2006 in Canadian television
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This is a list of Canadian television related events from 2006.
Events
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! Date | Event |
| March 21 | Cable channel talktv is rebranded as MTV. |
| April 2 | Mathieu Baron and Stéphanie Bélanger win the second season of Loft Story. |
| April 7
|After 15 seasons, the Canadian comedy sketch program The Red Green Show, starring Steve Smith and Patrick McKenna, airs its 300th and final episode on CBC. | |
| June 1 | Cable channel Prime is rebranded as TVtropolis. |
| July 12 | CTVglobemedia announces a $1.7 billion takeover offer for CHUM Limited. |
| September 17 | Eva Avila is named the winner of Canadian Idol |
| September 21 | CTV mistakenly airs Episode 3-02 of Grey's Anatomy in place of the season premiere. |
| November 4 | 2006 Gemini Awards. |
| December 3 | Jean-Philippe Anwar and Kim Rusk win season 3 of Loft Story. |
=Debuts=
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! Show | Station | Premiere Date |
| Getting Along Famously
|CBC |January 6 | ||
| Captain Flamingo
|YTV |February 7 | ||
| At the Hotel
|CBC |March 7 | ||
| Mantracker
|OLN |April | ||
| Billable Hours
|April 16 | ||
| Alice, I Think
|May 26 | ||
| What It's Like Being Alone
|rowspan="2"|CBC |June 26 | ||
| 11 Cameras
|June 28 | ||
| Grossology
| YTV |September 29 | ||
| Design Interns
|HGTV |October 3 | ||
| Dragons' Den
|rowspan="2"|CBC | rowspan="3"|October 13 | ||
| Intelligence | ||
| Ruby Gloom
| YTV | ||
| The Gill Deacon Show
|rowspan="2"|CBC |October 30 | ||
| Underdogs
|November 14 | ||
| The Agenda
|Fall |
=Ending this year=
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! Show | Station | Cancelled |
| Strange Days at Blake Holsey High
|January 28 | ||
| Mona the Vampire
|YTV |February 22 | ||
| Da Vinci's City Hall
|rowspan="3"|CBC Television |February 28 | ||
| Getting Along Famously
|March 3 | ||
| This Is Wonderland
|March 15 | ||
| The Collector
|April 4 | ||
| The Red Green Show
|April 7 | ||
| Les Bougon
|April 17 | ||
| Naked Josh
|July 18 | ||
| Hatching, Matching and Dispatching
|August 22 | ||
| Jacob Two-Two
|YTV |September 3 | ||
| What It's Like Being Alone
|September 18 | ||
| The Big Comfy Couch
|YTV |December 29 | ||
| Diplomatic Immunity
|rowspan=3|TVOntario |rowspan=4|Unknown | ||
| Fourth Reading | ||
| Studio 2 | ||
| MovieTelevision |
TV movies & miniseries
Television stations
=Debuts=
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! Date ! Market ! Station ! Channel ! Affiliation ! Notes/References |
| February 6
| CIIT-TV | 35 |
| March 17
| CFTV-DT | 34 |
| March 28
| Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Television Service | (cable-only) | Government-access independent | |
| November 1
| CHCO-TV | 26 | Over-the-air relaunch of the local community channel[https://web.archive.org/web/20200903172748/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/chco-dt “CHCO-DT Station History”]. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019. |
=Network affiliation changes=
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! Date ! Market ! Station ! Channel ! Old affiliation ! New affiliation ! References |
| Unknown
| Bellingham, Washington (USA) | KBCB | 24 | ShopNBC | |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=2006-01-01,2006-12-31&countries=ca&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 2006 Canadian television series] at IMDb
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