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. Most such television series are produced in
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, although a small number are also produced elsewhere in Canada. Series produced outside Quebec are noted below with a †. For
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* '' 100 limites'' * '' 14, rue de Galais'' - drama * '' 19-2'' - drama * ''2 laits, un sucre'' - talk show * '' 450, Chemin du Golf'' - sitcom * 60 second chorno - game show


A

* '' À cause de mon oncle'' - comedy * '' À la Di Stasio'' - cooking * '' À table avec mon ex!'' - reality * '' Action Réaction'' - game show * ''
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'' - talk / comedy / variety * '' L'Âge adulte'' - comedy-drama * ''L'Amour est dans le pré'' * '' Appelez-moi Lise'' * '' Après OD'' - reality aftershow * '' L'Arbitre'' - judge show * '' Atomes Crochus'' - licensed French-language version of RTL's ''
Match Game ''Match Game'' is an American television panel game show that premiered on NBC in 1962 and has been revived several times over the course of the last six decades. The game features contestants trying to match answers given by celebrity paneli ...
'' * '' L'Attaque à 5'' - sports news * ''Aventures en nord'' * '' Au secours de Béatrice'' * ''Automania'' * ''
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'' - paranormal / documentary * ' - comedy * '' Avec un grand A'' - drama * '' Les Aventures de Virulysse'' - children's


B

* '' Le Bachelor'' - reality * '' La Bande des Six'' * '' BANDEĂ€PART.tv'' * '' Le Banquier'' - licensed French-language version of Endemol's ''
Deal or No Deal ''Deal or No Deal'' is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which (launching the format) was the Dutch '' Miljoenenjacht'' (''Hunt/Chase for Millions''). The centerpiece of this format is the final round (a ...
'' * '' Les Beaux Dimanches'' * '' Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut'' - téléroman * ''
Bibi et Geneviève ''Bibi et Geneviève'' was a children's show made in Québec in the late 1980s through the early 1990s. It chronicled the adventures of the green-haired extraterrestrial Bibi Z99944X (a puppet) and his friend Geneviève (a live actress). The show ...
'' * '' Big Brother'' - reality * '' Bleu Nuit'' - adult * '' Les Bleus de Ramville'' † - sitcom * ''Blindés'' * '' Bob Gratton: Ma Vie, My Life'' - comedy (2007-2009) * '' Bobino'' * ''Les Bolés'' * '' Bon Baisers de France'' * '' Bon matin Chuck, ou l'art de réduire les méfaits'' * ''Bootcamp: Le parcours extrême'' * ''Box-office'' * '' Les Bougon'' - satirical comedy (2004-2006) * '' Les Brillant'' * '' Bye Bye'' - sketch comedy


C

* '' Ca fait la job'' - game show * '' Caméra Café'' - comedy * ''
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'' - sitcom * '' Les Cents tours de Centour'' * '' C'est comme ça que je t'aime'' - crime comedy * '' Chambres en ville'' - soap opera (1989-1996) * '' Chanteurs masqués'' - reality (2021) * '' Chop Suey'' - TV Series (1986–1994) * '' Ciel, mon Pinard!'' - cooking * '' Le Cimetière des CD'' - music critic show * '' Claire Lamarche'' - panel talk show * '' Le Club des 100 Watts'' (1988–94) * '' Le coeur a ses raisons'' - comedy
soap opera A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...
parody A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satire, satirical or irony, ironic imitation. Often its subject is an Originality, original work or some aspect of it (theme/content, author, style, e ...
(2005-2007) * '' Comme dans l'espace'' - children's educational series * '' Contact, l'encyclopédie de la création'' - documentary * ''
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'' * '' Les Coulisses du pouvoir'' - news * '' La Course destination monde'' (1988-1999) - documentary, film competition * ''
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'' - comedy * '' Cré Basile'' - comedy


D

* '' Les Dames de coeur'' - drama * '' Dans une galaxie près de chez-vous'' - comedy / science fiction (1998-2001) * '' Défi Mini Putt'' * '' Le Défi mondial'' - documentary (1986) * '' Discussions avec mes parents'' - comedy * '' District 31'' - drama * '' Donnez au suivant'' * '' Droit de Parole'' * '' Dumont 360'' - news * '' Duplessis'' - historical drama * '' Dutrizac'' - news


E

*'' Entre chien et loup'' *'' Entre deux draps'' *'' Escouade 99'' - comedy *'' Et Dieu créa... Laflaque'' - comedy *'' L'été indien'' - talk-show


F

* '' Fanfreluche'' * '' Félix et Ciboulette'' * ''
Les Filles de Caleb ''Les Filles de Caleb'' is a Quebec TV series of 20 one-hour episodes, created by Jean Beaudin, based on the eponymous novel of Arlette Cousture,W.H. New. A History of Canadian Literature'. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP; 6 August 2003. . p. 344– ...
'' (1990–91) * ''
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'' - satirical / sketch comedy (1997-2000) * '' Fortier'' * '' Les Franc-Tireurs'' - information / comedy * '' Francoeur'' † - drama * '' Le Fric Show'' - satirical news/variety * '' Fugueuse'' - drama * '' La Fureur'' - quiz / music


G

* '' Un gars, une fille'' - sketch comedy (1997-2003) * '' Go Diego!'' * '' Génies en herbe'' - quiz * '' Le Grand Blond avec un show sournois'' - talk / comedy / variety (2001-2003) * '' Grande Ourse'' * '' Grosse Vie'' * '' La Guerre des clans'' - licensed version of RTL's ''
Family Feud ''Family Feud'' is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson. Two families compete on each episode to name the most popular answers to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes. The show has had three separate runs, the ...
''


H

* '' Les hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin'' * '' L'Héritage'' * '' Les Héritiers Duval''


I

* ''
Iniminimagimo ''Iniminimagimo'' was a French language children's television show made in Quebec. It played in the late 1980s. Each episode featured a classic fairy tale played by the same cast. Script writers for the series included Linda Wilscam, Marie-Franci ...
'' * '' Les Invincibles''


J

* '' Jamais deux sans toi'' * ''
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'' * '' JE'' - news * '' Jean Duceppe'' * '' Jeunesse d'aujourd'hui'' * ''
La Job ''La Job'' is a Canadian French-language comedy television series set in Montreal, Quebec. It is an adaptation of the British show ''The Office''. Produced by Anne-Marie Losique's Image Diffusion International, it has been broadcast for a lim ...
'' - Quebec adaptation of the British-originated comedy ''
The Office ''The Office'' is the title of several mockumentary sitcoms based on a British series originally created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as '' The Office'' in 2001. The original series also starred Gervais as manager and primary charac ...
'' * '' Gags Juste pour rire'' - comedy * '' Le Gala Juste pour rire'' - comedy


K

* '' Kif-Kif'' - teen * ''
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'' - sitcom


L

* '' Lâcher prise'' - comedy * '' Lakay Nou'' - comedy * '' Lance et compte'' - hockey drama (1986-) * '' Le sens du punch'' - comedy * '' Loft Story'' - reality * '' Like-moi!'' - sketch comedy


M

* '' Macaroni tout garni'' - children's * '' La Maison-Bleue'' - sitcom * '' Le maître du jeu'' comedy/panel show * '' Maman Dion'' - cooking * ''
Manon ''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was f ...
'' * '' Marie-Soleil'' † - children's * '' Méga TFO'' † - children's * '' Mégantic'' - drama * '' Mémoires Vives'' * '' Mensonges'' * ''
Météo+ ''Météo+'' is a Canadian television sitcom which aired on TFO, the French language public broadcaster in Ontario, from February 14, 2008 to April 28, 2011. The series is about the colourful crew of Météo+, a fictional francophone weather chann ...
'' † - sitcom * '' Michaëlle'' - talkshow *''Mike Ward Show'' - comedy * '' Milena Nova Tremblay'' * ''Minibus'' * '' Minuit, le soir'' * '' Minute moumoutte'' - children's * '' Mix Sonore'' - bilingual musical variety * '' Moi et l'autre'' - sitcom * '' Un monde à part'' * '' Le monde de Charlotte'' * '' Monsieur le ministre'' * '' Monsieur Tranquille'' * '' Montréal, ville ouverte'' - part non-fiction


N

* '' Le National d'impro'' - improvisational comedy * '' Nic et Pic'' * '' Le nouveau show'' - sketch comedy * '' Nouvelle adresse'' - drama * '' La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé'' - thriller drama


O

* '' Occupation Double'' - reality * ''
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'' (1996-1999) * '' L'or du temps'' * '' Les Oraliens''


P

* '' Paquet voleur'' - game show * '' Le parc des braves'' * '' Les Parent'' * '' Parlez-Moi'' † - children's * '' Passe-Partout'' - children's (1977–87) * '' Patofville'' - children's * '' Paul, Marie et les enfants'' * '' Les Pays d'en haut'' - drama (2016-21) * '' Peau de banane'' * '' Pépino et Capucine'' * '' La Petite Vie'' - sitcom (1993-1999) * '' Pignon sur rue'' * '' Piment Fort'' (1993-2001) * '' Pin-Pon'' - children's (1996-1998) * '' Les Plouffe'' * ''
Le Point ''Le Point'' () is a French weekly political and conservative news magazine published in Paris. It is one of the three major French news magazines. ''Le Point'' was founded in 1972 by former journalists of ''L'Express'' and quickly rose to be ...
'' - news * '' Point de Mire'' - news / information * ''
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'' - anime (1998–present) (French dubbed) * '' Providence''


Q

* '' Quatre coins de l'assiette'' - documentary - gourmet cooking


R

* '' R-Force'' - children / teens * '' Radisson'' - adventure * '' Ramdam'' - children / teens * '' Réal-TV'' - children / teens * ''
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'' † - newsmagazine * ''
RenĂ© LĂ©vesque RenĂ© LĂ©vesque ( ; August 24, 1922 â€“ November 1, 1987) was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He was the first QuĂ©bĂ©cois political leader since Confederation to seek, ...
'' (1994) * ''
RenĂ© LĂ©vesque RenĂ© LĂ©vesque ( ; August 24, 1922 â€“ November 1, 1987) was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He was the first QuĂ©bĂ©cois political leader since Confederation to seek, ...
'' (2006) * '' Les Rescapés'' * '' Le retour d'Anna Brodeur'' - comedy * '' Ricardo'' - cooking (2002-present) * '' Robin et Stella'' (1988–92) * ''
Rock et Belles Oreilles Rock et Belles Oreilles (RBO) was a Canadian radio, television, and stage comedy group popular in the primarily French-speaking province of Quebec during the 1980s and 1990s. Their name was a pun on the Hanna-Barbera blue dog character Huckleber ...
'' - sketch comedy * ''La Roue Chanceuse'' - game show * '' Rue des Pignons'' * '' Rumeurs'' - sitcom


S

* '' St. Nickel'' † - comedy * '' Samedi de rire'' - sketch comedy (1985-1989) * ''Scoop'' - téléroman * '' La semaine des 4 Julie'' - talk show (2020) * ''
Série noire Série noire is a French publishing imprint, founded in 1945 by Marcel Duhamel. It has released a collection of crime fiction of the hardboiled detective thrillers variety published by Gallimard. Anglo-American literature forms the bulk of ...
'' - crime comedy-drama * '' Simmone et Chartrand'' - historical drama * '' SNL Québec'' - sketch comedy * '' Soeur Angèle'' - cooking * '' Les Soeurs Elliot'' - drama * ''
La Soirée du hockey ''La Soirée du hockey'' (literally translated to ''The Night of Hockey'') was the French language equivalent of the English Canadian CBC's NHL broadcasts ''Hockey Night in Canada'' produced by Radio-Canada, which targets on National Hockey League ...
'' - sports * '' Sol et Gobelet'' - children's * '' Sortez-moi de moi'' - thriller drama * '' La Souris verte'' - children's * '' Sous le signe du lion'' - drama * ''
Star Académie ''Star Académie'' is a Canadian reality television series that started in 2003, aimed primarily at the Quebec television audience, featuring an array of young women and men under the age of 30 competing for the title of the next solo singing sens ...
'' - licensed version of
Endemol Endemol B.V. (stylized in all lowercase) was a Dutch-based media company that produced and distributed multiplatform entertainment content. The company annually produced more than 15,000 hours of programming across scripted and non-scripted gen ...
franchise '' Operacion Triunfo'' (''Star Academy'') * '' Station X'' - drama/animated


T

* '' Tactik'' - children / teens * '' Tape-Tambour'' - children's * '' Taquinons la planète'' - satirical / sketch comedy * '' Taxi 0-22'' - sitcom * '' Téléfrançais!'' † - children's * ''
Le Téléjournal ''Le Téléjournal'' () is the umbrella title used for the television newscasts aired on the Ici Radio-Canada Télé broadcast network. ''Le Téléjournal'' (by itself) has been used since 1954 as the title of the network's flagship newscast, ...
'' - news / information * '' Temps de chien'' - comedy * '' Le Temps d'une paix'' * ''
Terre humaine ''Terre humaine'' (Human Earth) is a French-Canadian soap opera TV series written by Mia Riddez which originally aired on Radio-Canada from September 18, 1978 to June 4, 1984, totalling 229 episodes. Plot The show takes place in rural Quebec an ...
'' * '' Les Tisserands du pouvoir'' * '' Toi & Moi'' * '' Le tournoi de mètres'' - game show * '' Tous contre un'' - game show * '' Tout le monde en parle'' - talk show (2004-) * '' Toute la vérité'' * '' Le Traboulidon'' - children's * '' Trajectoires'' - documentary - retired NHL players * '' Le travail à la chaine'' - game show * '' Trauma'' - medical drama * '' Le TVA 22 heures'' - news


U

* ''
Ultimatum An ; ; : ultimata or ultimatums) is a demand whose fulfillment is requested in a specified period of time and which is backed up by a coercion, threat to be followed through in case of noncompliance (open loop). An ultimatum is generally the ...
'' * '' L'Union fait la farce'' - original licensed French-language version of RTL's ''
Match Game ''Match Game'' is an American television panel game show that premiered on NBC in 1962 and has been revived several times over the course of the last six decades. The game features contestants trying to match answers given by celebrity paneli ...
'' * '' L'union fait la force'' - word games / quiz * '' Unité 9''


V

* '' Vertige'' - drama * '' La Vie, la vie'' * '' Viens voir les comédiens'' * '' Virginie'' - drama * ''
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'' † - youth news and culture magazine * '' Les Voyages du tortillard''


W

* '' Walter et Tandoori'' - children's/animated * '' Watatatow'' - children / teens (1991-2005) * '' Wipeout Quebec'' - game show


See also

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Culture of Quebec The culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting predominantly from the shared history of the French-speaking North American majority in Quebec. Québécois culture, as a whole, constitutes all distinctive traits – spiri ...
* List of Quebec media *
List of Quebec movies This is a list of films produced and co-produced in Quebec, Canada ordered by year of release. Although the majority of Quebec films are produced in French due to Quebec's predominantly francophone population, a number of English language films a ...
*
List of French television series This is a list of television programs that have been produced by France. It includes series made by France alone as well as those produced in collaboration with various other countries. Almost all are in the French language; exceptions to this rule ...
* List of Quebec television series imports and exports * Television of Quebec {{DEFAULTSORT:French-language Canadian television series Television series, List of Quebec * Lists of Canadian television series Canadian television-related lists