2001 in Canadian television

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Events

Date	Event
January 5	A 3 way tie occurs for only the second time on Uh Oh!.
January 29	21st Genie Awards
February 9	The Uh Oh! space gets landed on 6 times in a row in the first round of Uh Oh!.
March 4	Juno Awards of 2001.
August 15	Discovery Civilization Channel, IFC, and National Geographic Channel launches in Canada.
September 1	CHAN changes affiliation from CTV to Global. This change was part of the 2001 Vancouver TV realignment.
	ARTV is launched in Canada.
September 3	Discovery Kids is launched in Canada.
September 4	Launch of Country Canada.
September 7	A number of new Specialty channel's were all launched between Category 1 and Category 2 channels including Animal Planet, BBC Canada, BBC Kids, Book Television, The Biography Channel, Country Canada, Court TV Canada, CTV Travel, The Documentary Channel, Drive-In Classics, ESPN Classic, FashionTelevisionChannel, Fox Sports World Canada, ichannel, mentv, LoneStar, MSNBC Canada, Mystery TV, MuchLOUD, MuchVibe, One: the Body, Mind & Spirit channel, PrideVision TV, Raptors NBA TV, SCREAM, SexTV: The Channel, Showcase Action, Showcase Diva, TV Land Canada, and X-Treme Sports.
September 11	Television viewers around the world witness the September 11 attacks on the United States and the destruction of the World Trade Center. Television networks in Canada interrupt regular programming to break the news. CBC Television coverage of the attacks is simulcast in the U.S. on the Home Shopping Network.
October 4	NHL Network is launched in Canada.
October 12	Canadian sports network TSN changes its logo to match with ESPN's though the N isn't slashed.
October 29	2001 Gemini Awards.
November 7	Canada rolls out dozens of new digital cable channels (see List of Canadian digital television channels for complete list).

Debuts

Show	Station	Premiere Date
Edgemont	CBC Television	January 4
How It's Made	Discovery	January 6
Blue Murder	Global	January 10
The Associates	CTV	January 16
Wee 3	Treehouse TV	January 30
Trailer Park Boys	Showcase	April 22
Paradise Falls		June 25
Global National	Global	September 3
What's With Andy	Teletoon	September 22
Mutant X	Global	October 6
Degrassi: The Next Generation	CTV	October 14
Blackfly	Global	TBA

Ending this year

Show	Station	Cancelled
Wind at My Back	CBC Television	April 1
ReBoot	YTV	November 30

Television shows

1950s

• Country Canada (1954–2007)
• Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present, sports telecast)
• The National (1954–present, news program)

1960s

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

1970s

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

1980s

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

1990s

• CBC News Morning (1999–present)
• Cold Squad (1998–2005)
• Da Vinci's Inquest (1998–2005)
• Daily Planet (1995–present)
• eTalk (1995–present, entertainment newsmagazine program)
• Life and Times (1996–2007)
• Mona the Vampire (1999–2003, children's animated series)
• The Passionate Eye (1993–present)
• The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
• Royal Canadian Air Farce (1993–2008, comedy sketch series)
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1992–present)
• Witness (1992–2004)
• Yvon of the Yukon (1999–2005, children's animated series)

2000s

• Andromeda (2000–2005, Canadian/American co-production)

TV movies

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