CBC's 'The National' to be bumped by U.S. showCBC's flagship television news show, The National, will be bumped on the main network in some markets by an American reality TV series over the summer.
The show is The One: Making A Music Star, produced for ABC by Endomol USA, which also makes Fear Factor.
The new show is scheduled to debut on Tuesday, July 18. The 16-part series runs through to Sept. 6 and will air from
9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET."From what I am told, The National will be delayed a total of nine times for this new program," anchor Peter Mansbridge told CTV's eTalk.
"Am I happy about that? No, I'm not, and I've made my feelings known as I do every time The National is delayed, as it often has been for the past few months by the Stanley Cup, world figure skating and by the Olympics.
"At the same time, I hope this new show, when it starts its Canadian version this fall, one that does not disrupt The National, will be a success," he said.
CTV In this corner: fair comment about the contradictions:
...It doesn’t seem like these two items are related, but it does reveal the fact that everyone involved with the Crown corporation obviously has two different visions for the broadcaster.
On the one hand you have the people who are attempting to make the CBC watchable. They are attempting to draw in younger viewers.
Last week, when CBC announced its fall lineup, new shows included Test the Nation: National IQ Test, The One, Dragon’s Den (an Apprentice-like show) and Rumours, a show that explores sex, love and friendship through the intertwined lives of staff at a Toronto-based women’s magazine. A far cry from what viewers are used to seeing on CBC.
On the other hand, you have the impending Senate Report that is looking to transform CBC’s current model of programming to that of PBS in the U.S.
Woodstock Sentinel
...and in this corner: private sector cheap shots with some cold reality...
"...This so-called National emergency is exactly what the CBC should be doing: Experimenting with their schedule, holding no timeslot sacred and, especially, trying to find a potential hit -- even if it is a U.S. import -- to bring eyeballs back to the network. God forbid the CBC should ever find a lead-in for Mansbridge.
Besides, it is time to acknowledge that moving the CBC's flagship newscast to 10 p.m. is a 20-year-old mistake. What network gives up five hours of its prime time entertainment schedule and then throws its newscast up against the most dominant dramas on television? A last place network, that's who.
How are Mansbridge and company supposed to compete against CSI: Miami, Law & Order SVU, ER and all those other automatic, two million viewers a week 10 p.m. imports?
Bill Brioux - Sun columinst
...and last word to Uncle Knowlty:
"...In the speech, Nash slammed the decision of his former employer, the CBC, to simulcast a U.S. reality show for the first time in its history.
"If the CBC really wants reality TV, let people get the reality of what's happening in the world by turning on The National at 10 p.m. every night," Thomson read to loud applause.
(snip)
"The democratic health of a society depends on the quality of the information it gets," said Nash.
He reminded the audience their job involves a public trust that must have them shining their journalistic flashlight in dark corners that people and institutions sometimes don't want lit.
"That's a heavy responsibility on the shoulders of journalists," he said, adding it's especially true today when so much information is tightly controlled and spun.
TorStar
My understanding is that the National won't be 'bumped'. In PST. On Tuesdays. During the summer, when nobody watches TV...with American programs in our cities. Canadian cities. Kids singing. On our TVs. In Canada. We did not make this up....so I got no opinion ;-)
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