16×9

{{Short description|Canadian investigative newsmagazine television program}}

{{Infobox television

| image = 16x9logo.png

| caption =

| runtime = 60 minutes

| creator = Troy Reeb, Mary Garofalo

| country = Canada

| presenter = Carolyn Jarvis

| network = Global

| first_aired = {{start date|2008|11|30}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2016|6|28}}

| num_seasons = 8

}}

16×9 (formerly branded as 16:9 and 16:9: The Bigger Picture') is a Canadian investigative newsmagazine television program created by Troy Reeb and Mary Garofalo that aired on Global for eight seasons. The series debuted on November 30, 2008, with Mary Garofalo as host and Senior Consulting Producer until October 2011. Carolyn Jarvis later took over hosting until its cancellation on June 28, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/2792018/16x9-cancelled-liza-fromer-contract-not-renewed-amid-changes-at-global-news/|title=16X9 cancelled, Liza Fromer contract not renewed amid changes at Global News - National |date=28 June 2016|website=Global News |publisher= Global Television Network|accessdate=16 March 2019}}

The title refers to the aspect ratio of 16:9 high definition television broadcasts which display a wider area, hence, a bigger picture, as opposed to 4:3 standard definition.{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/national/program/16x9|title=16×9 |website=Global News|publisher=|accessdate=16 March 2019}}

Originally airing as a half-hour series, 16x9 expanded to an hour-long program for the 2011–12 television season.[http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/global-news-boosts-fall-schedule/1000571175/ Global News Boosts Fall Schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319223700/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/global-news-boosts-fall-schedule/1000571175/ |date=2012-03-19 }}, Broadcaster Magazine, September 7, 2011.

Allison Vuchnich won a 2009 Gemini Award for Best News Information Series.{{Cite web |url=http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?stitle=&awyear=2009&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=2&curstep=4&submit.x=23&submit.y=7 |title=Academy.ca |access-date=2012-04-11 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723103538/http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?stitle=&awyear=2009&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=2&curstep=4&submit.x=23&submit.y=7 |archive-date=2012-07-23 |url-status=dead }} Mary Garofalo earned a Gemini in 2011 for Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series. On March 8, 2016 the program won for Best News or Information Series at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.{{cite news|url=http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/first-wave-of-documentary-non-fiction-factual-canadian-screen-award-winners|title=First Wave of Documentary/Non-Fiction/Factual Canadian Screen Award Winners|last=Mullen|first=Pat|date=9 March 2016|work=Point of View|accessdate=10 March 2016|archive-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820105930/http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/first-wave-of-documentary-non-fiction-factual-canadian-screen-award-winners|url-status=dead}}

16x9 was canceled by Global on June 28, 2016 due to job cuts, network programming changes and low ratings.