2023 in Canadian television

The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2023. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

Events

February

Date	Event	Source
16	David Cochrane is named the new host of CBC News Network's daily political talk show Power & Politics, following the departure of Vassy Kapelos, who joined CTV News.	[1]

March

Date	Event	Source
27	After over 25 years on the air, Teletoon rebranded to Cartoon Network Canada. The existing Cartoon Network channel was concurrently relaunched as Boomerang Canada, returning to a classic animation format since the closure of Teletoon Retro in September 2015. The Teletoon branding continues to be used for the Teletoon+ streaming service and its French-language feed.

June

Date	Event	Source
27	Eastlink removes the specialty channels owned by Corus Entertainment, after being unable to reach a carriage agreement. Corus said that other TV service providers will continue to carry their specialty channels.

August

Date	Event	Source
31	Natyf TV, a channel which had operated since 2018 as a discretionary service with little distribution outside of Montreal, is granted a must-carry order ensuring that it will be available on all cable distribution services in Quebec.	[2]

September

Date	Event	Source
5	Citytv announces Meredith Shaw as the new co-host of Breakfast Television, following the departure of Dina Pugliese from the program earlier in the year.	[3]

October

Date	Event	Source
1	After 35 years on the air, Bell Media's specialty channel Vrak shuts down. The reason for the channel's shutdown is for Bell to concentrate on its top-performing, most popular specialty channels.

November

Date	Event	Source
13	CTV launches an early 5:30 p.m. edition of CTV National News, to be anchored by Sandie Rinaldo.	[4]

Programs

Programs debuting in 2023

Start date	Show	Channel	Source
January 5	LOL: Qui rira le dernier?	Amazon Prime Video	[5]
January 6	Stuff the British Stole	CBC
January 10	Virage: Double faute	Noovo	[6]
January 11	L'Empereur		[7]
January 12	Bollywed	CBC Television	[8]
January 17	Wong & Winchester	Citytv	[9]
February 4	Rubble & Crew	Treehouse TV/StackTV	[10]
February 9	Mégantic	Club Illico	[11]
February 10	The Spencer Sisters	CTV	[12]
February 16	Canada's Ultimate Challenge	CBC Television	[13]
February 17	Thunder Bay	Crave	[14]
February 24	Push	CBC Television	[15]
February 27	Plan B		[16]
March 6	Shelved	CTV	[17]
March 8	Désobéir: Le Choix de Chantal Daigle	Crave	[18]
	Ness Murby: Transcending	AMI-tv	[19]
March 19	Essex County	CBC Television	[20]
	Sullivan's Crossing	CTV	[21]
March 26	Builder Brothers Dream Factory	Treehouse TV	[22]
April 1	Evolving Vegan	CTV Life Channel	[23]
	Streams Flow from a River	Super Channel	[24]
April 10	Popularity Papers	YTV	[25]
April 14	Sew Fierce	OutTV	[26]
April 20	Red Ketchup	Adult Swim	[27]
May 2	Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident	Vrai	[28]
May 9	Little Big Community	APTN	[29]
May 17	Bush Wreck Rescue	Discovery	[30]
	Sisters	Crave	[31]
May 24	Good Morning Chuck (Or the Art of Harm Reduction) (Bon matin Chuck, ou l'art de réduire les méfaits)		[32]
May 26	Little Bird		[33]
May 28	Farming for Love	CTV	[34]
June 16	Billionaire Murders	Crave	[35]
June 19	Battle of the Generations	CTV	[36]
July 7	The Dessert	Crave	[37]
September 4	Aunty B's House	CBC Kids	[38]
September 5	The Good Stuff with Mary Berg	CTV	[39]
September 17	Telling Our Story	CBC Television	[40]
September 20	Bones of Crows		[40]
September 23	I Have Nothing	Crave	[41]
September 24	Black Community Mixtapes	Citytv	[42]
September 27	Robyn Hood	Global	[43]
October 2	The Traitors Canada	CTV	[44]
October 6	Paranormal Revenge	CTV Sci-Fi Channel	[32]
October 13	Bria Mack Gets a Life	Crave	[45]
October 16	Listing Large	CTV Life Channel
October 18	Black Life: Untold Stories	CBC Television	[40]
November 9	BlackBerry		[40]
November 16	Temps de chien	Ici TOU.TV	[46]
November 22	Swan Song	CBC Television	[40]

Programs ending in 2023

End date	Show	Channel	First aired	Status	Source
March 8	Pretty Hard Cases	CBC Television	2021	Ended	[47]
March 28	Workin' Moms		2017		[48]
June 9	The Marilyn Denis Show	CTV	2011		[49]
October 6	Entertainment Tonight Canada	Global	2005		[50]
December 8	Sort Of	CBC Television	2021	Ending	[51]
December 25	Letterkenny	Crave	2016		[52]

Specials

Start date	Show	Channel	Source
February 20	Life with Luca	Family Channel
March 13	Juno Awards of 2023	CBC Television	[53]
April 16	11th Canadian Screen Awards		[54]
May 12	I'm Sandie Rinaldo	CTV	[55]
September 16	2023 Canadian Country Music Awards		[56]
November 19	110th Grey Cup	TSN
December 10	25th Quebec Cinema Awards	Noovo	[57]

Networks and services

Network conversions and rebrandings

Old network name	New network name	Type	Conversion date	Notes
Teletoon (English feed)	Cartoon Network Canada	Cable/satellite	March 27
Cartoon Network (original)	Boomerang Canada

Closures

Network	Type	Closure date	Notes
A.Side TV	Cable/satellite	January 15	[58]
Vrak		October 1
ESPN Classic		October 31	[59]

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notes	Source
February 25	Gordon Pinsent	92	Actor (various Canadian series including The Forest Rangers, Quentin Durgens, M.P., Street Legal, Due South, and Republic of Doyle)	[60]
March 21	Charles E. Bastien	60	Animation director (Pelswick, PAW Patrol)	[61]
May 5	Pauline Newstone	79	Voice actress for Ocean Productions 1973-2020.	[62]
May 14	Samantha Weinstein	28	Actress (TV roles including XPM and Alias Grace, voice work on such animated series as D.N. Ace and Dino Ranch)	[63]
June 28	Sue Johanson	93	Sex educator and host of Sunday Night Sex Show on W Network	[64]
August 17	Rick Jeanneret	81	Hockey announcer for the Buffalo Sabres	[65]
September 7	Peter C. Newman	94	Journalist, documentary writer (The Canadian Establishment, Titans)	[66]
October 28	Matthew Perry	54	Canadian-born actor and comedian best known for his work in American series (prominent roles included Chandler Bing on Friends and Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple, both simulcast in Canada)	[67]

See also

• List of Canadian films of 2023