2025 in Canadian television
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The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2025. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.
Upcoming events
[edit]January
[edit]Date | Event | Source |
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1 | Rogers Sports & Media's new agreement for Warner Bros. Discovery lifestyle and factual brands, announced in June 2024, takes effect. New versions of five WBD-licensed channel brands previously licensed to Bell Media or Corus Entertainment will launch under Rogers ownership, with other affected brands available through Citytv+. Five Discovery-branded channels owned by Bell will rebrand, two adopting new brands licensed from NBCUniversal. | [1][2] |
Programs
[edit]Programs debuting in 2025
[edit]Start date | Show | Channel | Source |
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January 6 | Saint-Pierre | CBC Television | [3] |
January 7 | North of North | ||
February 10 | Novelette Is Trying | OUTtv | [4] |
February 25 | Small Achievable Goals | CBC Television | [3] |
TBA | Bad Trips | Crave | [5] |
Beer Budget Reno | Home | [6] | |
Big Burger Battle | Flavour | ||
Building Baeumler | Home | ||
Drag Brunch Saved My Life | Crave | [7] | |
Life Is Messy | Home | [6] | |
Locals Welcome | CBC Television | [8] | |
My Pet Ate What? | Animal Planet | [9] | |
One Day We'll All Be Dead | Crave | [10] | |
Pamela's Cooking with Love | Flavour | [6] | |
Queen of the Castle | CTV Life | [9] | |
Rentovation | Home | [6] | |
Revival | CTV Sci-Fi | [9] | |
Shipwreck Kings | Discovery | [9] | |
Snotty Nose Rez Kids | CBC Television | [11] | |
Sounds Black | History | [12] | |
Super Team Canada | Crave | [13] | |
Yukon Rescue | History | [12] |
Specials
[edit]Start date | Show | Channel | Source |
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March 30 | Juno Awards of 2025 | CBC | [14] |
November 16 | 112th Grey Cup | CTV, TSN | |
Dates TBA | 13th Canadian Screen Awards | CBC | |
2025 Canadian Country Music Awards | CTV | ||
27th Quebec Cinema Awards | Noovo |
Networks and services
[edit]Network launches
[edit]- Discovery[a] (January 1, 2025)
- Food Network[a] (January 1, 2025)
- HGTV[a] (January 1, 2025)
- Investigation Discovery[a] (January 1, 2025)
- Magnolia Network[a] (January 1, 2025)
Network rebrandings
[edit]- Animal Planet (rebranded to CTV Wild Channel on January 1, 2025)
- Discovery Channel[b] (rebranded to USA Network on January 1, 2025)
- Discovery Science (rebranded to CTV Nature Channel on January 1, 2025)
- Discovery Velocity (rebranded to CTV Speed Channel on January 1, 2025)
- Investigation Discovery[b] (rebranded to Oxygen True Crime on January 1, 2025)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e New channel operated by Rogers Sports & Media, under a brand previously used by a different channel
- ^ a b Outgoing rightsholder to this brand; channel operated by Bell Media
References
[edit]- ^ Thiessen, Connie (August 28, 2024). "Rogers outlines plans to launch new channels". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ Thiessen, Connie (2024-10-17). "Bell to bring USA Network, Oxygen True Crime to Canada". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ a b Jamie Casemore, "CBC sets winter 2025 streaming, broadcast lineup". Playback, November 28, 2024.
- ^ Kelly Townsend, "OutTV commissions Vancouver scripted series, renews five titles". Playback, June 6, 2024.
- ^ Alex Nino Gheciu, "New Will Arnett animated show, Drag Race series coming to Bell this fall/winter". Lakeland Today, June 6, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Connie Thiessen, "Corus unveils more programming details around rebranded Home Network, Flavour Network". Broadcast Dialogue, October 21, 2024.
- ^ Megan LaPierre, "Priyanka Helms New TV Show 'Drag Brunch Saved My Life'". Exclaim!, June 6, 2024.
- ^ Justin Anderson, "Food format “Locals Welcome,” new docs among CBC’s 2024-25 slate". RealScreen, May 23, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Jesse Whittock, "Canada’s Crave Confirms U.S. & UK Titles & Will Arnett Voice Role In ‘Super Team Canada’ As Streamer Aims To Topple Rivals: 'We Know We Can Do More'. Deadline Hollywood, June 7, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Szklarski, "CTV adds homegrown baking contest, quiz show while Crave leans into edgy comedies". Toronto Star, June 9, 2022.
- ^ Jesse Whittock, "CBC’s 2024-25 Slate Includes Netflix Comedy, Sitcom From ‘Baroness Von Sketch’ Pair & Music Doc Backed By Idris Elba; Simu Liu To Guest On ‘Dragons’ Den’". Deadline Hollywood, May 23, 2024.
- ^ a b Alex Nino Gheciu, "New Pamela Anderson, Bryan Baeumler shows among Corus’ fall/winter plans". CityNews, June 5, 2024.
- ^ Alex Nino Gheciu, "New Will Arnett animated show, Drag Race series coming to Bell this fall/winter". Yahoo! News, June 6, 2024.
- ^ Stuart Derdeyn, "Vancouver to host the 54th Juno Awards in 2025". Vancouver Sun, January 25, 2024.