2006 in Canadian television
Overview of the events of 2006 in Canadian television
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This is a list of Canadian television related events from 2006.
Events
Date | Event |
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March 21 | Cable channel talktv is rebranded as MTV. |
April 2 | Mathieu Baron and Stéphanie Bélanger win the second season of Loft Story. |
April 7 | After 15 seasons, the Canadian comedy sketch program The Red Green Show, starring Steve Smith and Patrick McKenna, airs its 300th and final episode on CBC. |
June 1 | Cable channel Prime is rebranded as TVtropolis. |
July 12 | CTVglobemedia announces a $1.7 billion takeover offer for CHUM Limited. |
September 17 | Eva Avila is named the winner of Canadian Idol's Season 4. |
September 21 | CTV mistakenly airs Episode 3-02 of Grey's Anatomy in place of the season premiere. |
November 4 | 2006 Gemini Awards. |
December 3 | Jean-Philippe Anwar and Kim Rusk win season 3 of Loft Story. |
Debuts
Show | Station | Premiere Date |
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Getting Along Famously | CBC | January 6 |
Captain Flamingo | YTV | February 7 |
At the Hotel | CBC | March 7 |
Mantracker | OLN | April |
Billable Hours | Showcase | April 16 |
Alice, I Think | The Comedy Network/CTV | May 26 |
What It's Like Being Alone | CBC | June 26 |
11 Cameras | June 28 | |
Grossology | YTV | September 29 |
Design Interns | HGTV | October 3 |
Dragons' Den | CBC | October 13 |
Intelligence | ||
Ruby Gloom | YTV | |
The Gill Deacon Show | CBC | October 30 |
Underdogs | November 14 | |
The Agenda | TVOntario | Fall |
Ending this year
Show | Station | Cancelled |
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Strange Days at Blake Holsey High | Global Television Network | January 28 |
Mona the Vampire | YTV | February 22 |
Da Vinci's City Hall | CBC Television | February 28 |
Getting Along Famously | March 3 | |
This Is Wonderland | March 15 | |
The Collector | Citytv | April 4 |
The Red Green Show | CBC Television | April 7 |
Les Bougon | Télévision de Radio-Canada | April 17 |
Naked Josh | Showcase | July 18 |
Hatching, Matching and Dispatching | CBC Television | August 22 |
Jacob Two-Two | YTV | September 3 |
What It's Like Being Alone | CBC Television | September 18 |
The Big Comfy Couch | YTV | December 29 |
Diplomatic Immunity | TVOntario | Unknown |
Fourth Reading | ||
Studio 2 | ||
MovieTelevision | Citytv |
TV movies & miniseries
- Martyr Street
- October 1970
- Prairie Giant
- René Lévesque
Television stations
Debuts
Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/References |
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February 6 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | CIIT-TV | 35 | Crossroads Television System | [1] |
March 17 | Leamington, Ontario | CFTV-DT | 34 | Community Independent | [2] |
March 28 | Fredericton, New Brunswick | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Television Service | (cable-only) | Government-access independent | |
November 1 | St. Andrews, New Brunswick | CHCO-TV | 26 | Community Independent | Over-the-air relaunch of the local community channel[3] |
Network affiliation changes
Date | Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | References |
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Unknown | Bellingham, Washington (USA) (Vancouver, British Columbia) | KBCB | 24 | ImaginAsian | ShopNBC |
See also
References
External links
- List of 2006 Canadian television series at IMDb
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