2024 in Canadian television

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The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2024. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

Events[edit]

January[edit]

Date Event Source
11 After over 13 years on the air, Groupe TVA's children's channel Yoopa ended operations. The channel was replaced with QUB, a TV broadcast version of Groupe TVA's QUB Radio.

February[edit]

Date Event Source
8 CTV Television Network announces significant news cutbacks at its owned-and-operated stations, including the cancellation of all noon-hour and weekend local newscasts outside of a few major metropolitan markets. [1]

Programs[edit]

Programs debuting in 2024[edit]

Start date Show Channel Source
January 8 MasterChef Québec TVA [2]
January 9 One More Time CBC [3]
January 10 Wild Cards [3]
January 19 Late Bloomer Crave [4]
January 21 Sight Unseen CTV [5]
February 5 Timber Titans Discovery [6]
February 7 Allegiance CBC [3]
February 8 The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down [7]
February 22 Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Citytv [8]
March 5 Treaty Road APTN [9]
September Old Enough! Canada TVO [10]
TBA The Sticky Amazon Prime Video [11]
Geek Girl Netflix
One Day We'll All Be Dead Crave [4]
So Long, Marianne

Programs ending in 2024[edit]

End date Show Channel First aired Status Source
January 19 Transplant CTV 2020 Ended [12]

Specials[edit]

Start date Show Channel Source
March 24 Juno Awards of 2024 CBC Television [13]
May 31 12th Canadian Screen Awards [14]
Dates TBA 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards CTV
111th Grey Cup TSN
26th Quebec Cinema Awards Noovo

Networks and services[edit]

Network launches[edit]

  • QUB (January 11, 2024)

Network closures[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Connie Thiessen, "Most noon, weekend CTV newscasts cancelled as part of cuts at Bell Media". Broadcast Dialogue, May 8, 2024.
  2. ^ Hugo Dumas, "Une recette courte, rapide et figée". La Presse, January 15, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Connie Thiessen, "CBC to launch two new FAST channels as part of 2023-24 programming slate". Broadcast Dialogue, June 1, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Cassandra Szklarski, "CTV adds homegrown baking contest, quiz show while Crave leans into edgy comedies". Toronto Star, June 9, 2022.
  5. ^ Greg David, "Casting details announced for upcoming new CTV original drama series Sight Unseen". TV, eh?, October 12, 2023.
  6. ^ Greg David, "New Canadian original series Timber Titans anchors Discovery’s winter programming lineup". TV, eh?, January 19, 2024.
  7. ^ "Seth Rogen, Jennifer Robertson join CBC's 'The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down'". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 30, 2023.
  8. ^ Peter White, "‘Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent’ Sets Cast". Deadline Hollywood, October 16, 2023.
  9. ^ Greg David, "Treaty Road, the ground-breaking docuseries, premieres March 5 on APTN". TV, eh?, February 1, 2024.
  10. ^ Whittock, Jesse (January 29, 2024). "Colin Mochrie To Narrate Canadian Version Of Eye-Opening Japanese Format 'Old Enough!', In Which Toddlers Go It Alone". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  11. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 22, 2023). "'The Sticky': Margo Martindale, Chris Diamantopoulos & Guillaume Cyr To Star; EP Jamie Lee Curtis To Guest Star In Amazon Series". Deadline Hollywood.
  12. ^ "Transplant scrubs in one last time on CTV". Playback, January 16, 2024.
  13. ^ David Friend, "Nelly Furtado promises 'sexy,' 'spicy' show as host of 2024 Juno Awards". Toronto Star, November 7, 2023.
  14. ^ Alex Nino Ghechiu, "Organizers say Canadian Screen Awards will again be a pre-taped ceremony". CityNews, February 8, 2024.

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