Big Guy Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 The morning flagship show of CTV, Canada A.M, was suddenly pulled off the air after 43 years. The staff were told yesterday. Was it time or is something more interesting going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Well Bell has CP24 as a similar News property and it had it's own morning show. Perhaps it was decided that the two shows were competing against each other for essentially the same demographic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
?Impact Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 CTV always called Canada AM "Canada's most watched national morning newsmagazine", but the problem it had was in major markets like Toronto where Breakfast Television surpassed it in ratings long ago. I expect CTV have something up their sleeve for a replacement news show, but we probably won't see it launch until the fall. There probably were many closed door planning sessions, but they couldn't have kept set design and construction quiet so I doubt we will see the replacement until after the summer lull. Of course I could be totally off base, and CTV will become the goto source for yoga, workout, and cooking in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Never watched it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Well Bell has CP24 as a similar News property and it had it's own morning show. Canada AM was national, CP24 is local. Never watched it. I used to watch it... many years ago. The internet has replaced any reason to even bother turning the TV on in the morning anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 CTV's Canada AM moved slowly away from news in the morning to focus more on entertainment and human interest stories. Jeff started lifting "Things I Learned on The Internet Today" straight from reddit's front page and YouTube's most watched videos. I was kind of saddened to hear that it was cancelled, especially on such short notice. However, rumour is that Ben Mulroney will be hosting the new show taking that time slot. It sounds like CTV is giving up any semblance of a news show in the morning and delivering straight entertainment/talk-show tripe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 Bump. Called it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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