Canada AM

Canada AM

Infobox Television
show_name = Canada AM


format = News
runtime = 3 hours
creator =
broadcast location = Toronto, Vancouver
starring = Beverly Thomson
(2006–present)
Seamus O'Regan
(2006)
Jeff Hutcheson
(2006)
Marci Ien
(2006–present)
country = Canada
network = CTV
num_episodes = daily
first_aired = 1972- present
website = http://www.ctv.ca/canadaam
imdb_id = 0341708
tv_com_id = 1693

"Canada AM" is a Canadian breakfast television news show, which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1972. It was created as a response to the popularity of American morning showsFact|date=February 2007 such as "Good Morning America" and adopted a similar format initially. Originally aired on weekdays, CTV now produces a similar but separate weekend program titled "Good Morning Canada".

Personalities

The show's current hosts are Beverly Thomson and Seamus O'Regan. Marci Ien reports from the headline news desk and Jeff Hutcheson presents the weather forecast and sports.

The show's initial co-hosts were Carole Taylor and Percy Saltzman. Subsequent hosts have included Dennis McIntosh, Helen Hutchinson, Pamela Wallin, Norm Perry (the show's longest-running host, from 1975 to 1990), J.D. Roberts, Dan Matheson, Sandie Rinaldo, Keith Morrison, Valerie Pringle, Rod Black and Lisa LaFlamme.

The program also includes breaks in which a local anchor at each station presents a local news update.

2008 format change

Since June 2008, on CTV Newsnet, "Canada AM" aired for 4 hours from 6:00-10:00 ET (3:00-7:00 PT). CTV B.C. has also reverted back to the original local updates, and CTV Newsnet aired its news in the other two-hour portion.

However, because the 9:00 ET edition still aired, the June 2008 version was a combination of both versions.
* Eastern, Atlantic and Newfoundland Time Zone viewers didn't notice a schedule difference at all because the 9:00 ET edition was only available on cable.
* Pacific Time Zone viewers were able to see the 2nd and 3rd hour of the eastern edition, but the 1st hour was preempted with the live 9:00 ET edition at 6:00 PT. The first hour of the broadcast was only viewed on CTV Newsnet between 3:00 AM and 4:00 AM.

In September 2008, the fourth hour of Canada AM was cancelled and replaced with an extra hour of CTV Newsnet with Marci Ien. Canada AM now airs identical versions in every time zone, including Early Edition at 6:00 AM.

Theme music

For several years, in the 1970s and 1980s, the theme music was an instrumental version of The Moody Blues' "Ride My See-Saw", which is from their "In Search of the Lost Chord" album of 1968. During the same era, CTV's newsmagazine series "W5" was using Supertramp's "Fool's Overture".

References

External links

* [http://www.ctv.ca/canadaam "Canada AM"]


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