''Studio 2'' was a daily (weeknights)

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, Canada. The show won several Gemini Awards, and was hosted by

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and Paula Todd (who replaced original co-host Mary Hynes in the show's third season), and first aired in 1994. TVOntario announced the program's termination on June 29, 2006. The final episode aired on June 30, and was replaced that fall with a new series hosted by Paikin, '' The Agenda''. Rather than a newscast style, ''Studio 2'' tackled certain current news stories affecting many Canadians with a focus often on Ontario. Regular topics on the show included

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, federal politics, provincial politics,

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, the

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, the arts and many others. The show usually performed a deep analysis, often with open discussions among experts or even interviewing specific figures involved in the issues. Also included were arts and current affairs documentary segments, live performance, and in-depth personal interviews. The show was partially integrated with two other TVOntario series hosted by Paikin, '' Fourth Reading'' and ''

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'', which used the same studio and production team and aired immediately after ''Studio 2'' on their respective nights, but were treated and billed as separate series rather than segments of ''Studio 2''. ''Fourth Reading'' had already been in production for two years before ''Studio 2'' premiered, while ''Diplomatic Immunity'' began as a segment on ''Studio 2'' before being spun off into its own series in 1998. However, when ''Studio 2'' was replaced with ''The Agenda'', the new program fully subsumed both ''Fourth Reading'' and ''Diplomatic Immunity'' as well.Jim Coyle, "Legislature fades from media radar". ''

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'', September 15, 2008.

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* {{cite web, url=http://www.tvo.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Microsite/?studio2, title=Studio 2, publisher=TVOntario, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222180636/http://www.tvo.org/TVOsites/WebObjects/TvoMicrosite.woa?studio2, archivedate=22 December 2007 TVOntario original programming 1994 Canadian television series debuts 2006 Canadian television series endings 1990s Canadian television news shows 2000s Canadian television news shows Canadian political television series