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Cartoon Party is a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television from 1959 to 1962.

In Opposition was a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CBC Television in 1989. The show lasted only a single season. It starred Kathleen Laskey as Karen Collier, a rookie Member of Parliament, who represented the fictional riding of Moncton—Macquedewawa for the also-fictional Dominion Party of Canada. The show also starred Lawrence Dane as her party leader, Damir Andrei as a caucus colleague, and Jennifer Dale as Collier's neighbour Mary Margaret McCarthy. The show was the CBC's second unsuccessful attempt to create a politically themed sitcom, following 1987's Not My Department.

Zut! was a Canadian sketch comedy television series which aired Saturday evenings from 1970 to 1971 on CBC Television. It was based loosely on relations between Quebec and the rest of Canada. The cast included Peter Cullen, Barrie Baldaro, Joan Stuart, Ted Zeigler, Dave Broadfoot, Wally Martin, Al Boliska, Dave Harriman, as well as singer Donald Lautrec and an orchestra conducted by François Cousineau. The series was produced in Montreal by Dale Barnes.

Three Takes is a lifestyle-based show that appears on the Slice Network in Canada. The show is hosted by Andrea Bain, Christine Diakos, and Jack Hourigan, who are respectively single, married, and divorced. The show is aimed mainly at women, and the three hosts have been selected with the hopes that most women will be able to identify with at least one of them. The three hosts typically discuss relationships and beauty and fashion tips, with each woman giving her perspective on these matters.

Diplomatic Immunity was a weekly political analysis and debate television show on TVOntario, which ran until 2006. Issues discussed reflected contemporary concerns; recently, these included terrorism, Middle East affairs, and US politics, though potentially any issue of international significance was considered. It was hosted by Steve Paikin, and featured regular guests and invited analysts. Regular guests included: ⁕Janice Stein, Director of the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. ⁕Patrick Martin, a columnist and editor at the Globe and Mail ⁕Richard Gwyn, a columnist at the Toronto Star ⁕Lewis MacKenzie, a retired Major-General of the Canadian Forces ⁕Eric Margolis, a columnist at the Toronto Sun and the Huffington Post Invited analysts were typically experts in the field of discussion; they were sourced from academia, politics and the business community alike. The show aired on Friday nights at 11PM, and Sundays at 3PM and 11PM. It was cancelled at the same time as the nightly newsmagazine Studio 2. The new series The Agenda incorporated elements of both shows.

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The Seven Wonders of Canada was a 2007 competition sponsored by CBC Television's The National and CBC Radio One's Sounds Like Canada. They sought to determine Canada's "seven wonders" by receiving nominations from viewers, and then from on-line voting of the short list. After the vote, a panel of judges, Ra McGuire, Roy MacGregor and Roberta L. Jamieson, picked the winners based on geographic and poetic criteria. Their seven picks were revealed on The National on June 7, 2007.

Lise, Pierre et Marcel is a French-Canadian television mini-series which aired in 1987. The mini-series was an episode of L'Amour avec un Grand A and had 2 parts. The series is written by Janette Bertrand.

Canada After Dark was Canada's first late-night comedy/variety talk show. It was hosted by Paul Soles and aired on CBC Television from September 18, 1978 to January 26, 1979. The show was repackaged from the failed, more informational 90 Minutes Live. Executive producer Alex Frame and producer Bob Ennis decided to try a show that would be comparable to The Tonight Show instead, changing the name of the show to Canada After Dark and replacing host Peter Gzowski with veteran comedic actor Soles. The new show would last for less than half a season. The Royal Canadian Air Farce parodied the show with skits called "Clark In The Dark", featuring then-Prime Minister Joe Clark acting as "host" from the gallery of an empty House Of Commons. The skits were revived after Clark returned to politics in the late 1990s.

Buy Herself is a Canadian reality television series, which premiered April 16, 2012 on HGTV Canada. Hosted by Sandra Rinomato, formerly of the HGTV series Property Virgins, the series focuses on single women who are seeking to buy their first house on their own. Its format is otherwise similar to that of Property Virgins, with Rinomato showing the potential buyer three homes and discussing how to manage and balance needs and expectations and complications in the home-buying process. Rinomato has stated in interviews that she was interested in doing a show focusing specifically on female homebuyers because as a relatively new social phenomenon, they face a unique set of personal and social pressures — such as family and cultural expectations that women are supposed to prioritize marriage over investment as a route to financial security — that can make the process more difficult and challenging for them than it is for a single man or a family.

Wawatay Kids TV is a Canadian children's television program on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. It is geared to kids aged 5 to 10. The series is about a group of children who belong to "The Little Eagles" clubhouse. Each episode they are faced with a problem, and with the help of Sampson Sasquatch and Megesi the Eagle they learn something new. Each episode teaches aboriginal skills and lessons. The series is produced by Wawatay Native Communications Society, and was created by Michael Dubé. It is filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Sioux Lookout and Thunder Bay in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.

Scully: The World Show is a Canadian talk show hosted by Robert Scully, who has interviewed some of the world's most prominent and famous personalities. Each week, Scully—once dubbed "the best interviewer on television" by the Montreal daily La Presse—discusses topical issues with Nobel laureates, heads of state, royalty, authors, financiers, athletes, designers, diplomats and philanthropists. The show, which debuted on November 5, 1988, has been taped worldwide. It is produced in Montreal, Quebec, Canada by Télémission Information Inc. and airs in syndication. The talk show was first syndicated for the 1998-'99 season and is distributed by American Public Television.

Puppet People was a TV series produced from 1973-1975 at CFCF-TV Montreal and telecast on most CTV affiliates throughout Canada. It was hosted by ventriloquist Jerry Layne who worked with his "friends" Lester and Herbie, puppets created for the show. Puppet People combined pre-taped comedy sketches featuring a cast of full size figures. These sketches were played into a game show featuring children answering questions based on the sketches. Live Studio Audience Puppet People was free to attend for a live studio audience, I am writing this paragraph as one who used to go to tappings as a child especially on my birthday to the studios of CFCF at 405 Ogilvy Avenue in Montreal. The opening theme was played on Kazoos by kids in the audience including a chant of "Puppet People, Puppet People, Puppet People" then the kazoos would go "do do do do, do do do do do ..." ending with a cheer. The series was the first production for producer/director Sidney M. Cohen. The Lester puppet once appeared on an episode of The Love Boat.

Discover one of the most dangerous jobs in the world… Shark Divers! Those people spend their lives close to these extraordinary predators studying, photographing, interacting and even wrestling with them. Nothing will stop them from diving, not even being attacked!

Flappers was a Canadian television sitcom airing on the CBC from 1979 to 1981. It was set in a Montreal night club during the Roaring Twenties. It followed the people who work in and around the club. Television producer Jack Humphrey wrote the pilot for Flappers and served as executive producer for the series. The title refers to the 1920s term Flappers. Flappers was directed by Alan Erlich, and produced by Joseph Partington, with Jack Humphrey as executive producer.

Maggie Muggins is a Canadian children's radio and television series which began on-air live as a fifteen-minute program on CBC Radio on New Year's Day, 1947. The highly popular radio program engaged children's imaginations, with its continuing cast of unique animal puppets and human characters. Maggie Muggins moved to CBC Television to air between September 29, 1955 and June 27, 1962. Maggie Muggins is a freckle-faced girl in a gingham dress, with her red hair pulled back in two long pigtails who had adventures with many human-like animals and her neighbour Mr. McGarrity, who constantly worked on his garden. The television series was adapted from previous media including radio and print.

Wonderstruck is a Canadian educational television series which taught science to children, that aired on CBC Television between 1986 and 1992. It was hosted by Bob McDonald. Every episode began with McDonald saying I'm curious about things. Why they are the way they are, and why they're not something else.

Le TVA 22 heures is the main nightly network newscast on TVA, a French language television network in the Canadian province of Quebec which is also available across Canada on cable. The program airs weekday evenings at 10 p.m. ET, and is anchored by Sophie Thibault. It is rebroadcast at 11 p.m. ET on TVA's all-news channel LCN.

Take 30 was a Canadian television newsmagazine series, which aired on CBC Television from 1962 to 1984. An afternoon series originally designed as a "women's show", the series gradually evolved into a showcase for serious journalism, airing documentary reports and interviews on social and cultural topics. The program's original hosts were Anna Cameron and Paul Soles. In 1965, Cameron left and was replaced by Adrienne Clarkson. During his time on the show, Soles was also a busy voiceover actor for animation, best known for shows such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Spider-Man, both of which were produced concurrent with his work on Take 30. Clarkson left the show in 1975 to become a host of The Fifth Estate, and was replaced by Mary Lou Finlay. Finlay left in 1977, and was replaced by Hana Gartner; Soles left the following year and was replaced by Harry Brown. Gartner left in 1982 and was replaced in the show's final season by Nadine Berger. Other contributors to the show included Jehane Benoît, Charles Lynch, Rita Deverell and Moses Znaimer. In some years, the CBC summer schedule repeated episodes from the past season, supplemented by shows produced in cities outside Toronto, titled in the 30 From ... format, such as 30 From Vancouver.

Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock is a half hour children’s show produced by Panacea Entertainment for the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, an aboriginal television network in Canada. A mid-1800s, animated children's show based on Tlingit cultural stories about maintaining principles. The series stars Jess Arfi as Anash, an orphan and warrior on a quest to reunite the separated parts of the mythical Sun-Rock, and Colin Van Loon as Kole, his servant and adopted brother.

Star Racer is a reality-genre TV show which originally aired on Discovery Channel Canada in 2006. It has been airing from October 2008 on Discovery's HD Theater, partly filmed from Circuit Mont-Tremblant. Star Racer chronicles the discovery and episode-by-episode elimination of some of the top amateur drivers in Canada over a period of 8 weeks. Racers participate in weekly racing events on an odyssey to prove themselves as the top talent. Host Yannick Bisson sets the stakes, and is the liaison between the drivers, the judges, and the audience. Eight racers from the world of Kart racing and eight drivers from other racing disciplines vie for the title of "Star Racer" and a career-making prize. The prize is a ride in the Formula Mazda Championship Racing Series where they will test their skills against professional racers.

ACTS-TV - Aboriginal Christian Television is a Christian daily broadcast show and the founding program of Cree Cable Channel 66 based in Moose Factory, Ontario Canada. Created in 2007 by Rev. Derrick Anderson, it first aired on June 15, 2007 from the Moose Factory Pentecostal Church. The broadcast airs on Moose Cree Cable channel 66 throughout the south-west coast of James Bay, as well as on the ACTS-TV website on the internet. ACTS-TV is "Spirit Led, Spirit Powered".

Bandwagon with Bob Francis is a Canadian music variety television series which aired on the CBC between September 21, 1972 and June 21, 1973 then February 13 to March 28, 1975. The show was hosted by Bob Francis who presented big band music performances. Bob Francis sometimes performed as vocalist and trumpet player Guido Basso also performed. Aubrey Tadman and Garry Ferrier produced and Barry Cranston directed.

Steven and Chris is a Canadian television talk show, which debuted on CBC Television on January 14, 2008. The show is hosted by Steven Sabados and Chris Hyndman, formerly of the home renovation show Designer Guys, who host celebrity guests and talk about topics ranging from entertainment, cooking, fashion, health and home decor. Sabados and Hyndman are both openly gay. Despite being a longtime couple off-screen, they did not publicly acknowledge their relationship until 2008. On March 10, 2009, CBC announced that the show was put on hiatus due to the network's budget cuts. It concluded on April 15, 2009 and continued in reruns in its usual timeslot. The show returned on December 10, 2009 with a prime time holiday special, and regular new episodes began on January 4, 2010. The show debuted in syndication in the United States through Program Partners in the fall of 2010. It began airing exclusively on Live Well Network in fall 2011.

This Land was a Canadian television series, which aired from 1970 to 1982 on CBC Television. Evolving from the earlier series This Land of Ours, a documentary series about Canada's agricultural and natural resources, This Land expanded its focus to include environmental and conservation issues. Hosts of the show included Jon Hopkins, Phyllis Gorman, Laurie Jennings, Mary Chapman, John Foster, Mike Halleran and Don Francks.

Made to Order is a Canadian lifestyle show airing in more than 150 countries, including the Food Network and Fine Living in Canada, Fine Living in the US, and Discovery Travel and Living in Asia, Australia, India and South America. It features the behind-the-scenes of the running of rain, a high-end restaurant in Toronto, Ontario. 39 episodes. Fine Living episode guide:

CBC News: The Scene is a Canadian entertainment news program on CBC Television and CBC Newsworld. It airs a two-minute weekday wrap on CBC News Network and local CBC newscasts, and a half-hour Weekend Scene edition airs on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays on CBC News Network. The show is hosted by journalist Jelena Adzic.

CTV News at 5 is a popular hour-long television newsmagazine airing weekdays at 5:00 p.m. on the CTV Atlantic system in the Canadian Maritimes region.

Club 6 is a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television between October 1960 and 1962. CHUM deejays Mike Darrow and Bob Willson played popular music for teens to dance to with featured performances by Tommy Ambrose, Pat Hervey, the Walter Boys and the Mickey Shannon Combo. The show was produced from a selected high school in Toronto.

Imprint was a Canadian television series that aired on TVOntario, BookTelevision, Knowledge and, for one season, on PBS. Inspired by Bernard Pivot's French literary programme Apostrophes, the series featured interviews with prize-winning authors and journalists, and examined the latest trends in books and contemporary issues in literature. Among the guests featured were Harry Allen, Margaret Atwood, Amiri Baraka, Julian Barnes, Leonard Cohen, David Cronenberg, John Irving, Ray Robertson, Salman Rushdie, and Robert J. Sawyer. Daniel Richler hosted the series from 1988 until well into the 1990s, and was succeeded by Mary Hynes. The program was last hosted by Tina Srebotnjak. In a controversial announcement, TVOntario, the program's producer, cancelled the series in early 2005.

Canada: The Great Experiment was an educational television show which was produced and broadcast by TVOntario in 1981-82. The series was narrated by Sir John A. Macdonald, played by veteran actor Colin Fox.

Francoeur was a Canadian television series, first aired by TFO in 2003. It was the first Franco-Ontarian téléroman. The series has produced 44 episodes to date. The series revolves around the Francoeurs, a Franco-Ontarian family in Eastern Ontario running a family farm. Written by Guy Boutin and directed by Derek Diorio, it was created and produced by Robert Charbonneau. The series has also aired on Télévision de Radio-Canada across the country.

Midday was a television newsmagazine series on CBC Television, which ran from January 1985 to 2000, replacing local noon-hour newscasts on CBC stations. The show, which aired from noon to 1 p.m. on weekday afternoons, presented a mix of news, lifestyle and entertainment features. The show would open with a 10-minute CBC News summary, usually read by Sheldon Turcotte in the news studio, and then move to another studio for the main segment of the program. The news summary would later become a simulcast of the CBC Newsworld hourly news update that was live for each time zone. Its original hosts were Bill Cameron, Keith Morrison and Valerie Pringle. The original producer was Michael Harris and the series was directed for its first four seasons by Sidney M. Cohen, who later became executive producer of Canada AM for CTV. Morrison, who initially rotated with Cameron, left after a year and Cameron left several years later, and was replaced by Peter Downie; Downie left in 1989 and was replaced by Ralph Benmergui. Pringle left the show to become host of Canada AM, and was replaced by one of show's regular contributors, Tina Srebotnjak. Benmergui later left to become host of Friday Night! with Ralph Benmergui, and was replaced by Kevin Newman. Newman subsequently left to join ABC News in the United States, and was replaced by Brent Bambury.

University of the Air was a daily distance education television program seen early mornings on the CTV Television Network in Canada between 1966 and 1983; prior to the establishment of 24-hour broadcasting, in most regions it was the first program aired each day, usually at 5:30 or 6 a.m., though it would also turn up at other times. Each episode consisted of a lecture given by a university instructor. Individual episodes of this series were produced locally by CTV affiliates nationwide, for nationwide broadcast on the CTV network. Previous lectures of this series was also broadcast on TVO and CHCH-TV Hamilton, both as part of TVO's educational television schedule. It was best remembered for its opening/closing title sequence, consisting of a black-bordered hexagonal kaleidoscope background and eerie electronic theme music.

Loving Friends and Perfect Couples was a Canadian television soap opera, which aired in 1983. Originally aired on the pay TV network First Choice, the series was later rerun on Global. The show was billed as an "adult" prime time soap opera, including unedited nudity, profanity and simulated sex. The show's cast included Keir Dullea, Ross Petty, Lisa Howard, Mimi Kuzyk and Cali Timmins.

Carica-Tours was a weekly half-hour Canadian television series hosted by artist Jack Derr who illustrated story tours of different countries. The show was broadcast from Montreal.

Telemiracle is a telethon organized by the Kinsmen and Kinettes in Saskatchewan, Canada for the benefit of the Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation. Initially broadcast on both CTV and CBC affiliates in Saskatchewan, it is now broadcast, commercial-free, exclusively on the province's CTV affiliates. Generally broadcast the first weekend of March, the 37th edition took place in Saskatoon on March 2 and 3, 2013.

Ice Planet is a Canadian science fiction film released in 2003. It was produced as a pilot movie for an intended TV series. The film was directed by Winrich Kolbe and its cast included Wes Studi as Commander Trager.

The Great Canadian Culture Hunt was a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1976.

Tales of Adventure is a Canadian serial dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television from 1952 to 1953.

Canadian nature documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1980.

A two-part documentary about the storm of the century, exploring the mechanics of the disaster, the impact on those affected, and the mammoth efforts to rebuild stronger and safer.

Me, My House & I is a Canadian television series which premiered on on the W Network in 2003. Produced by Mountain Road Productions the series follows the trials and tribulations of stand-up comedian, actor, and first-time homeowner Brigitte Gall, as she renovates a turn-of-the-century home in the city. The house has character to spare but needs plenty of TLC: Tools, Labour and Cash. Brigitte's got the tools - she's been collecting them since high school. She can do the labour since she's got time between gigs. As for the cash? Well, as a first-time homeowner things might be a little tight but Brigitte is determined and enterprising.

Fashion File was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television and CBC Newsworld, as well as internationally in syndication, from 1989 to 2009. The series covered fashion industry news. The series was hosted from its inception until 2006 by Tim Blanks, who left the show at the end of 2006 to join the Canadian fashion magazine Flare as editor-at-large. Over the winter of 2007, the CBC aired Fashion File Host Hunt, a short-run reality show in which ten finalists competed to become the new host of the show. Adrian Mainella was chosen as the new host of the series at the end of the Host Hunt. Other contestants included Peter Papapetrou, Manny Neubacher, Justin Singh, Paul Pogue, Mary Kitchen, Stephanie Pigott, Jamey Ordolis, Raji Sohal and Henrietta Southam. The judges were fashion magazine editors Bronwyn Cosgrave and Suzanne Boyd, and Fashion File executive producer Réjean Beaudin. The series was hosted by Michelle Mama. As of the end of March 2009, Fashion File was cancelled by CBC Television. The press release cites the "current financial situation."

Chef Christine Cushing helps seemingly hopeless home cooks find confidence in the kitchen

Les Aventures de Virulysse was a French language children's show made in Quebec in the early 1980s. It used puppets and the stories centered on a scientist, his daughter and an anthropomorphic virus.