What Was On TV
In Canada When

Rugrats

Started

1991

When Rugrats started on Nickelodeon in August 1991, it would be another 3 years before Canadians can get to see it, when YTV picked up the series. However, just for kicks, here's a look at television in Canada in August 1991.

YTV Schedule For August 1991

Here's a look of what was on YTV the week of 8/10/1991.
Saturday Sunday  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
6AM                 Willy And Floyd Kangaroo Club Alphabet Soup Kangaroo Club Alphabet Soup Kangaroo Club
6:30AM           House Of Frightenstein                                                                     Let's Go
7AM                                                               News From Zoos
                                                            (:25) Picture Pages
7:30AM             Worzel Gummidge                                                              The Edison Twins
8AM My Favorite Martian The Lone Ranger                                                            The Generation Gap
8:30AM           The Real Ghostbusters                                                                 Kid's Corner
9AM        Denver, The Last Dinosaur                                                                Marie Soleil
9:30AM      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles                                                           The Waterville Gang
10AM       Casper The Friendly Ghost                                                             Willy And Floyd
10:30AM                  Saber Riders                                                            Gigglesnort Hotel
                                                         (:55) Picture Pages
11AM        She-Ra, Princess Of Power                                                              Time To Read
                 (:15) Tickle On The Tum (M / W / F) / Simon & Witch (Tuesday & Thursday)
11:30AM                  Dino Riders                                                       Paul Hann and Friends
12 Noon       Puttnam's Prairie Emporium                                                                     Jem
12:30PM                      Circus                                                 You Can't Do That On Television
1PM Dark Water Special Edition                                                                Take Part
1:30PM The Kids of Degrassi Street Streetnoise                                                             Snelgrove Snail
2PM Blake's 7 Movie:
Anne of Windy Poplars 		Yes You Can
(:25) Picture Pages 		Audubon Wildlife
Theatre
(:25) Picture Pages 		Yes You Can
(:25) Picture Pages 		Audubon Wildlife
Theatre
(:25) Picture Pages 		Yes You Can
(:25) Picture Pages
2:30PM                                                             Just Like Mom
3PM Lassie                                                                  Circus
3:30PM Roy Rogers                                                            Camp Cariboo
4PM Bonanza                                                             Doctor Who
4:30PM All Our Children                                                Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5PM The Judge                                                       Rocky & Bullwinkle
5:30PM Maid Marion Mutual of Omaha's
Wild Kingdom 		                                                            Get Smart
6PM Gruey The Littlest Hobo                                                           Rock 'n Talk
6:30PM Zorro Adventures Of
The Black Stallion
7PM The Wild Side Vid Kids                                                      The Muppet Show
7:30PM Deke Wilson's
Mini-Mysteries 		Dog House                                            You Can't Do That On Television
8PM The White Shadow Fame The Edison Twins Maniac Mansion Deke Wilson's Mini-Mysteries Wonderstruck The Littlest Hobo
8:30PM New Leave It To Beaver StreetNoise Zorro New Leave It To Beaver The Adventures Of The Black Stallion
9PM Movie:
Anne of Green Gables 		Spatz Home And Away Ron Oliver Fame                     Home And Away
9:30PM Wide World of Kids Paul Daniel's Magic Hour Paul Daniel's Magic Hour Maniac Mansion
10PM Smith & Smith Red Dwarf Ronnie & The Browns Me And My Girl
10:30PM Young Canada Positive Parenting                                                       Smith & Smith
11PM Ron Oliver                                                        Rock 'n Talk
11:30PM The Wild Side
12 Mid The White Shadow Movie:
Anne of Windy Poplars 		                                                        Get Smart
12:30AM                                                          Bonanza
1AM Movie:
Anne of Green Gables
1:30AM                                                        Doctor Who
2AM                                                                                Positive Parenting
2:30AM Young Canada
3AM                                                                                         (Off The Air)

Toronto Saturday Morning in August 1991

Here are the August 1991 Saturday morning schedules for CBC (CBLT ch.5), CTV (CFTO ch.9 Toronto & CKCO ch.13 Kitchener) and Global. Also, Global not only had Saturday Morning cartoons, but also Saturday afternoon cartoons, plus Sunday afternoon, post-game cartoons. Finally, where the Buffalo channels are concerned, they are practically the same as the ones on this page, except that WIVB ch.4 pre-empted Muppet Babies for Barney Bear, and all 3 network affiliates (WIVB, NBC's WGRZ ch.2 & ABC's WKBW ch.7) pre-empted noontime shows for infomercials.

Programming that is not meant for kids is not listed here.

* -- indicates that the program "simulcasted" (seen at the same time) with the Buffalo channels. On Canadian cablesystems, these programs on the Canadian stations often replace the program at the same time on the American channel, as per CRTC regulations.
                  CBC                                              CTV                  Global

                 CFTO

        CKCO

6AM (Off The Air) Fitness For Life
(not for children) 		Camp Cariboo (Off The Air)
6:30AM Romper Room And Friends Paul Hann And Friends
7AM                                          The Rockets Something Else
7:30AM Captain Planet and the Planeteers*
(also on WGRZ ch.2) 		Wonder Why? Care Bears
8AM                                      Winnie The Pooh* The Smoggies
8:30AM Wonder Why? Magic Circus Dennis The Menace
9AM Under The Umbrella Tree                                            Owl / TV Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters*
9:30AM Sesame Street                                       The Campbells
10AM Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* Time Exposures Beetlejuice*
10:30AM Street Cents Big Top Talent New Kids On The Block
11AM Wonderstruck Emu Brownstone Kids Inspector Gadget
11:30AM Star Trek (Various and sports programming, including the "Players Challenge"
tennis championship.) 		Kidstreet
12 Noon Mr. Wizard's World
12:30PM (Various and sports programming,
see CBC schedule below.) 		Kidsbeat
1PM (Various programming)
1:30PM
2PM
2:30PM The New Lassie
3PM My Pet Monster
3:30PM Ovide And The Gang
4PM Droids
4:30PM Ewoks
5PM The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
5:30PM

CBC Schedule in August 1991

These days, the CBC is Canada's leading Canadian content leader, with about 98% Canadian content. But back in 1991, it was just like any other commercial channel in Canada, with plenty of American programming to go along with the Canadian shows (but still tops in Canadian content). Here's the CBC schedule for CBLT in Toronto, for the week of 8/10/1991:

* -- indicates that the program "simulcasted" with the Buffalo channels.
Saturday Sunday  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
7AM (Off The Air) (Off The Air)                                                           CBC Morning News
7:30AM
8AM The Man From UNCLE
8:30AM
9AM Under The Umbrella Tree The Prisoner                                                             Anything Grows
9:30AM Sesame Street                                                             Wok With Yan
10AM Coronation Street                                                         Fred Penner's Place
                                         (:15)(M/W/F) Under The Umbrella Tree
10:30AM Street Cents                                                             Mr. Dressup
11AM Wonderstruck                                                          Sesame Street
11:30AM Star Trek Meeting Place
12 Noon                                                               Midday
12:30PM The Disability Network Formula One
Hungarian Grand Prix
1PM Canadian Gardener                                                        All My Children*
1:30PM PGA Golf Championship -- the Big Four event*
(simulcasted with CBS)
2PM                              Coronation Street Homeworks Canadian Reflections
2:30PM                                                                        Alice
3PM                                                           Welcome Back, Kotter
3:30PM                                                               The Facts of Life
4PM                                                            WKRP in Cincinnati
4:30PM                                                                  Danger Bay
5PM                                                                   Video Hits
5:30PM                                                              The Golden Girls
6PM CART Indy Marlboro 500 Highlights Jim Henson's World                                                                Local News
6:30PM
7PM Movie:
Tin Men 		The Road To Avonlea                                Degrassi High CFL Football:
Sasketchewan vs. Toronto 		Degrassi High
7:30PM Max Glick The Raccoons The Wonder Years Newhart
8PM Movie:
Glory Enough For All 		The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* Adrienne Clarkson Carol and Company Capital City
8:30PM Degrassi High
9PM The Golden Girls Anne Murray Capitol News The Nature of Things Street Legal
9:30PM Empty Nest
10PM Kate & Allie Sunday Report                                                                The National
10:30PM Kids In The Hall Venture                                                            (:20) The Journal
11PM The National                                                                             Local News
11:30PM (:15) Local News The Streets of San Francisco                                                                 Baloney! Good Rockin' Tonite
12 Mid Movie:
Cactus 		                                                             Kate & Allie
12:30AM (Off The Air) Movie:
She Loves Me Not 		Movie:
Man In The Shadow 		Movie:
Goin' To Town 		Movie:
Thunderground 		Movie:
Resurrected
1AM
1:30AM
2AM
2:30AM (:15)(Off The Air) (:15)(Off The Air)               (:10)(Off The Air)                    (Off The Air)

Do You Remember in August 1991...

(These reflect the TV schedules in the Toronto area; memories in your area may differ.)

... when the CBC logo used to look like this?
Right: The CBC logo used between 1974 and 1992.

From Columbo's Book Of Canada, published in 1978.

It was replaced in 1993 with this current logo:

The current logo is based on the one used in the 1970s & 1980s, but has been, more or less, simplified.
( From CBC's website, via Stickboy's website; © 1992 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.)
... when each CTV station had a different logo, not to mention,
NOT owned by CTV?

Top Right: The 1991 logos of CFTO Toronto (then owned by Baton) and
CKCO Kitchener (then owned by appliance manufacturer Electrohome).
In 1997, through a series of mergers, both stations became CTV owned
and operated stations. Logos © 1991 CTV, Inc. From the 8/11/1991
Hamilton & Region TV Guide, provided by TV Guide Specialists.

Bottom Right: The current CFTO & CKCO logos; any similarity between
the two is incidental. The CTv logo, by the way, was around since 1966.
From CTV's website, via Stickboy's website; © 1998 CTV, Inc.

   

           

... when TV Guide was still staple-bound, and costed C$1.05? With the exchange rate at the time, it was about US$.91, plus GST -- more expensive than the US version's cover price of US$.79. In 2001, both versions have a $1.99 cover price, with the Canadian edition being US$1.29, plus GST.

... when A&E, CNN and TNN were premium channels?

... when TV Ontario's English and French channels switched places on Sundays?

... when CBC's The National was followed by Barbara Frum's The Journal?

... when The National had a Saturday night edition?

... when CTV's W5, then hosted by Eric Malling, celebrated its 25th anniversary?

... when Global showed Wheel Of Fortune and CFMT presented Jeopardy!?

... when Bowling For Dollars was still on, on CKCO?

... when the Montreal Expos still had games on TV?

... when kids still saw Mr. Dressup, with Casey and Finnegan?

... when many Canadian stations, mostly CTV stations, carried The Flintstones at noon (still does in Montreal, on CFCF and TQS)?

... when we enjoyed Royal Canadian Air Farce, only on the radio?

... when the Canadian Home Shopping Network (now The Shopping Channel) had video that looked more like slides flickering at about one picture per second? The CRTC mandated that CHSN, as well as all infomercials on Canadian channels, be shown this way, to get viewers annoyed in such a way, they wouldn't stay tuned too long. It didn't work, and the rule was repealed in 1994.

... when the Buffalo stations shown lots of infomercials? This was especially true of WIVB, who pre-emped CBS's Crimetime After Primetime and Up To The Minute for a solid 6-hour infomercial block, generally from Midnight to 6AM.

... when WIVB, a CBS station in a sizeable market, shown Hanna-Barbera cartoons weekday mornings, instead of news?

... when British ITV company Granada owned a chain of rent-to-own stores throughout Canada?

1994

Are you curious about what was on the screens of Canadian viewers in 1994, when Rugrats made their Canadian debut on YTV (in the spring of that year)? Here's a look. I don't know EXACTLY when Rugrats started in Canada, other than that they began there in 1994; these are only random sample schedules (though the price of the TV Guides play part of a role). As for the other Nicktoons, YTV also had Rocko, while Muchmusic, the Canadian MTV, had Ren & Stimpy; Doug wasn't currently seen in English, though the francophone Radio-Canada channel carried it Sunday mornings.

YTV Schedule For August - September 1994

Here's a look of what was on YTV the week of 8/27/1994.
Saturday Sunday  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
6AM                  Waterville Gang                                                                Wonder Why?
6:30AM                                                                                            OWL / TV
7AM              Shining Time Station                                                           Wind In The Willows
                                                        (:20) Storybook World
7:30AM Intrepids Groundling Marsh Ballooner Landing Poetree and Friends Ballooner Landing Poetree and Friends Ballooner Landing
8AM Samurai Pizza Cats Xuxa                                                                 Size Small
8:30AM GUTS The New Archies                                                      Romper Room and Friends
9AM Cadillacs & Dinosaurs Dinobabies                                                              Maya The Bee
9:30AM Speed Racer Garfield & Friends Postman Pat
(:45) Friendly Giant 		Charlie Chalk
(:45) Friendly Giant 		Bertha
(:45) Friendly Giant 		Postman Pat
(:45) Friendly Giant 		Poddington Peas
(:45) Friendly Giant
10AM Mighty Max Rugrats Poetree and Friends Big Comfy Couch Poetree and Friends Big Comfy Couch Poetree and Friends
10:30AM Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Pink Panther                                                               Size Small
11AM Bots Master Rupert                                                                Take Part
11:30AM Deke Wilson's Mini Mysteries Casper The Friendly Ghost                                                  Puttnam's Prairie Emporium
12 Noon Captain Scarlet Woody Woodpecker                                                       Hands Up, Hands On
12:30PM Video & Arcade Top 10 YTV News                                                          Brownstone Kids
1PM Clips Movie:
Oklahoma! 		                                                          Camp Cariboo
1:30PM Hit List Lamb Chop's Play Along! Shining Time Station Lamb Chop's Play Along! Shining Time Station Lamb Chop's Play Along!
2PM Eric's World Groundling Marsh Eric's World Groundling Marsh Eric's World
2:30PM Captain Planet Deke Wilson's Mini Mysteries Intrepids Deke Wilson's Mini Mysteries Intrepids Deke Wilson's Mini Mysteries
3PM It's Alive!                                                   Alvin & The Chipmunks
3:30PM                                                    Sonic the Hedgehog
4PM They Must Be Mad! Today's Parent Television                                                  Biker Mice From Mars
4:30PM Samurai Pizza Cats Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom                                                          Bots Master
5PM Woody Woodpecker Snowy River: The McGregor Saga                                              Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
5:30PM Super Human Samurai Syber-Squad                                                              Batman
6PM Rocko's Modern Life The Chronicles of Narnia                                                               Super Dave Osborne
6:30PM Squawk Box The Flintstones Video & Arcade Top 10 Little House On The Prairie The Flintstones Rupert GUTS
7PM Are You Afraid Of The Dark? Woody Woodpecker Are You Afraid Of The Dark? Rugrats Garfield & Friends Rugrats
7:30PM The Twilight Zone Dog House Rocko's Modern Life Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Speed Racer Pink Panther Speed Racer
8PM Movie:
A Dog's Best Friend 		Thunderbirds They Must Be Mad! NBA Inside Stuff Squawk Box Bots Master
8:30PM Rough Guide Zorro Tilt 23 1/2 Rough Guide Are You Afraid Of The Dark?
9PM Super Dave Osborne The Littlest Hobo Dog House They Must Be Mad!
9:30PM Cutaway Catwalk                                                             Tarzan Dracula
10PM Dracula                                 Swiss Family Robinson Today's Parent Television It's Alive!
10:30PM Hit List YTV News                                                  Super Dave Osborne
11PM Missing Treasures                                                            Bizarre Dog House
11:30PM Bizarre The Littlest Hobo                                                                Maniac Mansion
12 Mid Movie:
A Dog's Best Friend 		Movie:
Oklahoma! 		                                                                Twilight Zone
12:30AM                                                        Are You Being Served?
1AM Trainer Little House On The Prairie Trainer Little House On The Prairie Trainer
1:30AM Spatz
2AM Fame                                                                    Flipper
2:30AM                                                              The Cisco Kid
3AM                                                                                       (Off The Air)

CBC Ontario Schedules For Week of 10/29/1994

And now, here are some more schedules for CBC television for the week of 10/29/1994. Here, I'll be presenting 2 different schedules from the Western Ontario edition of TV Guide -- one for CBLN ch.40 in London (which repeats CBLT in Toronto), and another for CBET ch.9 in Windsor / Detroit (which carries a different schedule, due to its close proximity to Detroit).

CBC Ontario Schedule

Here's what most of Ontario saw on CBC the week of 10/29/1994:

* -- indicates that the program "simulcasted" with the American channels.
Saturday Sunday  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
7AM                       (Off The Air)                                                           CBC Morning News
7:30AM
8AM Barney and Friends Northlands
8:30AM The Raccoons Canadian Gardener
9AM Sesame Street Hymn Sing                                                            What On Earth
9:30AM Coronation Street                                                          CBC Playground
10AM Fred Penner's Place                                                         Theodore Tugboat
                                                  (:15) Fred Penner's Place
10:30AM Street Cents                                                            Mr. Dressup
11AM Star Trek 50 Up                                                          Sesame Street
11:30AM Alive!
12 Noon Lynette Jennings' Home Meeting Place                                                              Midday
12:30PM Driver's Seat
1PM Canadian Gardener Country Canada                                                       All My Children*
1:30PM Pet Connection Sunday Arts:
"Late Flowering Lust"
2PM Northlands                                                      One Life To Live*
2:30PM Disability Network
3PM CFL Football:
Sacramento
vs. Edmonton   		CFL Football:
Hamilton vs. Calgary 		                                     Coronation Street Alive! Canadian Reflections
3:30PM                                                       Urban Peasant
4PM                                                       Degrassi High
4:30PM                                                      Family Matters
5PM                                                      The Simpsons
5:30PM                                                 Fresh Prince of Belair
6PM News from Toronto The Magical World
of Disney:
"Disney's Halloween Treat" 		                                                 News from Toronto
6:30PM
7PM Personal Best Road To Avonlea Cityscapes On The Road Again Adrienne Clarkson The Health Show Front Page Challenge
7:30PM To Have Been
Announced
(Normally, Hockey Night
In Canada's doubleheaders
appear here, but due to the
NHL's lockout at the time,
the CBC had been filling the
time with movies and specials.) 		The Odyssey Marketplace Man Alive Royal Canadian
Air Farce
8PM Scales of Justice Fresh Prince of Belair* The 5th Estate The Nanny The Nature of Things Rita & Friends
8:30PM Blossom* To Have Been Announced
9PM Kids In The Hall Witness Touched By An Angel* North of 60 Side Effects
9:30PM This Hour Has 22 Minutes
10PM Sunday Report                                               CBC Prime-Time News
10:30PM (:25) Venture
11PM                                                                      News from Toronto
11:30PM Country Beat                                            Absolutely Fabulous Movie:
"Clearcut"
12 Mid                                                  Kate & Allie
12:30AM IAAF World Cup
of Athletics 		City Beat Rough Cutz Personal Best Open Wide
1AM Movie:
"Longing For Eternity" 		Movie:
"The Challenge" 		Movie:
"Sorry, Wrong Number" 		Movie:
"Shadows"
1:30AM Movie:
Uranus 		Movie:
"Camille Claudel"
2AM (2:10)(Off The Air)
2:30AM
3AM         (Off The Air)                                                 (Off The Air) (:30)(Off The Air)

CBET Windsor Schedule

For the week of 10/29/1994, here's what viewers in Windsor, Southeastern Michigan and Northern Ohio saw on CBC. Due to the station's close proximity to Detroit and Toledo, American programming on CBC was replaced with other programming, mainly Canadian or British. Beacuse of this, CBET, owned and operated by the CBC, relied less on American shows than the rest of the CBC network. Also, because of this, CBET does not employ simulcasting, as there is nothing to simulcast.

These days (2001), CBET still pre-empts American programs, though pre-emptions are now few and far between -- Simpsons, Disney and some movies and specials.
Saturday Sunday  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
7AM                       (Off The Air)                                                           CBC Morning News
7:30AM
8AM Barney and Friends Northlands
8:30AM The Raccoons Canadian Gardener
9AM Sesame Street Hymn Sing                                                            What On Earth
9:30AM Coronation Street                                                          CBC Playground
10AM Fred Penner's Place                                                         Theodore Tugboat
                                                  (:15) Fred Penner's Place
10:30AM Street Cents                                                            Mr. Dressup
11AM Real Fishing 50 Up                                                          Sesame Street
11:30AM Around The House Alive!
12 Noon Lynette Jennings' Home Meeting Place                                                              Midday
12:30PM Driver's Seat
1PM Canadian Gardener Country Canada                  Country Practice                              Emmerdale Farm
1:30PM Pet Connection Sunday Arts:
"Late Flowering Lust" 		                Take The High Road In Loving Memory
2PM Northlands                                                      Neighbours
2:30PM Disability Network
3PM CFL Football:
Sacramento
vs. Edmonton 		CFL Football:
Hamilton vs. Calgary 		                                Coronation Street Alive! Canadian Reflections
3:30PM                                                       Urban Peasant
4PM                                                       Degrassi High
4:30PM                                                          The Bill
5PM                                                       Homeworks
5:30PM                                                  News from Windsor
6PM News from Toronto The Big Valley                                                  News from Toronto
6:30PM
7PM Personal Best Road To Avonlea Cityscapes On The Road Again Adrienne Clarkson The Health Show Front Page Challenge
7:30PM To Have Been
Announced
(See CBC Ontario schedule.
If the network uses American
films and specials as filler,
they were pre-empted by CBET,
just like regularly-scheduled programming.) 		The Odyssey Marketplace Man Alive Royal Canadian
Air Farce
8PM Scales of Justice Neon Rider The 5th Estate Ruth Rendell Mysteries The Nature of Things Rita & Friends
8:30PM
9PM Kids In The Hall Witness North of 60 Side Effects
9:30PM This Hour Has 22 Minutes
10PM Sunday Report                                               CBC Prime-Time News
10:30PM (:25) Venture
11PM News from Toronto                                                 News From Windsor
11:30PM Country Beat                                            Absolutely Fabulous Movie:
"Clearcut"
12 Mid                                       To Have Been Announced
12:30AM IAAF World Cup
of Athletics 		City Beat Rough Cutz Personal Best Open Wide
1AM Movie:
"Longing For Eternity" 		Movie:
"The Challenge" 		Movie:
"Sorry, Wrong Number" 		Movie:
"Shadows"
1:30AM Movie:
Uranus 		Movie:
"Camille Claudel"
2AM (2:10)(Off The Air)
2:30AM
3AM               (Off The Air)                                                 (Off The Air) (:30)(Off The Air)

Southwestern Ontario Saturday Morning in October - November 1994

For the week of 10/29/1994, here are the Saturday morning schedules for CBC, CTV (CKCO), Global and BBS (see "Do You Remember" below), plus listings for ABC, NBC, CBS & Fox. Also, Global continued to have children's programming all day on Saturdays.

Programming that is not meant for kids is not listed here.

* -- indicates that the program "simulcasted" with the American channels.
CBC CTV (CKCO) BBS Global
6AM (Off The Air) News
(not for children) 		(Various programming) Astroboy
6:30AM Magic Circus Tell-A-Tale Town
7AM The Littlest Hobo Care Bears
7:30AM My Secret Identity Bump In The Night
8AM Barney and Friends Big Top Talent The Little Mermaid* Dog City*
8:30AM The Raccoons (Various programming) Beethoven* Mighty Morphin
Power Rangers*
9AM Sesame Street Aladdin* Animaniacs*
9:30AM VR Troopers Eek! The Cat and the
Terrible Thunderlizards*
10AM Fred Penner's Place X-Men Batman & Robin*
10:30AM Street Cents Taz-Mania Sonic The Hedgehog
11AM Star Trek
(except CBET: various) 		Jungle Book Saved By The Bell*
11:30AM Wonder Why? Kids Can Rock And Roll
12 Noon (Various and
sports programming) 		The Science Show Kidsbeat
12:30PM (Various programming) Kidstreet
1PM Smoggies
1:30PM Care Bears
2PM Blue Rainbow
2:30PM Kidstreet
3PM Babar
3:30PM Tintin
4PM
4:30PM Batman,
The Animated Series
5PM The Bugs Bunny
and Tweety Show
5:30PM

ABC NBC CBS Fox
8AM Cro (The Today Show,
Local programming) 		The Little Mermaid Dog City
8:30AM Sonic The Hedgehog Beethoven Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
9AM Free Willy Aladdin Animaniacs
9:30AM Reboot** Skeleton Warriors Eek! The Cat and the
Terrible Thunderlizards
10AM Bump In The Night Name Your Adventure WildCATS Batman & Robin
10:30AM Land Of The Lost
(1990s version) 		Saved By The Bell
(ran only 30 or
60 minutes on some
stations) 		Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles 		The Tick
11AM The Bugs Bunny
& Tweety Show 		Garfield & Friends X-Men
11:30AM Grunt & Punt
12 Noon (College Football) NBA Inside Stuff Beekman's World (Local Programming)
12:30PM (Local Programming) CBS Storybreak

** -- The first season of Reboot was seen Wednesday nights at 7:30PM on YTV (which co-produced the program), beginning in the fall of 1994, around the same time it started on ABC.

Do You Remember in Fall 1994...

(These reflect the TV schedules in southwestern Ontario and, to some degree, Detroit; memories in your area may differ.)

... the BBS network? In early 1994, Baton Broadcasting established BBS, to compete with the CTV network. The BBS network consisted entirely of stations that Baton owns -- CTV stations in Toronto, Ottawa, Northern Ontario and Sasketchewan, plus independents in Pembroke, London, Windsor, and Wingham, ON. The BBS name faded away after 1997, when Baton purchased the CTV network and Electrohome's stations (including CKCO in Kitchener); Baton's independent stations in Ontario were sold to CHUM, in exchange for ATV in the Maritimes -- those became "the new" TV stations.

... the final season of Front Page Challenge? In spring of 1995, the CBC unceremoniously cancelled North America's longest-running game show (similar to What's My Line?, but with headlines) after 38 seasons, no thanks to a new production staff (hired in 1992) to give the show more edge, such a move that infuriated its regular panelists -- all seasoned journalists.

... the Major League Baseball strike that cancelled the World Series for the first time in history?

... the end of The Baseball Network, thanks to the strike?

... the NHL hockey lockout that almost cancelled the season?

... the introduction of weekly doubleheaders on Hockey Night In Canada (after the lockout, of course)?

... CBS replacing NFL games with romantic TV movies, after losing the games to Fox?

... the NFL on NBC?

... The New Price Is Right? Doug Davidson was host, and, except for some of the pricing games, the game was entirely different from the long-time Bob Barker version. It didn't last the season.

... Family Feud with, once again, Richard Dawson? To help sagging ratings, The Feud's original host replaced Ray Combs as host. Bad move -- Dawson was rusty and not-so-kissy, leading to the show's cancellation; and Ray Combs committed suicide sometime afterward, after some time in a mental institution.

... Royal Canadian Air Farce on both TV and radio?

... when Jerry Springer was much more tamer?

... CBC Prime Time News? In 1992, the CBC restructured and moved their newshour to 9PM, with their newschannel, Newsworld, carrying The National at 10PM ET. In 1993, after a drop in ratings and catcalls from critics, the CBC moved it to 10PM, which ended up competing with The National on Newsworld, until 1995, when The National returned to the main CBC network.

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