Open Mike with Mike Bullard is a Canadian late-night talk show which was broadcast on The Comedy Network from 1997 to 2003 and also aired on the full CTV Television Network beginning in 1998. For a time it overtook The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Show with David Letterman to become the highest rated late-night show among Canadian viewers. The show aired at 12:30 AM on CTV and was repeated the next day at 10 PM on the Comedy Network. It was considered the first successful Canadian attempt at the genre, following the previous failures of 90 Minutes Live and Friday Night! with Ralph Benmergui. He was offered and signed a multi-year deal to start a new, similar show on Global called The Mike Bullard Show. Bullard criticised CTV executives, complaining that the network had ultimately only offered him a one-year contract and little financial support or creative control, accusing the network of not supporting the show and of being "dysfunctional". This resulted in countercharges of "bitterness" against Bullard who was described as having "burned his bridges" with CTV and the Comedy Network. He said one of the key reasons for moving to Global was a commitment to produce more episodes of the show instead of airing re-runs during the summer, as had been CTV's practice.

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