fall/winter". Lakeland Today, June 6, 2024.
    28. ↑ Justin Anderson, "Food format “Locals Welcome,” new docs among CBC’s 2024-25 slate". RealScreen , May 23, 2024.
    29. 1 2 3 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.
    30. ↑ Cassandra Szklarski, "CTV adds homegrown baking contest, quiz show while Crave leans into edgy comedies". Toronto Star , June 9, 2022.
    31. 1 2 Alex Nino Gheciu, "New Pamela Anderson, Bryan Baeumler shows among Corus’ fall/winter plans". CityNews , June 5, 2024.
    32. ↑ Kelly Townsend, "CTV’s Children Ruin Everything to end with season four". Playback , February 11, 2025.
    33. ↑ "TVO's 'The Agenda with Steve Paikin' to end after 19 seasons". Toronto Star . April 22, 2025. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
    34. ↑ Stuart Derdeyn, "Vancouver to host the 54th Juno Awards in 2025". Vancouver Sun , January 25, 2024.
    35. ↑ Barry Hertz, "With NHL out of the way, Canadian Screen Awards reverses course to find home on CBC". The Globe and Mail , May 29, 2025.
    This page is based on this Wikipedia article
    Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
    Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.