Sunday Edition (Canadian TV program)

Sunday Edition is a Canadian public affairs television program which aired from 1988 to 1999. The program was hosted by Mike Duffy and originated at CJOH-TV in Ottawa.[1] Over the course of its run, it aired in several different time slots from late Sunday morning to early Sunday afternoons. Its format was similar to that of American Sunday morning talk shows.

Sunday Edition
Presented byMike Duffy
Country of originCanada
Release
Original networkSyndicated to CTV affiliates (1989–1994)
BBS (1994–1998)
CTV (1998–99)
Picture formatNTSC (480i)
Original release1988 (1988) –
1999 (1999)

The program was at first co-operatively produced by several CTV affiliates, but at that point was not officially a CTV network program.[2] Sunday Edition later became part of the Baton Broadcast System schedule,[3] and only officially became a CTV program in early 1998, shortly after Baton Broadcasting's acquisition of the network. At the same time, production moved to CTV's flagship studios in Toronto.[4]

The show was cancelled in 1999,[5] and Duffy moved to a role as host of a prime time talk and interview series on CTV Newsnet.[6]

The CTV News-produced Question Period, which had been cancelled in the mid-1990s apparently due to the success of Sunday Edition, was revived in 2001 and now fills a similar role.

References
  1. "Duffy show kicks off with Mulroney visit". Montreal Gazette, October 3, 1988.
  2. Ted Shaw, "The Senator goes centre stage: Mike Duffy has chance to shine for rival colors". Windsor Star, August 27, 1988.
  3. "Baton adds Cancon to lineup". The Globe and Mail, June 28, 1997.
  4. "Duffy and Sunday Edition to leave Ottawa studios". Ottawa Citizen, January 28, 1998.
  5. Doug Saunders, "CBC's Cameron calling it quits; Meanwhile, CTV cancels Duffy's Sunday Edition". The Globe and Mail, June 11, 1999.
  6. Tony Atherton, "That inimitable news style of his: Mike Duffy says goodbye to Sunday Edition, says hello to CTV's News1". The Daily Gleaner, July 23, 1999.
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