1997_in_Canadian_television

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1997 in Canadian television

Overview of the events of 1997 in Canadian television

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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.
October 17	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.

Show	Station	Premiere Date
Le Femme Nikita	CTV	January 13
Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle	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	September 7
Caillou	Télétoon	September 15
The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police	YTV	October 3
Pippi Longstocking	Teletoon	October 17
Ned's Newt	Teletoon	October 17
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

Show	Moved from	Moved to
Happy Ness: Secret of the Loch	YTV	Treehouse TV
Caillou	Télétoon	Teletoon

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes/References
July 10	Maskwacis, Alberta	CHOB-TV	43	Independent	^[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	Montréal, Quebec	CJNT-TV	62	Independent	^[3]
September 18	Edmonton, Alberta	CKEM-TV	51	A-Channel	^[4]
September 20	Calgary, Alberta	CKAL-TV	5	A-Channel	^[5]
September 22	Vancouver, British Columbia	CIVT-TV	32	Independent	^[6]
October 17	Toronto, Ontario	Space: The Imagination Station (now CTV Sci-Fi Channel)		CHUM Limited
Unknown	Toronto, Ontario	Star Ray TV (Pirate TV station)	15	Independent	^[7]

1997 in Canadian television

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