''Connect with Mark Kelley'' was a Canadian news talk show, which aired from 2009 to 2012 on

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. Hosted by

Mark Kelley Mark Kelley is a Canadians, Canadian television journalist, associated with CBC News. Formerly a correspondent and substitute anchor for ''CBC News: The National, The National'' and a host of ''CBC News: Morning'', he hosted ''Connect with Mark ...

, the show originally aired lived from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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on weeknights, and then was shortened to an 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. air time, after the creation of ''

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''. The show's team also included Reshmi Nair,

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and Nick Purdon. Several months before the first airing, Mark Kelley pitched to his executives the concept of a "highly interactive nightly news show" which would use

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technologies. The show debuted on October 26, 2009. The show ended on June 22, 2012 due to budget cuts resulting from the

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. Kelley went on to join the CBC's weekly newsmagazine series '' the fifth estate''."CBC journalist Mark Kelley connects with news magazine 'The Fifth Estate'"
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'', July 12, 2012.

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