2006 in Canadian television

List of years in Canadian television


This is a list of Canadian television related events from 2006.

Events

Date Event
March 21 Cable channel talktv is rebranded as MTV.
April 2 Mathieu Baron and Stéphanie Bélanger win the second season of Loft Story.
April 7 After 15 seasons, the Canadian comedy sketch program The Red Green Show, starring Steve Smith and Patrick McKenna, airs its 300th and final episode on CBC.
June 1 Cable channel Prime is rebranded as TVtropolis.
July 12 CTVglobemedia announces a $1.7 billion takeover offer for CHUM Limited.
September 17 Eva Avila is named the winner of Canadian Idol's Season 4.
September 21 CTV mistakenly airs Episode 3-02 of Grey's Anatomy in place of the season premiere.
November 4 2006 Gemini Awards.
December 3 Jean-Philippe Anwar and Kim Rusk win season 3 of Loft Story.

Debuts

Show Station Premiere Date
Getting Along Famously CBC January 6
Captain Flamingo YTV February 7
At the Hotel CBC March 7
Mantracker OLN April
Billable Hours Showcase April 16
Alice, I Think The Comedy Network/CTV May 26
What It's Like Being Alone CBC June 26
11 Cameras June 28
Grossology YTV September 29
Design Interns HGTV October 3
Dragons' Den CBC October 13
Intelligence
Ruby Gloom YTV
The Gill Deacon Show CBC October 30
Underdogs November 14
The Agenda TVOntario Fall

Ending this year

Show Station Cancelled
Strange Days at Blake Holsey High Global Television Network January 28
Mona the Vampire YTV February 22
Da Vinci's City Hall CBC Television February 28
Getting Along Famously March 3
This Is Wonderland March 15
The Collector Citytv April 4
The Red Green Show CBC Television April 7
Les Bougon Télévision de Radio-Canada April 17
Naked Josh Showcase July 18
Hatching, Matching and Dispatching CBC Television August 22
Jacob Two-Two YTV September 3
What It's Like Being Alone CBC Television September 18
The Big Comfy Couch YTV December 29
Diplomatic Immunity TVOntario Unknown
Fourth Reading
Studio 2
MovieTelevision Citytv

TV movies & miniseries

Television stations

Debuts

Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/References
February 6 Winnipeg, Manitoba CIIT-TV 35 Crossroads Television System [1]
March 17 Leamington, Ontario CFTV-DT 34 Community Independent [2]
March 28 Fredericton, New Brunswick Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Television Service (cable-only) Government-access independent
November 1 St. Andrews, New Brunswick CHCO-TV 26 Community Independent Over-the-air relaunch of the local community channel[3]

Network affiliation changes

Date Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation References
Unknown Bellingham, Washington (USA)
(Vancouver, British Columbia) 		KBCB 24 ImaginAsian ShopNBC

See also

References

  1. ^ “CIIT-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  2. ^ “CFTV-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. ^ “CHCO-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.


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