What's On

What's On 熒幕八爪娛

Title card of What's On, circa 2006.
Presented by see chart in Past & current hosts section
Country of origin Canada
Production
Executive producer(s) Clarisa Tsun
(Vancouver)
Alice Ngan
(Toronto)
Location(s) Vancouver, British Columbia;
Toronto, Ontario
Running time 30 minutes (including commercials)
Production company(s) Fairchild TV
Distributor Fairchild TV
Release
Original network Fairchild TV
Picture format 480i (NTSC)
Original release July 1, 1996 (1996-07-01) â€“ present

What's On (Traditional Chinese: 熒幕八爪娛) is a weekly half-hour infotainment TV series that airs on Fairchild TV.

Format

Originally started in 1996, the show is currently the longest-running program in Fairchild Television history. What's On is a 30-minute informative program that introduces viewers to events happening in and around Vancouver and Toronto. It also runs short interviews with local celebrities, politicians and social figures for events they are contributing to, as well as interviews with international celebrities as they arrive in the city to promote or to perform.

Originally, there were two versions of the show. The Vancouver version and Toronto version ran in the same time slot in their respective cities on Thursday nights at 10:00 p.m. while the version of the opposite city ran on Saturdays at 6:00 p.m. However, because of the CRTC's ruling requiring Fairchild TV to air the same programming throughout the country, the two shows combined into one in July 2001 with each city getting 15 minutes of airtime. This also meant the start of the "interactive" format of the show where the hosts from the two cities shared a brief interaction as the scenes change from one city to another.

In November 2002, Fairchild Television moved the show from its Thursday timeslot to its current Sunday at 7:30pm time.

Past and current hosts

What's On is seen as a training ground for a lot of Fairchild Television personalities. The following is a partial list of past and present hosts for the show:

Host Name Edition Hosted Years Hosted
Eva Yang 楊宜文 Vancouver 1996–1998
Walter Ngai 倪啟瑞 Vancouver 1996–1998
Sunny Shum 岑恩鎏 Toronto 1997–2000
Eric Li 李潤庭 Vancouver 1998–2002
Millie Leung 梁敏賢 Vancouver 1998–2002
Natalie Au 區念慈 Vancouver 1998–2003
Prudence Yim 嚴峻 Vancouver 1999–2000
Benny Yau 邱穟恆 Vancouver 2000–2002
Leslie Tsang 曽穎妍 Vancouver 2000–2002
Jackson Ho 何紹文 Vancouver 2000–2001
Maggie Hou 侯佳慧 Vancouver 2001–2003
Kenny Wong 黃子俊 Vancouver 2001–2003
Anita Lee 李慧雅 Toronto 2001–2005
Leo Siu 蕭嘉俊 Toronto 2001–2004, 2006–2007
Joanne Kwan 關曉彤 Toronto 2001–2003
Georgia Leung 梁耀寧 Toronto 2001–2004
Jenny Pat 畢蕾蕾 Vancouver 2001–2002
Janis Chan 陳貝兒 Vancouver 2002–2003
Melody Liu 劉亮 Vancouver 2002–2003
Clifton Kwan 關逸揚 Vancouver 2002–2003
Jing Lu 盧婧 Toronto 2002–2004, 2010–present
Cleo Ng 吳嘉栩 Toronto 2003–2007
June Tang 鄧芷茵 Toronto 2003–2008
Johnson Cheung 張立熙 Toronto 2003–2005
Cindy Cheung 張瑋恩 Vancouver 2003–2006
Sandy Cheung 張梓欣 Vancouver 2003–present
Eunice Ho 何詠雯 Vancouver 2003–2006
Caroline Chang 張雅淇 Vancouver / Toronto 2003–2006
Kenneth Lau 劉家逸 Vancouver 2004–present
Ming Fai Lee 李明輝 Vancouver 2004–2008
Aimee Chan 陳茵媺 Toronto 2004–2005
Janet Chow 周家蔚 Toronto 2004–2006
Thomas Chong 莊子軒 Toronto 2005–present
Jessica Cheung 張葆頤 Vancouver 2006–present
Kayi Cheung 張嘉兒 Vancouver 2006–2007
Susan Wong 黃潔華 Vancouver 2006–2007
Sunny Chan 陳星南 Vancouver 2006–2008
Daryl Doo 杜光庭 Toronto 2006–2007
Elva Ni 倪晨曦 Toronto 2006–2009
Belinda Yan 顏子菲 Toronto 2006–2009
Caroline Khuu 丘嘉玲 Toronto 2007–2009, 2011–present
Ivy Hou 侯薔薔 Toronto 2007–2009
Susanna Chan 陳銘莉 Toronto 2007–2010
Alan Ho 何偉圖 Toronto 2007–present
Amy So 蘇家慧 Vancouver 2007–2008
Ca Lee Mo 毛嘉利 Vancouver 2007–present
Rikko Lee 李靄璣 Vancouver 2007–2008
Brian Chan 陳本岡 Vancouver 2008–present
Cherry Kwok 郭鈺淳 Vancouver 2008–present
Gary Yan 甄嘉亮 Vancouver 2008–present
Jackie Tse 謝展基 Vancouver 2008–present
Vincent 阿晨 Vancouver 2008–2009
Bernard Siu 蕭康迪 Toronto 2008–present
Cleone Ip 葉小寒 Toronto 2009–present
June Ng 吳珮如 Toronto 2010–present
Angel Wang 王倩 Toronto 2010–present
Cecilia Xu 徐顯雅 Toronto 2010–present
Kelly Tai 戴昭彤 Toronto 2010–present
Natalie Wong 黃煦齡 Toronto 2010–present
Jerry Lau 劉致理 Toronto 2010–present
Carat Cheung 張名雅 Vancouver 2010–present
Hilary Tam 譚曉榆 Toronto 2011–2012
Wendy Wen 全家欣 Toronto 2011–present

What's On alumni

Special segments

Whenever Fairchild TV has a major event coming up such as the annual New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition (NTSA Vancouver) or the Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant (MCV), What's On will run special segments within the program over several weeks to feature the event as a preview to the event. Sometimes, a company would sponsor a segment to be aired during "What's On". These shows usually feature one or two hosts which may or may not be the regular What's On presenters at that time. Some notable past segments include:

See also

External links

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