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He also honed his morning hosting chops as a guest co-host with Kelly Ripa on the much larger platform of American morning television.

Mulroney was a former entertainment reporter on Canada AM and is a long-running host on CTV’s entertainment show E Talk. “That’s the cheaper way to do television and a lot less costly than having a bureau in Baghdad.” “The success of morning news shows is that they don’t do a lot of news, there’s less and less reporting and more chat and interviews,” says Dvorkin. “The question we will have to ask ourselves is, what is the government and industry role in all this?”ĭvorkin says he fears that the replacement show will likely be heavier on entertainment programming and lighter on news. “What we have seen and heard from our constituents is that they want Canadian stories and they don’t understand why all these sources are losing money,” says O’Regan. O’Regan called the show a major loss for Canadian broadcasting. “Turning it into a long goodbye could boomerang reputationally.” Just take the hit and move on,” says Dvorkin. “I guess the preferred approach is to rip the bandage off and get it over with rather than prolong the agony. U of T’s Dvorkin, says CTV likely found it more strategic to move on quickly.

“Way to go, CTV destroying a brand that’s four decades old,” said one post. It has been an incubator for some of the top broadcast talent in Canada and the U.S., including John Roberts, Pamela Wallin, Valerie Pringle and Thalia Assuras. Canada AM over the decades has been a venerable brand, created in the wake of the success of U.S. A CTV spokesperson said the new show will air in the same time slot as the old Canada AM show.ĬTV says Canada AM hosts Beverly Thomson and Marci Ien will remain with Bell Media, while Jeff Hutcheson will retire. Sources say the new hosts are rumoured to be Anne-Marie Mediwake, formerly of the CBC, and E Talk’s Ben Mulroney. But a spokesperson said a new morning show will be announced next week.

He says he decided to fly to Toronto to be present for the final broadcast at CTV studios.ĬTV declined to comment beyond their news release. O’Regan’s co-hosts included CTV chief anchor Lisa LaFlamme and current host Beverly Thomson. “I feel like I’m wearing this black arm band as people are coming up to me to commiserate.”