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2011 in Canadian television
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The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2011. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.
Events
January
Date
Event
3
The US-Canadian animated television series *The Adventures of Chuck and Friends* begins airing on Treehouse.
5
The US-Canadian animated television series *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic* begins airing on Treehouse.
6
Almost 7 million people watch the [2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships](2011-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships) final on TSN and RDS.
11
YTV and Family Channel both launch high-definition simulcasts of their east coast video feeds, effectively becoming the first children's networks in Canada to air in HD. These feeds are available through all major television providers in Canada. The latter also undergoes a major rebranding.
February
Date
Event
7
Niagara News TV, a Category B regional news channel serving the Niagara Region, begins broadcasting in Niagara Falls on Cogeco Cable digital channel 556. The channel would later indefinitely suspend operations on April 18, 2011, because of "technical difficulties" cited by owner Peninsula Broadcasting Corporation's president Frank Thibault, with plans to resume operations by fall 2011.
March
Date
Event
1
Corus Entertainment relaunches Viva as the Canadian version of the Oprah Winfrey Network.
April
Date
Event
12
A combined 3.2 million people watch the [2011](2011-canadian-federal-election) federal leaders debate on the three main networks.
18
Category B channel Sun News Network debuts, with Toronto independent station CKXT-DT and its Hamilton, Ottawa and London translators being effectively turned into a full-power broadcast relay of the network in Southern Ontario.
May
Date
Event
2
Mlle, a French-language Category B service aimed at women owned by Groupe TVA, launches.
June
Date
Event
1
WildBrain TV launched as Disney XD; the WildBrain-owned specialty channel, formerly owned by Astral Media (licensed separately from premium channel Family Channel, which held programming from the U.S. Disney XD's sister network Disney Channel until 2015) was aimed at an audience between 7 and 15 years old. As Family was previously licensed as a premium television service, and like the channel itself and unlike its sister channel Family Jr. and, at the time, unlike its former sister channels The Movie Network and MPix, and like their former joint venture Teletoon (co-owned with Corus Entertainment at the time) and their BC CBC affiliates, the channel ran commercials during programs.
15
8.7 million people watch Game 7 of the [2011 Stanley Cup Finals](2011-stanley-cup-finals) on CBC.
24
OLN is launched in high-definition.
August
Date
Event
2
Launch of W Network in high-definition.
27
The state funeral for opposition leader Jack Layton airs live on all the main television networks.
29
The A television system, as well as Alberta-based educational/entertainment service Access rebrand as CTV Two. At the same time, CJAL-TV (channel 9) in Edmonton and CIAN-TV (channel 13) in Calgary, which both relayed Access' programming over-the-air sign off the air as Access is licensed as a satellite-to-cable undertaking.
31
Analog television is switched off in all of Canada.
September
Date
Event
7
The [2011 Gemini Awards](2011-gemini-awards) air on CBC Television.
October
Date
Event
3
Rogers Communications launches CityNews Channel, a Category B 24-hour regional cable news channel available in Ontario, based out of the studios of Citytv flagship station CITY-DT.
31
FX Canada launches across the country, the Rogers Communications-owned Category B channel primarily carries original programming from the U.S. cable network FX.
November
Date
Event
1
Toronto station CKXT-DT (channel 52) and its Hamilton and London, Ontario transmitters shut down. CKXT's Ottawa transmitter shut down more than two months earlier on August 31. The move by owner Quebecor Media was due to a CRTC inquiry in early July on the company's usage of the CKXT signal to simulcast Sun News.
Television programs
Programs debuting in 2011
Series currently listed here have been announced by their respective networks as scheduled to premiere in 2011. Note that shows may be delayed or cancelled by the network between now and their scheduled air dates.
Show
Station
Premiere Date
*The Adventures of Chuck and Friends*
*InSecurity*
*My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic*
*Almost Naked Animals*
*The Marilyn Denis Show*
*Being Human*
*Skins*
*Blackstone*
*Mr. Young*
*Funny as Hell*
*My Babysitter's a Vampire: The Series*
*Endgame*
*Splatalot!*
*Scaredy Squirrel*
*Wipeout Canada*
*Til Debt Do Us Part: Home Edition*
*Decked Out*
*Top Chef Canada*
*King*
*XIII: The Series*
*Combat Hospital*
*Really Me*
*Debra!*
*Picnicface*
*Intervention Canada*
*Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays*
*Cover Me Canada*
*Crash Canyon*
*Recipe to Riches*
*The West Block*
Programs ending in 2011
Show
Station
End date
*Carl²*
*Make the Politician Work*
*Total Drama World Tour*
*Météo+*
*Kid vs Kat*
*Dan for Mayor*
*Hiccups*
*So You Think You Can Dance Canada*
*How to Be Indie*
*Being Erica*
Made for TV movies & miniseries
Show
Station
Premiere Date
*The Kennedys*
*John A.: Birth of a Country*
Deaths
Date
Name
Age
Notability
Source
January 8
March 26
April 4
April 17
June 9
July 5
September 15
Television stations
Debuts
Date
Market
Station
Channel
Affiliation
Notes/References
August 1
Bellingham, Washington (USA)
(Vancouver, British Columbia)
KBCB-DT2
24.2
Estrella TV
August 18
KVOS-DT2
12.2
TheCoolTV (not to be confused with Canadian cable channel CoolTV)
[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/09/frances-bay-dies-remembering-comedian-classic-seinfeld-scene.html "Frances Bay dies: Remembering comedian, classic 'Seinfeld' scene"] From Los Angeles Times (September 19, 2011)
[http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=20277181#post20277181 Seattle, WA - OTA - AVS Forum]
[http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=1299530&postcount=617 OTA Station Status: Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham, WA - Digital Forum]
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