1997 in Canadian television

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Events

Date	Event
March 9	CIHF, CFRE, CKND and CFSK all join Global.
	18th Genie Awards.
	Juno Awards of 1997.
June 6	1997 Gemini Awards.
August 18	Global purchases the CBC Television affiliate CKMI-TV-1. This purchase allowed Global to officially become a national television network.
September 6	Full coverage of the funeral for Princess Diana airs on all the main television networks.
September 8	A number of new French television channels launch including Canal Vie, Le Canal Nouvelles, Télétoon.
October 17	A number of new television channels launch including The Comedy Network, CTV Newsnet, HGTV, OLN, Prime and Teletoon.
November 1	Treehouse TV debuted in Canada.

Debuts

Show	Station	Premiere Date
Le Femme Nikita	CTV	January 13
Uh Oh!	YTV	September 12
Scanning the Movies	Bravo! Canada	September
Riverdale	CBC Television	Unknown

Ending this year

Show	Station	Cancelled
It's Alive!	YTV	January 1
Fred Penner	CBC Television
North of 60		December 18
Ready or Not	Global	Unknown

Television shows

1950s

• Country Canada (1954–2007)
• Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present)
• The National (1954–present).

1960s

• CTV National News (1961–present)
• Land and Sea (1964–present)
• Man Alive (1967–2000)
• The Nature of Things (1960–present, scientific documentary series)
• Question Period (1967–present, news program)
• W-FIVE (1966–present, newsmagazine program)

1970s

• Canada AM (1972–present, news program)
• the fifth estate (1975–present, newsmagazine program)
• Marketplace (1972–present, newsmagazine program)
• 100 Huntley Street (1977–present, religious program)

1980s

• Adrienne Clarkson Presents (1988–1999)
• CityLine (1987–present, news program)
• Fashion File (1989–2009)
• Just For Laughs (1988–present)
• Midday (1985–2000)
• On the Road Again (1987–2007)
• Venture (1985–2007)

1990s

• Black Harbour (1996–1999)
• Comics! (1993–1999)
• Due South (1994–1999)
• Life and Times (1996–2007)
• The Passionate Eye (1993–present)
• Royal Canadian Air Farce (1993–2008)
• The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
• The Rez (1996–1998)
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993–present)
• Traders (1996–2000)
• Wind at My Back (1996–2000)
• Witness (1992–2004)

TV movies

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