1999 in Canadian television

{{Short description|none}}

{{Year nav topic5|1999|Canadian television}}

{{TOC right}}

This is a list of Canadian television related events from 1999.

Events

class="wikitable"

! Date

Event
February 419th Genie Awards"McKellar wins Jutra award; Schultz named host of Genies". Toronto Star, January 22, 1999.
March 7Juno Awards of 1999{{Cite web |date=2000-09-29 |title=Live Reviews - Juno Awards - March 7, 1999 |url=http://chartattack.com/road/reviews/1999/19990307-junos.html |access-date=2023-01-22 |archive-date=2000-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000929012149/http://chartattack.com/road/reviews/1999/19990307-junos.html |url-status=dead }}
March 26The renowned children's educational animated series Caillou premieres in Ireland for the very first time on RTÉ with the series airing on its second television station Network 2 as part of The Den.
March 29

|Vidéotron launches digital cable in Montreal.{{Cite web |title=BAnQ numérique |url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2187824 |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=numerique.banq.qc.ca |language=fr}}

September 1Launch of Canadian Learning Television and Report on Business Television.
October 1After four months of airing on TVOntario, Shining Time Station begins airing in Saskatchewan for the very first time on SCN. The Canadian English- language cable television channel in the province of Saskatchewan will air the show once a day at noon from Monday to Friday. Only 44 episodes would be shown. The show will also continue airing on TVOntario until September 3, 2000.
November 71999 Gemini Awards{{cite web |title=Gemini winners, Nov 1999 |url=https://playbackonline.ca/1999/11/15/27301-19991115/ |access-date=25 May 2022 |website=playbackonline.ca |publisher=Playback}}
December 312000 Today appears to show the start of the new millennium.

= Debuts =

class="wikitable"

! Show

StationPremiere Date
Little Men

|CTV

|January 1

Total Recall 2070

|CHCH-TV

|January 5

Pit Pony

|rowspan="3"|CBC Television

|February 5

Dooley Gardens

|March 3

CBC News: Morning

|March 9

System Crash

|YTV

|March 14

Fibi's Funny Bones

|Global

|July 5

Twice in a Lifetime

|CTV

|August 25

Rainbow Fish

|TVOntario

|September 4

Cybersix

|Teletoon

|September 6

Redwall

|Teletoon

|September 8

Mona the Vampire

|YTV

|September 13

BeastMaster

|Syndication

|October 1

Toad Patrol

|Teletoon

|October 2

Hoze Houndz

|Family Channel

|October 4

Archibald the Koala

|YTV

|October 12

The City

|CTV

|Unknown

= Ending this year =

class="wikitable"

! Show

StationCancelled
SketchCom

|rowspan="2"|CBC Television

|February 1

Black Harbour

|February 5

Due South

|CTV

|March 14

Fibi's Funny Bones

|Global

|October 1

Ned's Newt

|Teletoon

|December 31

Adrienne Clarkson Presents

|rowspan="2"|CBC Television

|rowspan="3"|Unknown

Comics!
La Course destination monde

|Télévision de Radio-Canada

= Changes of network affiliation =

class="wikitable"
"

! Show

Moved FromMoved To
Timbuctoo

|TFOU

|rowspan="2"|TVOntario

rowspan="2"|Shining Time Station

|YTV

TVOntario

|SCN

Television shows

=1950s=

=1960s=

=1970s=

=1980s=

=1990s=

TV movies

See also

References

{{Reflist}}