The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2017. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.
Events
Notable events
February Date Event5The CRTC rejects simultaneous substitution over Super Bowl LI, giving Canadian viewers the ability to view American Super Bowl commercials in real time; the CRTC ruled that the commercials had become an integral part of the game broadcast and that the network had been botching its simsubs over other programs by cutting in and out at the wrong times. Bell Media, which owns the rights to the Super Bowl broadcasts in Canada, vehemently fought against the proposed rule change, which caused its viewership to drop 39% compared to Super Bowl 50.
March Date Event12The 5th Canadian Screen Awards air on CBC.
July Date Event1Peter Mansbridge, the anchor of CBC Television's national newscast The National since 1988, retires following the network's live Canada Day broadcast.
August Date Event1CBC Television announces that Adrienne Arsenault, Rosemary Barton, Andrew Chang and Ian Hanomansing will be the new anchors of The National, starting on November 6.31The digital specialty channel G4 Canada ends operations after just short of sixteen years of operations, with Rogers Media turning in its license for CRTC revocation. It ends four years after the American G4 went off the air, and several months after its intended replacement in United States, Esquire Network also expired.
September Date Event4Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole return to TSN's SportsCentre after four years in the United States. The pair previously anchored TSN's flagship show from 2003 to 2013.City stations CKEM Edmonton and CHMI Winnipeg relaunch evening newscasts, under the CityNews brand. The news programs, which air at 6 pm and 11 pm, are the first newscasts on the station since the CTVglobemedia's acquisition of previous owner CHUM Limited.25Satirist Rick Mercer, host of the eponymous Rick Mercer Report, announces that the upcoming season of the Report will be his last.
October Date Event17Bell announces the purchase of French channels Séries+ and Historia.20Following the death of iconic Canadian rock singer Gord Downie on October 17, CTV advances the television premiere of Long Time Running, the documentary film by Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier about the Man Machine Poem Tour of 2016, from its originally planned date of November 19.
December Date Event26 Irv Weinstein, an American actor-turned-news anchor who was widely viewed in Southern Ontario through border blaster WKBW-TV and influenced a large number of Southern Ontario comics who would go on to become internationally famous (such as Eugene Levy, Jim Carrey and Mike Myers), dies at the age of 87 following a 21-month battle with ALS.
Television programs
Programs debuting in 2017 Series currently listed here have been announced by their respective networks as scheduled to premiere in 2017. Note that shows may be delayed or cancelled by the network between now and their scheduled air dates.
Start date Show Channel SourceJanuary 1RansomGlobalJanuary 3Heavy Rescue: 401DiscoveryJanuary 9Lâcher priseIci Radio-Canada TéléJanuary 9PureCBC Television"CBC Unveils Winter Schedule" . Broadcaster, November 14, 2016.January 10Workin' MomsCBC Television January 25CardinalCTV"CTV and Super Écran Partner on New Serialized Drama" . Broadcaster, February 11, 2016. Mary Kills PeopleGlobalFebruary 2Nirvanna the Band the ShowVicelandFebruary 17True North CallingCBC TelevisionFebruary 20BellevueCBC TelevisionMarch 7The Real Housewives of TorontoSliceMarch 24What Would Sal Do?CraveTVSuper Channel"The 2016 New Establishment: New Metric Media". Playback, September 8, 2016.March 26Canada: The Story of UsCBC TelevisionApril 10 (web)Save MeCBC Television"CBC adds new web series on first responders". Media in Canada, April 10, 2017.May 6Chuck's ChoiceYTVJuly 1721 ThunderCBC TelevisionAugust 53 AmigonautsYTVSeptember 4Worst to FirstHGTVSeptember 21Bad BloodCity"City TV unveils a Canadian 'Sopranos' for the fall". Toronto Star, June 6, 2017.September 25Alias GraceCBC TelevisionNovember 1The Great Canadian Baking ShowCBC TelevisionNovember 5Fubar Age of ComputerCityNovember 7Political Blind DateTVOntarioNovember 23The Indian DetectiveCTVUnknownAdulthood (L'Âge adulte)Ici TOU.TVThe Neddeaus of Duqesne IslandCBC Comedy
Television films and specials
Start date Show Channel SourceMarch 2The Skin We're InCBC TelevisionOctober 20Long Time RunningCTVOctober 22Gord Downie's Secret Path in ConcertCBC Television
Television stations Stations closures Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Source January 27 Kenora, Ontario CJBN-TV 13 (analog) Global
See also 2017 in Canada List of Canadian films of 2017
References
External links List of 2017 Canadian television series at IMDb