Fourth Reading

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Fourth Reading
Presented by Steve Paikin
Country of originCanada
Original release
Network TVO
Release1992 (1992) 
2006 (2006)

Fourth Reading was a weekly current events newsmagazine series in Canada, airing on TVOntario from 1992 to 2006. [1]

History

It was hosted by Steve Paikin. Its name derived from the parliamentary convention that a bill receives three readings in a legislative house before becoming law; media coverage would therefore constitute a "fourth reading".

The show covered provincial politics in Ontario, and national political issues affecting the province, through news reportage, interviews and panel discussions. [1]

The show premiered in 1992, soon after Paikin joined the network as host of its flagship news series Between the Lines. [2] In 1994, Between the Lines was replaced with Studio 2 , although Fourth Reading continued to air; [3] however, when Studio 2 was replaced with The Agenda in 2006, Fourth Reading ceased to air as a standalone program, and was subsumed into The Agenda as a weekly panel segment. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bonnie Malleck, "Former CBC newscaster jumps ship to TVOntario". Waterloo Region Record , October 2, 1992.
  2. Marg Langton, "Seeking Steve? He's Between the Lines now". Hamilton Spectator , September 29, 1992.
  3. "Paikin, Hynes named co-hosts of TVO current-affairs program". Waterloo Region Record , June 29, 1994.
  4. Jim Coyle, "Legislature fades from media radar". Toronto Star , September 15, 2008.