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.
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]
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. That same day, local Montreal tv station CFTM-TV commences broadcasting activity in color. 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.
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