The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1977. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches.
Events
Debuts
Ending this year
Television shows
1950s
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Country Canada'' (1954–2007)
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CBC News Magazine
''CBC News Magazine'' (later known as ''Newsmagazine'') was a weekly Canadian news television series which debuted on CBC Television on September 8, 1952. The series presented the week's international news highlights and documentaries from CBC cor ...
'' (1952–1981)
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Circle 8 Ranch
From 1955 until 1978, ''Circle 8 Ranch'' was a weekly country and western television program broadcast each Tuesday night on Wingham, Ontario's CKNX, Channel 8. It began as a radio program called the ''CKNX Barn Dance'' on CKNX's AM sister statio ...
'' (1955–1978)
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The Friendly Giant
''The Friendly Giant'' was a children's television program that aired on CBC Television from September 30, 1958 through to March 1985. It featured three main characters: a giant (mythology), giant named Friendly (played by Bob Homme), who lived in ...
'' (1958–1985)
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Hockey Night in Canada
CBC Television has aired National Hockey League (NHL) broadcasts under the ''Hockey Night in Canada'' (often abbreviated ''Hockey Night'' or ''HNiC'') brand that is primarily associated with its Saturday night NHL broadcasts throughout its hi ...
'' (1952–present)
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The National'' (1954–present)
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Front Page Challenge
''Front Page Challenge'' was a Canadian panel game about current events and history. Created by comedy writer/performer John Aylesworth (of the comedy team of Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth) and produced and aired by CBC Television, the se ...
'' (1957–1995)
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Wayne and Shuster Show'' (1958–1989)
1960s
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CTV National News'' (1961–present)
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Land and Sea
''Land and Sea'' is a locally produced Canadian documentary television show broadcast on CBC Television. It has been on the air since 1964 on CBC owned-operated station CBNT in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. (interrupted only by a shor ...
'' (1964–present)
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Man Alive'' (1967–2000)
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Mr. Dressup
''Mr. Dressup'' is a Canadian children's television series, starring Ernie Coombs, a former understudy of Fred Rogers, in the title role. It originally ran on CBC from 1967 to 1996, soon becoming an iconic presence in Canadian media.
Producti ...
'' (1967–1996)
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The Nature of Things
''The Nature of Things'' (also, ''The Nature of Things with David Suzuki'') is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on 6 November 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that hu ...
'' (1960–present, scientific documentary series)
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Question Period
Question Period (french: période des questions), known officially as Oral Questions (french: questions orales) occurs each sitting day in the House of Commons of Canada, in which members of the parliament ask questions of government ministers (i ...
'' (1967–present, news program)
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Reach for the Top
''Reach for the Top'' (also known simply as ''Reach'') is a Canadian academic quiz competition for high school students. In the past, it has also been a game show nationally broadcast on the CBC. Matches are currently aired online through Reach ...
'' (1961–1985)
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Take 30
''Take 30'' (also expressed as ''Take Thirty'') was a Canadian television newsmagazine series, which aired on CBC Television from 1962 to 1984 for 2,500 episodes. An afternoon series originally designed as a "women's show", the series gradually ev ...
'' (1962–1983)
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The Tommy Hunter Show
Thomas James Hunter, CM, O.Ont (born March 20, 1937) is a Canadian country music performer, known as "Canada's Country Gentleman".
Career
In 1956, he began performing as a rhythm guitarist on the CBC Television show, '' Country Hoedown''. '' ...
'' (1965–1992)
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University of the Air'' (1966–1983)
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W-FIVE
''W5'' is a Canadian news magazine television program
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication Media (communication), medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the m ...
'' (1966–present, newsmagazine program)
1970s
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The Beachcombers
''The Beachcombers'' is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that ran on CBC Television from October 1, 1972, to December 12, 1990. With over 350 episodes, it is one of the longest-running dramatic series ever made for English-language Canad ...
'' (1972–1990)
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The Bobby Vinton Show
''The Bobby Vinton Show'' was a Canadian musical variety television series produced for the CTV Television Network between 1975 and 1978, with a total of 52 episodes broadcast. Featuring Bobby Vinton, a best-selling popular music singer since the ...
'' (1975–1978)
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Canada AM
''Canada AM'' was a Canadian morning television news show that aired on CTV from 1972 to 2016. Its final hosts were Beverly Thomson and Marci Ien, with Jeff Hutcheson presenting the weather forecast and sports. The program aired on weekdays, an ...
'' (1972–present, news program)
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City Lights'' (1973–1989)
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Celebrity Cooks
''Celebrity Cooks'' was a Canadian cooking show independently produced by ''Initiative Productions'' and aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1979 and on Global from 1980 to 1987. It was syndicated throughout Canada and the United States from 1 ...
'' (1975–1984)
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Coming Up Rosie'' (1975–1978)
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Definition'' (1974–1989)
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the fifth estate'' (1975–present,
newsmagazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published magazine, radio or television program, usually published weekly, consisting of articles about current events. News magazines generally discuss stories, in greater depth than do newspapers or n ...
program)
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A Gift To Last
''A Gift to Last'' is a CBC Television Christmas special broadcast in 1976, a subsequent family drama series that ran from 1978 to 1979, and a stage play based on the pilot episode.
In both the special and series, Gordon Pinsent portrayed North- ...
'' (1976–1979)
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Grand Old Country'' (1975–1981)
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Headline Hunters'' (1972–1983)
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King of Kensington
''King of Kensington'' is a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1980.Mary Jane Miller, ''Turn Up the Contrast: CBC Television Drama since 1952''. UBC Press, 2011. . pp. 134-144.
Synopsis
Al Waxman starred as Lar ...
'' (1975–1980)
*''Let's Go (CTV TV series), Let's Go'' (1976–1984)
*''Marketplace (Canadian TV program), Marketplace'' (1972–present, newsmagazine program)
*''Ombudsman (TV series), Ombudsman'' (1974–1980)
*''Science Magazine'' (1975–1979)
*''Second City Television'' (1976–1984)
*''Sidestreet'' (1975–1978)
*''This Land (TV series), This Land'' (1970–1982)
*''V.I.P. (talk show), V.I.P.'' (1973–1983)
*''The Watson Report'' (1975–1981)
TV movies
*''Ada''
*''Dreamspeaker''
*''Hank''
*''The Machine Age (film), The Machine Age''
*''Maria''
*''The Prophet from Pugwash''
*''Someday Soon...''
*''The Tar Sands''
Television stations
Debuts
Closures
See also
* 1977 in Canada
* List of Canadian films
References
External links
List of 1977 Canadian television seriesat IMDb
1977 in Canadian television,
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