The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1977. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches.
Events Date Event March 16 Juno Awards of 1977. March 20–21 Converging Lines, a two-part CBC television documentary presenting the Jewish and Islamic faiths. October 18CBC Television airs complete House of Commons deliberations for the first time. November 20 The 28th Canadian Film Awards air on CBC Television.December 4 Nelvana's very first animated special A Cosmic Christmas airs on CBC Television. One of The Jim Henson Company's well known and renowned TV specials Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas begins on CBC Television as the very first country to broadcast it. The special will begin airing in the US the next year on HBO on December 17, 1978 and on HBO once again and then on ABC in 1980.
Debuts Show Station Premiere DateThe Ghosts of Motley HallTVOCrosspointCBC TelevisionJanuary 2Krazy HouseJanuary 12Search and RescueCTVJune 15100 Huntley StreetGlobalThe Magic LieCBC TelevisionSoftly, Softly: Task ForceCBET-DTJune 18Beyond ReasonCBC TelevisionJune 27Canadian ExpressSeptember 22Passe-Partout Radio Québec November 14Emmet Otter's Jug-Band ChristmasCBC TelevisionDecember 4A Cosmic Christmas
Ending this year Show Station CancelledBluffCBC TelevisionApril 27CrosspointJune 26Howie Meeker's Hockey SchoolUnknownThe Pig and WhistleCTV
Television shows
1950s Country Canada (1954–2007) CBC News Magazine (1952–1981) Circle 8 Ranch (1955–1978) The Friendly Giant (1958–1985) Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present) The National (1954–present) Front Page Challenge (1957–1995) Wayne and Shuster Show (1958–1989)
1960s CTV National News (1961–present) Land and Sea (1964–present) Man Alive (1967–2000) Mr. Dressup (1967–1996) The Nature of Things (1960–present, scientific documentary series) Question Period (1967–present, news program) Reach for the Top (1961–1985) Take 30 (1962–1983) The Tommy Hunter Show (1965–1992) University of the Air (1966–1983) W-FIVE (1966–present, newsmagazine program)
1970s The Beachcombers (1972–1990) The Bobby Vinton Show (1975–1978) Canada AM (1972–present, news program) City Lights (1973–1989) Celebrity Cooks (1975–1984) Coming Up Rosie (1975–1978) Definition (1974–1989) the fifth estate (1975–present, newsmagazine program) A Gift To Last (1976–1979) Grand Old Country (1975–1981) Headline Hunters (1972–1983) King of Kensington (1975–1980) Let's Go (1976–1984) Marketplace (1972–present, newsmagazine program) Ombudsman (1974–1980) Polka Dot Door (1971-1993) Science Magazine (1975–1979) Second City Television (1976–1984) Sidestreet (1975–1978) This Land (1970–1982) V.I.P. (1973–1983) The Watson Report (1975–1981)
TV movies Ada Dreamspeaker Hank The Machine Age Maria The Prophet from Pugwash Someday Soon... The Tar Sands
Television stations Debuts Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/References November 5 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario CHBX-TV 2 CTV “CHBX-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019. August 15 Hull, Quebec CIVO-TV 30 Télé-Québec “CIVO-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
Closures Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes March 30 Hull, Quebec CFVO-TV 30 TVA “CFVO-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
Births Date Name Notability January 5Oluniké AdeliyiActressAugust 10Layla AlizadaActress (Jane the Virgin)
See also 1977 in Canada List of Canadian films
References
External links List of 1977 Canadian television series at IMDb