Years in television: 1983
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List of years in Canadian television: 1980 1981 1982 – 1983 – 1984 1985 1986

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Debuts 1.2 Ending this year 2 Television shows 2.1 1950s 2.2 1960s 2.3 1970s 2.4 1980s 3 TV movies

[edit] Events

Date	Event
February 1	The first Pay television channels launch they include Movie Central, The Movie Network, Super Écran.
March 23	4th Genie Awards.
April 5	Juno Awards of 1983.

[edit] Debuts

Show	Station	Premiere Date
Guess What	CTV
The Joke's on Us	Global
Fraggle Rock	CBC Television	January 10
Snow Job	CTV	February 21

[edit] Ending this year

Show	Station	Cancelled
Take 30	CBC Television
V.I.P.	CBC Television
The Alan Thicke Show	CTV
Headline Hunters	CTV
Home Fires	CBC Television	November 17
Read All About It!	TVOntario
University of the Air	CTV

[edit] Television shows

[edit] 1950s

• Country Canada (1954-2007)
• 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)
• The Tommy Hunter Show (1965-1992)
• 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)
• 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)
• Second City Television (1976-1984)
• Smith & Smith (1979-1985)
• You Can't Do That on Television (1979-1990)
• 100 Huntley Street (1977-present, religious program)

[edit] 1980s

• Bizarre (1980-1985)
• The Edison Twins (1982-1986)
• The Frantics (1981-1984)
• Hangin' In (1981-1987)
• The Journal (1982-1992)
• Lorne Greene's New Wildreness (1982-1987)
• Seeing Things (1981-1987)
• Switchback (1981-1990)
• Today's Special (1982-1987)
• Thrill of a Lifetime (1981-1987)

[edit] TV movies

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