1997 in Canadian television explained

This is a list of Canadian television related events from 1997.

Events

Date	Event
February 27	Renowned children's TV series Theodore Tugboat begins its first ever airing in Malaysia on TV2.
March 9	CIHF, CFRE, CKND and CFSK all join the Global system.
	18th Genie Awards.
	Juno Awards of 1997.
June 6	1997 Gemini Awards.
July 2	The first prime time national series to be produced out of Vancouver begins filming: Cold Squad.[1]
August 18	Global purchases the CBC Television affiliate CKMI-TV-1. This purchase allowed Global to officially become a national television network.
September 6	Full coverage of the funeral for Princess Diana airs on all the main television networks.
September 8	A number of new French television channels launch including Canal Vie, LCN, and Télétoon.
September 15	Canadian children's educational animated series Caillou begins its screening on Canadian television starting off with a French dub on the French language cartoon channel Télétoon.
October 17	A number of new television channels launch including The Comedy Network, CTV Newsnet, Home & Garden Television, Outdoor Life Network, Prime, Teletoon, and Space: The Imagination Station.
	Caillou starts airing in English for the very first time when the series airs on Teletoon, a newly launched English language channel dedicated to cartoons.
November 1	Treehouse, a preschool oriented channel, launches in Canada. Unlike parent network YTV, it does not air commercials during programming.

Debuts

Show	Station	Premiere Date
Le Femme Nikita	CTV	January 13
	CBC Television	February
The Hunger	The Movie Network	July 20
Uh Oh!	YTV	August 22
EP Daily	CityTV	September 1
Animal Crackers	Teletoon	September 7
Popular Mechanics for Kids	Global
Caillou	Télétoon	September 15
		October 3
Pippi Longstocking	Teletoon	October 17
Ned's Newt
Freaky Stories	YTV	October 24
Skinnamarink TV	CBC Television	October 27
Franklin	Family	November 3
Open Mike with Mike Bullard	The Comedy Network/CBC Television	November 24
The Angry Beavers	YTV	December 26
Riverdale	CBC Television	Unknown

Changes of network affiliation

Show	Moved from	Moved to
	YTV	Treehouse TV
Caillou	Télétoon	Teletoon

Ending this year

Show	Station	Cancelled
It's Alive!	YTV	January 1
Fred Penner	CBC Television
North of 60		December 18
Ready or Not	Global	August 11
Jake and the Kid		August 16

Television shows

1950s

• Country Canada (1954–2007)
• Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present)
• The National (1954–present).

1960s

• CTV National News (1961–present)
• Land and Sea (1964–present)
• Man Alive (1967–2000)
• The Nature of Things (1960–present, scientific documentary series)
• Question Period (1967–present, news program)
• W-FIVE (1966–present, newsmagazine program)

1970s

• Canada AM (1972–present, news program)
• the fifth estate (1975–present, newsmagazine program)
• Marketplace (1972–present, newsmagazine program)
• 100 Huntley Street (1977–present, religious program)

1980s

• Adrienne Clarkson Presents (1988–1999)
• CityLine (1987–present, news program)
• Fashion File (1989–2009)
• Just For Laughs (1988–present)
• Midday (1985–2000)
• On the Road Again (1987–2007)
• Venture (1985–2007)

1990s

• Black Harbour (1996–1999)
• Comics! (1993–1999)
• Due South (1994–1999)
• Life and Times (1996–2007)
• The Passionate Eye (1993–present)
• Royal Canadian Air Farce (1993–2008)
• The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
• The Rez (1996–1998)
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993–present)
• Traders (1996–2000)
• Wind at My Back (1996–2000)
• Witness (1992–2004)

Television stations

Debuts

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes/References
July 10			43		[2]
August 18	Quebec City, Quebec	CBVE-TV	18	CBC Television (O&O)	Full-time repeater of CBMT/Montréal after its original transmitter became the Quebec City area's Global station
September 8			62		[3]
September 18			51	A-Channel	[4]
September 20			5		[5]
September 22			32	Independent	[6]
October 17	Toronto, Ontario	(now CTV Sci-Fi Channel)		CHUM Limited
Unknown		Star Ray TV	15		[7]

Network affiliation changes

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Old affiliation	New affiliation	References
August 18		CKMI-TV	20	CBC		This station moved to Montreal in 2009, but still retaining the original Quebec City transmitter[8]
Unknown			16	Independent		[9]

See also

• 1997 in Canada
• List of Canadian films of 1997

External links

• List of 1997 Canadian television series at IMDb

Notes and References

1. Web site: Edwards. Ian. On set: Cold Squad. Playback. Brunico Communications. September 22, 1997.
2. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/chob-dt “CHOB-DT Station History”
3. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/cjnt-dt “CJNT-DT Station History”
4. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/ckem-dt “CKEM-DT Station History”
5. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/ckal-dt “CKAL-DT Station History”
6. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/civt-dt “CIVT-DT Station History”
7. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/vx9amk-star-ray “VX9AMK STAR RAY Station History”
8. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/ckmi-dt “CKMI-DT Station History”
9. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/chwi-dt “CHWI-DT Station History”