List of years in Canadian television: 1973 1974 1975 – 1976 – 1977 1978 1979

This is a list of Canadian television-related events in 1976.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Debuts 1.2 Ending this year 2 Television shows 2.1 1950s 2.2 1960s 2.3 1970s 3 TV movies

[edit] Events

Date	Event
	Lloyd Robertson leaves CBC Television's The National to become co-anchor (with Harvey Kirck) and later solo anchor of the CTV National News.
July 17 - August 1	The 1976 Summer Olympics are broadcast worldwide, from Montreal, Quebec, drawing an estimated 1 billion viewers.
October 21	The 1976 Canadian Film Awards airs on CTV.

[edit] Debuts

Show	Station	Premiere Date
The New Avengers	CTV
Pencil Box	CBC Television
90 Minutes Live	CBC Television	April 19
Let's Go	CTV	September 1
Second City Television	Global	September 21
Bluff	Global	October 6
A Gift To Last	CBC Television	December 19

[edit] Ending this year

Show	Station	Cancelled
Excuse My French	CTV
House of Pride	CBC Television
This Is the Law	CBC Television	April 6

[edit] Television shows

[edit] 1950s

• Country Canada (1954-2007)
• CBC News Magazine (1952-1981)
• Circle 8 Ranch (1955-1978)
• The Friendly Giant (1958-1985)
• Hockey Night in Canada (1952-present)
• The National (1954-present)
• Front Page Challenge (1957-1995)
• Wayne and Shuster Show (1958-1989)

[edit] 1960s

• CTV National News (1961-present)
• Land and Sea (1964-present)
• Man Alive (1967-2000)
• Mr. Dressup (1967-1996)
• The Nature of Things (1960-present, scientific documentary series)
• The Pig and Whistle (1967-1977)
• Question Period (1967-present, news program)
• Reach for the Top (1961-1985)
• Take 30 (1962-1983)
• The Tommy Hunter Show (1965-1992)
• University of the Air (1966-1983)
• W-FIVE (1966-present, newsmagazine program)

[edit] 1970s

• The Beachcombers (1972-1990)
• The Bobby Vinton Show (1975-1978)
• Canada AM (1972-present, news program)
• City Lights (1973-1989)
• Celebrity Cooks (1975-1984)
• Coming Up Rosie (1975-1978)
• Definition (1974-1989)
• the fifth estate (1975-present, newsmagazine program)
• Grand Old Country (1975-1981)
• Headline Hunters (1972-1983)
• Howie Meeker's Hockey School (1973-1977)
• King of Kensington (1975-1980)
• Marketplace (1972-present, newsmagazine program)
• Ombudsman (1974-1980)
• Sidestreet (1975-1978)
• This Land (1970-1982)
• V.I.P. (1973-1983)
• The Watson Report (1975-1981)

[edit] TV movies

Years in television: 1976
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