| What's On 熒幕八爪娛 | |
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Title card of What's On circa 2006. |
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| Format | Infotainment |
| Presented by | see chart in Past & current hosts section |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Clarisa Tsun (Vancouver) Alice Ngan (Toronto) |
| Location(s) | Vancouver, Canada; Toronto, Canada |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production company(s) | Fairchild Television |
| Distributor | Fairchild Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Fairchild Television |
| Picture format | 480i (NTSC) |
| Original run | July 1, 1996 – present |
What's On (Traditional Chinese: 熒幕八爪娛) is a weekly half-hour TV series that airs on Fairchild Television.
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Originally started in 1996, the show is currently the longest-running program in Fairchild Television history. "What's On" is a 30 minute informative program that introduces viewers to events happening in and around Vancouver and Toronto. It also runs short interviews with local celebrities, politicians and social figures for events they are contributing to, as well as interviews with international celebrities as they arrive in the city to promote or to perform.
Originally, there were two versions of the show. The Vancouver version and Toronto version ran in the same time slot in their respective cities on Thursday nights at 10:00 p.m. while the version of the opposite city ran on Saturdays at 6:00 p.m. However, because of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's ruling requiring Fairchild TV to air the same programming throughout the country, the two shows combined into one in July 2001 with each city getting 15 minutes of airtime. This also meant the start of the "interactive" format of the show where the hosts from the two cities shared a brief interaction as the scenes change from one city to another.
In November 2002, Fairchild Television moved the show from its Thursday timeslot to its current Sunday at 7:30pm time.
"What's On" is seen as a training ground for a lot of Fairchild Television artistes. The following is a partial list of past and present hosts for the show:-
| Host Name | Edition Hosted | Years Hosted |
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| Eva Yang 楊宜文 | Vancouver | 1996–1998 |
| Walter Ngai 倪啟瑞 | Vancouver | 1996–1998 |
| Sunny Shum 岑恩鎏 | Toronto | 1997–2000 |
| Eric Li 李潤庭 | Vancouver | 1998–2002 |
| Millie Leung 梁敏賢 | Vancouver | 1998–2002 |
| Natalie Au 區念慈 | Vancouver | 1998–2003 |
| Prudence Yim 嚴峻 | Vancouver | 1999–2000 |
| Benny Yau 邱穟恆 | Vancouver | 2000–2002 |
| Leslie Tsang 曽穎妍 | Vancouver | 2000–2002 |
| Jackson Ho 何紹文 | Vancouver | 2000–2001 |
| Maggie Hou 侯佳慧 | Vancouver | 2001–2003 |
| Kenny Wong 黃子俊 | Vancouver | 2001–2003 |
| Anita Lee 李慧雅 | Toronto | 2001–2005 |
| Leo Siu 蕭嘉俊 | Toronto | 2001–2004, 2006–2007 |
| Joanne Kwan 關曉彤 | Toronto | 2001–2003 |
| Georgia Leung 梁耀寧 | Toronto | 2001–2004 |
| Jenny Pat 畢蕾蕾 | Vancouver | 2001–2002 |
| Janis Chan 陳貝兒 | Vancouver | 2002–2003 |
| Melody Liu 劉亮 | Vancouver | 2002–2003 |
| Clifton Kwan 關逸揚 | Vancouver | 2002–2003 |
| Jing Lu 盧婧 | Toronto | 2002–2004, 2010–present |
| Cleo Ng 吳嘉栩 | Toronto | 2003–2007 |
| June Tang 鄧芷茵 | Toronto | 2003–2008 |
| Johnson Cheung 張立熙 | Toronto | 2003–2005 |
| Cindy Cheung 張瑋恩 | Vancouver | 2003–2006 |
| Sandy Cheung 張梓欣 | Vancouver | 2003–present |
| Eunice Ho 何詠雯 | Vancouver | 2003–2006 |
| Caroline Chang 張雅淇 | Vancouver / Toronto | 2003–2006 |
| Kenneth Lau 劉家逸 | Vancouver | 2004–present |
| Ming Fai Lee 李明輝 | Vancouver | 2004–2008 |
| Aimee Chan 陳茵媺 | Toronto | 2004–2005 |
| Janet Chow 周家蔚 | Toronto | 2004–2006 |
| Thomas Chong 莊子軒 | Toronto | 2005–present |
| Jessica Cheung 張葆頤 | Vancouver | 2006–present |
| Kayi Cheung 張嘉兒 | Vancouver | 2006–2007 |
| Susan Wong 黃潔華 | Vancouver | 2006–2007 |
| Sunny Chan 陳星南 | Vancouver | 2006–2008 |
| Daryl Doo 杜光庭 | Toronto | 2006–2007 |
| Elva Ni 倪晨曦 | Toronto | 2006–2009 |
| Belinda Yan 顏子菲 | Toronto | 2006–2009 |
| Caroline Khuu 丘嘉玲 | Toronto | 2007–2009, 2011–present |
| Ivy Hou 侯薔薔 | Toronto | 2007–2009 |
| Susanna Chan 陳銘莉 | Toronto | 2007–2010 |
| Alan Ho 何偉圖 | Toronto | 2007–present |
| Amy So 蘇家慧 | Vancouver | 2007–2008 |
| Ca Lee Mo 毛嘉利 | Vancouver | 2007–present |
| Rikko Lee 李靄璣 | Vancouver | 2007–2008 |
| Brian Chan 陳本岡 | Vancouver | 2008–present |
| Cherry Kwok 郭鈺淳 | Vancouver | 2008–present |
| Gary Yan 甄嘉亮 | Vancouver | 2008–present |
| Jackie Tse 謝展基 | Vancouver | 2008–present |
| Vincent 阿晨 | Vancouver | 2008–2009 |
| Bernard Siu 蕭康迪 | Toronto | 2008–present |
| Cleone Ip 葉小寒 | Toronto | 2009–present |
| June Ng 吳珮如 | Toronto | 2010–present |
| Angel Wang 王倩 | Toronto | 2010–present |
| Cecilia Xu 徐顯雅 | Toronto | 2010–present |
| Kelly Tai 戴昭彤 | Toronto | 2010–present |
| Natalie Wong 黃煦齡 | Toronto | 2010–present |
| Jerry Lau 劉致理 | Toronto | 2010–present |
| Carat Cheung 張名雅 | Vancouver | 2010–present |
| Wendy Wen 全家欣 | Toronto | 2011–present |
Whenever Fairchild TV has a major event coming up such as the annual New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition (NTSA Vancouver) or the Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant (MCV), "What's On" will run a series of mini-shows within the program over several weeks to feature the event as a prélude. Sometimes, a company would sponsor a mini-show to be aired during "What's On". These shows usually feature one or two stable host(s) which may or may not be the regular "What's On" presenters at that time. Some notable past Mini-Shows include:-