Dumont (TV program)

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Dumont is a Canadian news television program, which launched in fall 2009 on V, and ran through 2012.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mario-dumont-to-host-quebec-tv-show-1.775199 "Mario Dumont to host Quebec TV show"]. cbc.ca, February 25, 2009. Airing weekdays at 5 p.m. with the title Dumont 360 in its first season, the program moved to 10:30 p.m. and adopted the Dumont title in fall 2010, after the network cancelled its sports talk series L'Attaque à 5.

Hosted by Mario Dumont, a former politician, the show was a news and interview series. The series was produced by La Presse Télé, the television production arm of Montreal newspaper La Presse. It ended its run on V in 2012, after Dumont left the network to join LCN,[http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/arts-et-spectacles/television-et-radio/201205/18/01-4526576-mario-dumont-quitte-v-pour-lcn.php "Mario Dumont quitte V pour LCN"]. La Presse, May 18, 2012. although Dumont remains the title of his LCN series {{as of|2016|lc=y}}.