1966 in Canadian television

	1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; ; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; ; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976 ;
	Art; Archaeology; Architecture; Literature; Music; Philosophy; Science +...;

The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1966. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

Events[]

Date	Event
	Hamilton, Ontario media proprietor Ken Soble files the original application for what will, after his death and numerous follow-up revisions to the application, eventually become the Global Television Network in 1974.^[1]
May 6	The 1966 Canadian Film Awards.
May 8	Controversial newsmagazine This Hour Has Seven Days airs its last show after fifty episodes and two seasons.
September 1	CBC becomes the first Canadian television network to broadcast in colour. Two weeks later CTV changes over to colour as well.
September 11	Long-running investigation program W5 begins airing. It quickly becomes the most popular program on CTV.
September 11	Shaw Communications is founded as Capital Cable Television Co. Ltd. in Edmonton, Alberta.^[2]

Debuts[]

Show	Station	Premiere Date
Charlie Had One But He Didn't Like It, So He Gave It To Us	CBC Television	July 20
Wojeck	CBC Television	September 13
W5	CTV	October 3
University of the Air	CTV	Unknown
Rocket Robin Hood	syndication	Unknown

Ending this year[]

Show	Station	Cancelled
This Hour Has Seven Days	CBC Television	May 8
Razzle Dazzle		July 1
Seaway		September 8

Television shows[]

1950s[]

Country Canada (1954–2007)
CBC News Magazine (1952–1981)
Chez Hélène (1959–1973)
Circle 8 Ranch (1955–1978)
Don Messer's Jubilee (1957–1969)
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[]

20/20 (1962-1967)
Butternut Square (1964-1967)
Canada 98 (1964-1967)
Cariboo Country (1960, 1964–1967)
CTV National News (1961–present)
Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date (1963–1975)
Flashbook (1962-1968)
Land and Sea (1964–present)
Let's Go (1964-1968)
Magistrate's Court (1963–1969)
Music Hop (1962–1972)
The Nature of Things (1960–present, scientific documentary series)
People in Conflict (1962–1970)
The Pierre Berton Show (1962-1973)
Quentin Durgens, M.P. (1965–1969)
Reach for the Top (1961–1985)
Singalong Jubilee (1961–1974)
Take 30 (1962–1983)
Telescope (1963–1973)
The Tommy Hunter Show (1965–1992)

TV movies[]

References[]

^ "Soble's pitch". The Globe and Mail, October 27, 1996.
^ "Milestones". Shaw Communications Inc. 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2008-09-03.

This article about television in Canada is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[pitch-1] "Soble's pitch". The Globe and Mail, October 27, 1996.

[2] "Milestones". Shaw Communications Inc. 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2008-09-03.

[1]

[2]