2025 in Canadian television
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The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2025. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.
Notable events
[edit]January
[edit]| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers Sports & Media's new agreement for Warner Bros. Discovery lifestyle and factual brands, announced in June 2024, takes effect. New versions of five WBD-licensed channel brands previously licensed to Bell Media or Corus Entertainment launched under Rogers ownership, with other affected brands available through Citytv+. Five Discovery-branded channels owned by Bell rebranded, two adopting new brands licensed from NBCUniversal. | [1][2] |
February
[edit]| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Sid Seixeiro and Meredith Shaw simultaneously depart as hosts of Citytv's Breakfast Television. | [3] |
March
[edit]| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Dina Pugliese returns as host of Citytv's Breakfast Television after departing the program in 2023, alongside new co-host Tim Bolen. | [4] |
May
[edit]| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Stingray Group announces the closure of its twinstick stations in Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan, CKSA and CITL, effective immediately, citing “challenging economic conditions.” | [5] |
June
[edit]| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Pattison Media announces the closure of Medicine Hat's CHAT-TV after 68 years, citing shrinking support for local TV and ongoing losses making it impossible to continue TV operations in the city. | [6] |
| 4 | Longtime CBC News Network morning anchor Heather Hiscox announces her retirement, effective November 6. | [7] |
July
[edit]| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Corus Entertainment announces the closure of ABC Spark, Disney Jr., Disney XD, La Chaîne Disney, and Nickelodeon on September 1 due to financial pressure within Corus. | [8] |
Programs
[edit]Programs debuting in 2025
[edit]| Start date | Show | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | Saint-Pierre | CBC Television | [9] |
| January 7 | North of North | ||
| February 1 | Sounds Black | History | [10] |
| February 10 | Novelette Is Trying | OUTtv | [11] |
| February 18 | Hanomansing Tonight | CBC News Network | [12] |
| February 25 | Small Achievable Goals | CBC Television | [9] |
| April 21 | Big Burger Battle | Flavour | |
| May 2 | Drag Brunch Saved My Life | Crave | [13] |
| May 15 | Game Changers | AMI-tv | [14] |
| May 26 | We Were Broncos | AMI-tv | [15] |
| June 12 | Revival | CTV Sci-Fi | [16] |
| TBA | Bad Trips | Crave | [17] |
| Beer Budget Reno | Home | [18] | |
| Building Baeumler | Home | ||
| Life Is Messy | Home | ||
| Locals Welcome | CBC Television | [19] | |
| My Pet Ate What? | CTV Wild | [20] | |
| One Day We'll All Be Dead | Crave | [21] | |
| Pamela's Cooking with Love | Flavour | [18] | |
| Queen of the Castle | CTV Life | [20] | |
| Rentovation | Home | [18] | |
| Shipwreck Kings | Discovery | [20] | |
| Sounds Black | History | [22] | |
| Super Team Canada | Crave | [23] | |
| Yukon Rescue | History | [22] |
Programs ending in 2025
[edit]| End date | Show | Channel | First aired | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 27 | Children Ruin Everything | CTV | 2022 | Ended | [24] |
| June 27 | The Agenda | TVO | 2006 | Ended | [25] |
Specials
[edit]| Start date | Show | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 30 | Juno Awards of 2025 | CBC | [26] |
| June 1 | 13th Canadian Screen Awards | CBC | [27] |
| November 16 | 112th Grey Cup | CTV, TSN | |
| Dates TBA | 2025 Canadian Country Music Awards | CTV | |
| 27th Quebec Cinema Awards | Noovo |
Networks and services
[edit]Network launches
[edit]| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery | Cable and satellite | January 1 | New channels operated by Rogers Sports & Media, under brands previously used by different channels |
| Food Network | |||
| HGTV | |||
| Investigation Discovery | |||
| Magnolia Network |
Network rebrandings
[edit]| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Planet | CTV Wild Channel | Cable/satellite | January 1 | Bell Media channels relaunched due to previous programming and brand rights being acquired by Rogers. |
| Discovery Channel (original) | USA Network | |||
| Discovery Science | CTV Nature Channel | |||
| Discovery Velocity | CTV Speed Channel | |||
| Investigation Discovery (original) | Oxygen True Crime |
Station closures
[edit]| Market | Station | Affiliation | Closure date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan | CKSA-DT | Citytv | May 13 | [5] |
| CITL-DT | CTV | |||
| Medicine Hat, Alberta | CHAT-TV | Citytv | June 3 | [6] |
Network closures
[edit]| Network | Type | Closure date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC Spark | Cable/satellite | September 1 | [8] |
| Disney Jr. | |||
| Disney XD | |||
| La Chaîne Disney | |||
| Nickelodeon |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Thiessen, Connie (August 28, 2024). "Rogers outlines plans to launch new channels". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ Thiessen, Connie (2024-10-17). "Bell to bring USA Network, Oxygen True Crime to Canada". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ Leanne Delap, "Breakfast Television hosts Meredith Shaw and Sid Seixeiro’s abrupt exit leaves audiences reeling: ‘Viewers are blindsided’". Toronto Star, February 11, 2025.
- ^ Raju Mudhar, "Breakfast Television reveals its new hosts". Toronto Star, March 17, 2025.
- ^ a b Thiessen, Connie (13 May 2025). "Stingray shutters Lloydminster TV stations". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ a b Thiessen, Connie (3 June 2025). "Medicine Hat's CHAT-TV closing its doors after 68 years". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ Connie Thiessen, "CBC Morning Live host Heather Hiscox announces retirement". Broadcast Dialogue, June 4, 2025.
- ^ a b "Corus to stop distributing Nickelodeon, four other kids' entertainment channels". North Shore News. 2025-07-11. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
- ^ a b Jamie Casemore, "CBC sets winter 2025 streaming, broadcast lineup". Playback, November 28, 2024.
- ^ Rosie Long Decter. "New Docuseries 'Sounds Black' Explores Impact of Black Music in Canada". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
- ^ Kelly Townsend, "OutTV commissions Vancouver scripted series, renews five titles". Playback, June 6, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Szklarski, "Ian Hanomansing to host live CBC News Network prime-time show from Vancouver". Toronto Star, February 12, 2025.
- ^ Megan LaPierre, "Priyanka Helms New TV Show 'Drag Brunch Saved My Life'". Exclaim!, June 6, 2024.
- ^ Greg David, "He’s back! AMI’s Dave Brown returns with a brand-new series, Game Changers, debuting May 15 on AMI-tv and AMI+". TV, eh?, May 8, 2025.
- ^ Greg David, "A story of perseverance in life and adaptive sport, We Were Broncos debuts May 26 on AMI-tv and AMI+". TV, eh?, May 14, 2025.
- ^ Vejvoda, Jim (May 1, 2025). "Revival: Exclusive Trailer, Poster and Release Date for SYFY's Image Comics TV Adaptation". IGN. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- ^ Alex Nino Gheciu, "New Will Arnett animated show, Drag Race series coming to Bell this fall/winter". Lakeland Today, June 6, 2024.
- ^ a b c Connie Thiessen, "Corus unveils more programming details around rebranded Home Network, Flavour Network". Broadcast Dialogue, October 21, 2024.
- ^ Justin Anderson, "Food format “Locals Welcome,” new docs among CBC’s 2024-25 slate". RealScreen, May 23, 2024.
- ^ a b c Jesse Whittock, "Canada’s Crave Confirms U.S. & UK Titles & Will Arnett Voice Role In ‘Super Team Canada’ As Streamer Aims To Topple Rivals: 'We Know We Can Do More'. Deadline Hollywood, June 7, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Szklarski, "CTV adds homegrown baking contest, quiz show while Crave leans into edgy comedies". Toronto Star, June 9, 2022.
- ^ a b Alex Nino Gheciu, "New Pamela Anderson, Bryan Baeumler shows among Corus’ fall/winter plans". CityNews, June 5, 2024.
- ^ Alex Nino Gheciu, "New Will Arnett animated show, Drag Race series coming to Bell this fall/winter". Yahoo! News, June 6, 2024.
- ^ Kelly Townsend, "CTV’s Children Ruin Everything to end with season four". Playback, February 11, 2025.
- ^ "TVO's 'The Agenda with Steve Paikin' to end after 19 seasons". Toronto Star. April 22, 2025. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ Stuart Derdeyn, "Vancouver to host the 54th Juno Awards in 2025". Vancouver Sun, January 25, 2024.
- ^ Barry Hertz, "With NHL out of the way, Canadian Screen Awards reverses course to find home on CBC". The Globe and Mail, May 29, 2025.