<!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see WP:SDNONE -->

The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1976. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches.

Events

{| class="wikitable"

! Date || Event

|-

| July 17||Lloyd Robertson leaves CBC Television's The National to become co-anchor (with Harvey Kirck) and later solo anchor of the CTV National News.

|-

| August 1||The 1976 Summer Olympics are broadcast worldwide, from Montreal, Quebec, drawing an estimated one billion viewers.

|-

| October 21||The 1976 Canadian Film Awards airs on CTV.

|}

Debuts

{| class="wikitable"

! Show || Station || Premiere Date

|-

|90 Minutes Live

|rowspan="2"|CBC Television

|rowspan="3"|April 19

|-

|Pencil Box

|-

|The New Avengers

|rowspan="2"|CTV

|-

|Let's Go

|September 1

|-

|Second City Television

|rowspan="2"|Global

|September 21

|-

|Bluff

|October 6

|-

|A Gift to Last

|CBC Television

|December 19

|}

Ending this year

{| class="wikitable"

! Show || Station || Cancelled

|-

|This Is the Law

|rowspan="2"|CBC Television

|April 6

|-

|House of Pride

|rowspan="2"|Unknown

|-

|Excuse My French

|CTV

|}

Television shows

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)

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)

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)
  • Polka Dot Door (1971-1993)
  • Sidestreet (1975–1978)
  • This Land (1970–1982)
  • V.I.P. (1973–1983)
  • The Watson Report (1975–1981)

TV movies

  • The Flower Between the Teeth (La fleur aux dents)
  • The Insurance Man from Ingersoll
  • Kathy Karuks Is a Grizzly Bear
  • A Nest of Shadows
  • Of the Fields, Lately
  • A Thousand Moons
  • What We Have Here Is a People Problem

Television stations

Debuts

{| class="wikitable"

! Date

! Market

! Station

! Channel

! Affiliation

! Notes/References

|-

| July 16

| Windsor, Ontario

| CBEFT

| 78

| Radio-Canada (O&O)

| Shut down August 1, 2012

|-

| July 28

| Lloydminster, Alberta-Sask.

| CITL-TV

| 4

| CTV

|

|-

| August 29

| Trois-Rivieres, Quebec

| CHEM-TV

| 8

| TVA

|

|-

| September 1

| rowspan=2| Vancouver, British Columbia

| CKVU-TV

| 21

| Independent

|

|-

| rowspan=2| September 27

| CBUFT

| 26

| rowspan=2| Radio-Canada (O&O)

|

|-

| Regina, Saskatchewan

| CBKFT

| 13

|

|-

|}

Births

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Date || Name || Notability

|-

!June 6

|Emilie-Claire Barlow

|Actress (Sailor Moon, Total Drama)

|-

!November 7

|Melyssa Ade

|Retired actress

|-

!November 26

|Demore Barnes

|Actor

|}

See also

  • 1976 in Canada
  • List of Canadian films

References

  • List of 1976 Canadian television series at IMDb