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Years in television: 1980
Template:TV countries/1980

List of years in Canadian television: 1977 1978 1979 – 1980 – 1981 1982 1983

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
	The first Royal Canadian Air Farce television special airs on CBC Television.
February 18	Live coverage of the 1980 Canadian election airs on all the main networks.
March 20	The 1st genie awards aired on CBC Television.
April 2	Juno Awards of 1980.
May 20	Live coverage of the 1980 Quebec referendum airs on all the main television network.

[edit] Debuts

Show	Station	Premiere Date
The Alan Thicke Show	CTV
North America: Growth of a Continent	TVOntario
Bizarre	CTV	September
Home Fires	CBC Television	November 9

[edit] Ending this year

Show	Station	Cancelled
Parlez-moi	TVOntario
King of Kensington	CBC Television	March 13
Ombudsman	CBC Television	April 20
Canadian Express	CBC Television	September 12

[edit] Television shows

[edit] 1950s

• Country Canada (1954-2007)
• CBC News Magazine (1952-1981)
• 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)
• 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)
• Canada AM (1972-present, news program)
• Celebrity Cooks (1975-1984)
• City Lights (1973-1989)
• Definition (1974-1989)
• the fifth estate (1975-present, newsmagazine program)
• Flappers (1979-1981)
• Grand Old Country (1975-1981)
• The Great Detective (1979-1982)
• Headline Hunters (1972-1983)
• Let's Go (1976-1984)
• The Littlest Hobo (1979-1985)
• Live It Up! (1978-1990)
• The Mad Dash (1978-1985)
• Marketplace (1972-present, newsmagazine program)
• Read All About It! (1979-1983)
• Second City Television (1976-1984)
• Smith & Smith (1979-1985)
• This Land (1970-1982)
• You Can't Do That on Television (1979-1990)
• V.I.P. (1973-1983)
• The Watson Report (1975-1981)
• 100 Huntley Street (1977-present, religious program)

[edit] TV movies

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