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Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.March[edit]DateEventSource11The NBA has suspended the remainder of its 2019\u20132020 season “until further notice” after Rudy Gobert, a player for the Utah Jazz, tested positive for the coronavirus, resulting in a game in which the Jazz were facing the host city Oklahoma City Thunder at Chesapeake Energy Arena to be cancelled just as they were about to start (all personnel associated with the Jazz organization are quarantined until they are cleared), effectively leaving a large hole in the schedules of NBA TV, Sportsnet, Citytv, TSN, CTV\/CTV 2, French-language RDS, and the league’s regional sports network partners, as it pertains to the Toronto Raptors broadcasts.[1]12Following the NBA’s lead of the day prior, several other sports leagues across Canada the United States announce a temporary suspension of play in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Major League Soccer suspends all games for 30 days due to the coronavirus pandemic, while the NHL announces an indefinite suspension of league activity, which was later followed in the day by Major League Baseball’s announcement that it has suspended its spring training games and delayed the start of their 2020 regular season (originally scheduled to begin March 26) by at least two weeks. The suspension of the three leagues adds another large schedule void for CBC\/SRC, Sportsnet, Citytv, TSN CTV\/CTV 2, RDS, and TVA, as well as the leagues’ regional sports network partners.[2][3]Both the Juno Awards of 2020, which would have been broadcast on March 15, and the 8th Canadian Screen Awards, which would have been broadcast on March 29, also have their ceremonies cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Both awards eventually announce their winners via livestreaming.[4][5]18CBC Television temporarily suspends production of local newscasts on nearly all of its owned-and-operated stations, replacing them with a simulcast of the national CBC News Network in order to “temporarily pool our resources into one core news offering”; the sole exception is the CBC North service in the territories, due to the need to serve indigenous-language communities. However, this move faces criticism in some regions, with politicians and media figures arguing that locally focused news and information is especially critical in a time of emergency. The move is partially reversed by the end of March, with local newscasts resuming in most markets.[6][7]April[edit]DateEventSource20The Canadian Film Festival and Super Channel announce a partnership which will see television broadcasts in May of the feature and short films that had been slated to premiere at the CFF prior to its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]26CTV, Global, Citytv, CBC, V, Family, and other Canadian local and specialty channels partner on Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble, a special broadcast to raise money for Food Banks Canada due to increased demand for food bank services during the pandemic. The special featured musical performances by C\u00e9line Dion, Shania Twain, Alessia Cara, Michael Bubl\u00e9, Bryan Adams, Jann Arden, Sarah McLachlan, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Barenaked Ladies, Arkells and William Prince, as well as spoken word appearances by Margaret Atwood, Tessa Virtue, Eric McCormack, Jason Priestley, Howie Mandel, Rick Mercer, Russell Peters, Will Arnett, Chris Hadfield, David Suzuki, Rick Hansen, Hayley Wickenheiser, Connor McDavid, Bianca Andreescu, Mike Myers, Geddy Lee, and Penny Oleksiak. It ranks as the most-viewed non-sports broadcast in Canadian television history, with 11.5 million viewers.[9][10]July[edit]Programs[edit]Programs debuting in 2020[edit]Programs ending in 2020[edit]Changes of network affiliation[edit]Television films and specials[edit]Networks and services[edit]Network conversions and rebrandings[edit]Old network nameNew network nameTypeConversion dateNotesVNoovoAugust 31Network closures[edit]NetworkTypeClosure dateNotesBBC CanadaDecember 31January 17 – Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Dion, television personality (born 1927)January 20 – Kit Hood, television editor (born 1943)February 5 – Diane Cailhier, filmmaker and director (born 1947)March 7 – Earl Pomerantz, screenwriter (born 1945)April 3 – Logan Williams, 16, actor (The Whispers, The Flash, When Calls the Heart, Supernatural), fentanyl overdose.[68]April 5 – Shirley Douglas, actress and activist[69]April 7 – Ghyslain Tremblay, actor and comedian (born 1951)April 11 – Paul Haddad, actor (born 1963)April 19 – Claude Lafortune, television presenter (born 1936)May 7 – Joyce Davidson, 89, Canadian television presenter, COVID-19.[70]May 10 – Martin Pasko, 65, Canadian-born American comic book writer and screenwriter (Max Headroom, Roseanne, Batman: The Animated Series).[71]May 12 – Ren\u00e9e Claude, 80, Canadian actress (Avec un grand A, He Shoots, He Scores) and singer, COVID-19.[72]May 16 – Monique Mercure, 89, Canadian actress (L’h\u00e9ritage, Providence, M\u00e9moires vives), cancer.[73]May 18 – Michelle Rossignol, 80, Canadian actress.[74]May 22 – Andr\u00e9 Cartier, 74, Canadian actor (Passe-Partout).[75]July 5 – Nick Cordero, actor (born 1978)November 8 – Alex Trebek, newsman (CBC Television) and game show host (The $128,000 Question, Reach for the Top, Pitfall and the American version of Jeopardy! among many others) (born 1940)[76]The year also saw the death of wrestlers Rocky Johnson, Bobby Kay, Steve Gillespie, all of whom performed in televised leagues.References[edit]^ “NBA suspends season until further notice after player tests positive for the coronavirus” from ESPN (March 11, 2020)^ “Major League Soccer suspends season 30 days amid coronavirus scare” from Pro Soccer USA (March 12, 2020)^ Cyrgalis, Brett (March 12, 2020). “NHL set to suspend season amid coronavirus outbreak”. 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