1976 in Canadian television

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This is a list of Canadian television-related events in 1976.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Debuts 1.2 Ending this year 2 Television shows 2.1 1950s 2.2 1960s 2.3 1970s 3 TV movies

Events

Date	Event
	Lloyd Robertson leaves CBC Television's The National to become co-anchor (with Harvey Kirck) and later solo anchor of the CTV National News.
July 17 - August 1	The 1976 Summer Olympics are broadcast worldwide, from Montreal, Quebec, drawing an estimated 1 billion viewers.
October 21	The 1976 Canadian Film Awards airs on CTV.

Debuts

Show	Station	Premiere Date
The New Avengers	CTV
Pencil Box	CBC Television
90 Minutes Live	CBC Television	April 19
Let's Go	CTV	September 1
Second City Television	Global	September 21
Bluff	Global	October 6
A Gift To Last	CBC Television	December 19

Ending this year

Show	Station	Cancelled
Excuse My French	CTV
House of Pride	CBC Television
This Is the Law	CBC Television	April 6

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)
• The Pig and Whistle (1967–1977)
• 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)
• Grand Old Country (1975–1981)
• Headline Hunters (1972–1983)
• Howie Meeker's Hockey School (1973–1977)
• King of Kensington (1975–1980)
• Marketplace (1972–present, newsmagazine program)
• Ombudsman (1974–1980)
• Sidestreet (1975–1978)
• This Land (1970–1982)
• V.I.P. (1973–1983)
• The Watson Report (1975–1981)

TV movies

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Years in television: 1976
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