The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1968. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.
Events
Debuts
Ending this year
Television shows
1950s
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Country Canada'' (1954–2007)
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CBC News Magazine
''CBC News Magazine'' (later known as ''Newsmagazine'') was a weekly Canadian news television series which debuted on CBC Television on September 8, 1952. The series presented the week's international news highlights and documentaries from CBC corr ...
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Chez Hélène
''Chez Hélène'' is a children's television series produced by and broadcast on CBC Television. The 15-minute weekday program was broadcast on the English television network to provide viewers with exposure to the French language.
The program ...
'' (1959–1973)
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Circle 8 Ranch
From 1955 until 1978, ''Circle 8 Ranch'' was a weekly country and western television program broadcast each Tuesday night on Wingham, Ontario's CKNX, Channel 8. It began as a radio program called the ''CKNX Barn Dance'' on CKNX's AM sister statio ...
'' (1955–1978)
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Don Messer's Jubilee
''Don Messer's Jubilee'' was a Canadian folk musical variety show first broadcast on radio and later on television. The radio version aired from produced from 1939 to 1958 in Charlottetown for CBC Radio. The Television version show shot at the st ...
'' (1957–1969)
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The Friendly Giant
''The Friendly Giant'' is a children's television program that aired on CBC Television from September 30, 1958, through to March 1985. It featured three main characters: a giant named Friendly (played by Bob Homme), who lived in a huge castle, a ...
'' (1958–1985)
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Hockey Night in Canada
''Hockey Night in Canada'' (often abbreviated ''Hockey Night'' or ''HNiC'') is a long-running program of broadcast ice hockey play-by-play coverage in Canada. With roots in pioneering hockey coverage on private radio stations as early as 1923, ...
'' (1952–present)
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The National'' (1954–present)
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Front Page Challenge
''Front Page Challenge'' was a Canadian panel game about current events and history. Created by comedy writer/performer John Aylesworth (of the comedy team of Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth) and produced and aired by CBC Television, the s ...
'' (1957–1995)
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Wayne and Shuster Show'' (1958–1989)
1960s
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CTV National News
''CTV National News'' is the flagship newscast of CTV News, the news division of the CTV Television Network, which airs at 11:00 pm local time on the CTV stations across Canada, and is produced from CTV's facilities at 9 Channel Nine Court in Sc ...
'' (1961–present)
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Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date
''Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date'' was a Canadian television talk show series which aired on CBC Television from 1963 to 1975.
Elwood Glover had hosted noon-time programming on CBC Radio since 1956. A new studio was set up at the Four Seasons H ...
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Land and Sea
''Land and Sea'' is a locally produced Canadian documentary television show broadcast on CBC Television. It has been on the air since 1964 on CBC owned-operated station CBNT in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (interrupted only by a short ...
'' (1964–present)
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Magistrate's Court'' (1963–1969)
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Man Alive'' (1967–2000)
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Mr. Dressup'' (1967–1996)
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Music Hop
''Music Hop'' was a Canadian music television series that aired on CBC Television from 1963 to 1967.
Premise
Pop and rock music was featured in this series for youth, essentially a Canadian version of ''American Bandstand''.
Production
The fi ...
'' (1962–1972)
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The Nature of Things
''The Nature of Things'' (formerly, ''The Nature of Things with David Suzuki'') is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on 6 November 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect th ...
'' (1960–present, scientific documentary series)
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People in Conflict'' (1962–1970)
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The Pierre Berton Show
''The Pierre Berton Show'' was a television show on CHCH TV, hosted by Pierre Berton. It ran from 1962 to 1973, and Berton regularly interviewed important artists, actors, and other public figures. His interviewees included Malcolm X in 1965, Len ...
'' (1962–1973)
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The Pig and Whistle'' (1967–1977)
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Quentin Durgens, M.P.'' (1965–1969)
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Question Period
Question Period (QP; ), known officially as Oral Questions (), occurs each sitting day in the House of Commons of Canada—similarly in provincial legislatures—in which members of the parliament ask questions of government ministers (includin ...
'' (1967–present, news program)
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Reach for the Top
''Reach for the Top'' (also known simply as ''Reach'') is a Canadian trivia based academic quiz competition for high school students. In the past, it has also been a game show nationally broadcast on the CBC. Matches are currently aired online ...
'' (1961–1985)
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Rocket Robin Hood'' (1966–1969)
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Singalong Jubilee'' (1961–1974)
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Take 30'' (1962–1983)
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Telescope
A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), absorption, or Reflection (physics), reflection of electromagnetic radiation. Originally, it was an optical instrument using len ...
'' (1963–1973)
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The Tommy Hunter Show'' (1965–1992)
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University of the Air'' (1966–1983)
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W-FIVE'' (1966–present, newsmagazine program)
TV movies
Television stations
Debuts
See also
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1968 in Canada
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List of Canadian films
This is a list of films produced in Canada ordered by year and date of release. At present, films predating 1920 are directly listed here; from 1920 on, links are provided to standalone lists by decade or year.
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
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References
External links
List of 1968 Canadian television seriesat
IMDb
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ...
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