Undercurrents (TV program)

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| presenter = Wendy Mesley

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| language = English

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Undercurrents was a Canadian news magazine television program that was hosted by Wendy Mesley. It focused on media, marketing and technology."Wendy Mesley returns with new series". The Gazette, June 25, 1995.

Overview

The series, which debuted in 1995, primarily concentrated on investigative and documentary reports about media, marketing and technology, such as examining media coverage of controversial issues. Its debut episode drew 800,000 viewers despite having received little advance publicity and having been scheduled so hastily that it wasn't even listed in that week's TV Guide listings; the episode examined the role of video in criminal trials, using the Paul Bernardo trial as its hook.

Mesley was interviewed about the program's cancellation in 1997 by Scan Magazine.

Mesley won two Gemini Awards for Best Host or Interviewer of a News or General Information Series for her work on Undercurrents, in 1999Antonia Zerbisias, "CBC cops 41 Geminis; Public network dominates news and information awards; CTV dramas win big". Toronto Star, November 8, 1999. and 2001."Cold Squad, Da Vinci hot at Geminis". Vancouver Sun, October 29, 2001.

In 2001, Undercurrents was folded into the new series CBC News: Disclosure, cohosted by Mesley and Diana Swain."Dynamic duo: Wendy Mesley and Diana Swain hope to shock viewers with their new CBC show Disclosure". Halifax Daily News, November 13, 2001. The new show did not continue to discuss the media or technology; instead, the media analysis theme was picked up by a different new CBC series, MediaWatch."Lots of buzz for media show: Chattering classes brace for CBC show about -- themselves". National Post, August 3, 2002.

References

External links

[http://archives.cbc.ca/programs/916/ Undercurrents] - CBC Television
[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.tv.cbc.ca/undercurrents/ Undercurrents] - CBC
[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://tv.cbc.ca/undercurrents/ Undercurrents] - CBC
"[https://davidsouthconsulting.com/2020/12/11/undercurrents-a-cancellation-at-cbc-tv-raises-a-host-of-issues-for-the-future/ Undercurrents: A Cancellation At CBC TV Raises A Host Of Issues For The Future | Scan Magazine (Canada)]". David South Consulting. December 11, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

Category:1990s Canadian television news shows

Category:2000s Canadian television news shows

Category:1995 Canadian television series debuts

Category:2001 Canadian television series endings

Category:Canadian Screen Award–winning television shows

Category:CBC News

Category:CBC Television original programming