2023 In Canadian Television

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.

Events

February

Date Event Source
16 David Cochrane is named the new host of CBC News Network's daily political talk show Power & Politics.

March

Date Event Source
27 After 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

Date Event Source
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

Date Event Source
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.

September

Date Event Source
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.

October

Date Event Source
1 After 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

Date Event Source
13 CTV launches an early 5:30 p.m. edition of CTV National News, to be anchored by Sandie Rinaldo.

Programs

Programs debuting in 2023

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

Programs ending in 2023

End date Show Channel First aired Status Source
March 8 Pretty Hard Cases CBC Television 2021 Ended
March 28 Workin' Moms 2017
June 9 The Marilyn Denis Show CTV 2011
October 6 Entertainment Tonight Canada Global 2005
December 8 Sort Of CBC Television 2021 Ending
December 25 Letterkenny Crave 2016

Specials

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

Networks and services

Network conversions and rebrandings

Old network name New network name Type Conversion date Notes
Teletoon Cartoon Network Canada Cable/satellite March 27
Cartoon Network Boomerang Canada

Closures

Network Type Closure date Notes
A.Side TV Cable/satellite January 15
Vrak October 1
ESPN Classic October 31

Deaths

Date Name Age Notes Source
February 25 Gordon Pinsent 92 Actor (various Canadian series including The Forest Rangers, Quentin Durgens, M.P., Street Legal, Due South, and Republic of Doyle)
March 21 Charles E. Bastien 60 Animation director (Pelswick, PAW Patrol)
May 5 Pauline Newstone 79 Voice actress for Ocean Productions 1973-2020.
May 14 Samantha Weinstein 28 Actress (TV roles including XPM and Alias Grace, voice work on such animated series as D.N. Ace and Dino Ranch)
June 28 Sue Johanson 93 Sex educator and host of Sunday Night Sex Show on W Network
August 17 Rick Jeanneret 81 Hockey announcer for the Buffalo Sabres
September 7 Peter C. Newman 94 Journalist, documentary writer (The Canadian Establishment, Titans)
October 28 Matthew Perry 54 Canadian-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)

See also

References

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