2018 in Canadian television
The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2018. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.
List of years in Canadian television: |
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Events
January
Date | Event |
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3 | CBC Television broadcasts Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen, a tribute concert to Canadian musician Leonard Cohen which took place in November 2017. |
23 | Bell Media announces a branding and content agreement with the American television channel Starz, which will see The Movie Network Encore rebranded as a Canadian Starz channel.[1] |
March
Date | Event |
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TBA | Vassy Kapelos, formerly the host of Global's political news series The West Block, moves to CBC News Network as the host of Power & Politics.[2] |
11 | The 6th Canadian Screen Awards air on CBC. |
31 | Viceland ceases television distribution, after majority owner Rogers Media drops out of the venture. Branding partner Vice Media will take over the channel's Canadian assets, which will be used to produce content for the main vice.com Web site.[3] |
April
Date | Event |
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11 | After emerging from creditor protection, Canadian pay television multiplex provider Super Channel announces the rebranding of its channels as Super Channel Fuse and Super Channel Heart & Home.[4] |
August
Date | Event |
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27 | Corus Entertainment's three stations in Southeastern Ontario, CKWS-DT in Kingston, CHEX-DT in Peterborough, and CHEX-TV-2 in Oshawa, end their program supply agreement with the CTV Television Network after 3 years and become full-time owned-and-operated stations of the Corus-owned Global Television Network. (The three stations, which had been three of the CBC's last private affiliates prior to 2015, had been airing Global's nightly newscast Global National and local variations of its Morning Show since September 2016.)[5][6][7] |
November
Date | Event |
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1 | Bell Media rebrands the pay TV service The Movie Network as Crave, aligning it with the branding of its television streaming service Crave.[8] |
Television programs
Programs debuting in 2018
Series currently listed here have been announced by their respective networks as scheduled to premiere in 2018. Note that shows may be delayed or cancelled by the network between now and their scheduled air dates.
Start Date | Show | Channel | Source |
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January 10 | Burden of Truth | CBC | |
The Launch | CTV | ||
January 14 | The Weekly with Wendy Mesley | CBC | |
February 2 (digital) TBA (terrestrial) |
Crawford | CBC | |
February 15 (digital) | This Blows | CBC | |
February 26 | Caught | CBC | [9] |
March 1 | Little Dog | CBC | [10] |
March 25 | The Detail | CTV | |
April 2 | Corner Gas Animated | The Comedy Network | |
May 12 | Anaana's Tent | APTN | [11] |
May 15 | Carter | Bravo | |
May 17 | Where to I Do? | Gusto | |
June 4 | ReBoot: The Guardian Code | YTV | |
September 11 | First Contact | APTN | [12] |
September 21 | In the Making | CBC | [13] |
November 13 | Future History | APTN | |
November 15 | From the Vaults | CBC | [13] |
Programs ending in 2018
Start Date | Show | Channel | Source |
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January 30 | Hard Rock Medical | TVOntario |
Television films
Start Date | Show | Channel | Source |
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September 30 | Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey | Showcase |
Deaths
Date | Name | Age | Notability | Source |
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January 8 | Donnelly Rhodes | 80 | Character actor best known for appearances in Soap, Battlestar Galactica, and Da Vinci's Inquest. | [14] |
January 26 | Jacques Languirand | 86 | Radio host, writer and actor (Le Colombier, Le Rebut Global). | [15] |
January 29 | Jay Switzer | 61 | Television executive for Citytv. | [16] |
January 31 | Alf Humphreys | 64 | Actor (The X Files, The Twilight Zone (the 1985 and 2002 revivals), Smallville, Outer Limits and Da Vinci's Inquest). | [17] |
Leah LaBelle | 31 | Canadian-born singer who competed on Season 3 of American Idol. | [18] | |
February 5 | Manfred Joehnck | 64 | News anchor for CTV News Regina. | [19] |
February 10 | Tina Louise Bomberry | 52 | Mohawk actress best known for her role as Rosie Deela in North of 60 and its three follow-up films. | [20] |
May 13 | Margot Kidder | 69 | Canadian-born actress who was active in Canadian television from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s | [21] |
November 11 | Wayne Maunder | 80 | Canadian-born actor (Custer, Lancer, Chase) | [22] |
Television stations
Network affiliation changes
Date | Market | Station | Channel | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/References |
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August 27 | Kingston, Ontario | CKWS-DT | 11.1 | CTV | Global | [23] |
Oshawa, Ontario | CHEX-TV-2 | 22 (analog) | ||||
Peterborough, Ontario | CHEX-DT | 12.1 | ||||
References
- "Bell Media signs deal with Starz to bring content to Canada". Canadian Press via CTV News, January 23, 2018.
- "Vassy Kapelos to host CBC's 'Power and Politics'". Canadian Press, February 15, 2018.
- Vlessing, Etan (January 22, 2018). "Viceland to Go Off the Air on Canada's Rogers Communications". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- "Allarco exits creditor protection, rebrands Super Channel". RealScreen, April 11, 2018.
- "CKWS will be a fully global station this fall". Global News. Corus Entertainment. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- "CHEX-TV newscasts rebranding as CHEX News on Global Peterborough". Peterborough Examiner. August 14, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- "'Global National,' 'The Morning Show' expanding into new areas". Global News. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- "CraveTV to be included in 'TMN + HBO' packages at no additional cost later this year". MobileSyrup. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
- "Here's your first look at the CBC adaptation of Lisa Moore's Caught". CBC Books, January 16, 2018.
- "Little Dog on the little screen: New TV show set to film in St. John's". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, June 14, 2017.
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/anaana-s-tent-inuktitut-kids-show-1.4647606
- "‘First Contact’: TV docuseries seeks to shatter Indigenous Canadian stereotypes". Global News, September 12, 2018.
- "Upfronts ’18: CBC debuts 17 new series". Playback, May 24, 2018.
- "Canadian television actor Donnelly Rhodes dies at age 80". Archived from the original on 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- Author, radio host and philosopher Jacques Languirand dies at 86
- Veteran Canadian TV Programmer Jay Switzer Dies at 61
- "Actor Alf Humphreys dead at 64". Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- Former NBA Player Rasual Butler and Wife Leah LaBelle Killed In Car Crash
- Long-time broadcaster, Manfred Joehnck, passes away
- Tina Louise Bomberry, 'North of 60' Star, Dies at 52
- Gittens, Hasani (May 14, 2018). "Margot Kidder, actress best known for 'Superman' movies, dead at 69". NBC News. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wayne-maunder-dead-actor-1960s-tv-westerns-lancer-custer-was-80-1162237
- “CKWS-TV will be a fully Global station starting this fall”. Global News. Corus Entertainment. April 19, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
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