Breakfast Television

Breakfast Television (often abbreviated as BT) is a Canadian morning television program that is broadcast on Citytv. As of 2023, BT only broadcast from Toronto as a four-hour morning show, while a national edition aired in 8:30-10 a.m. local time on all Citytv stations (outside of Citytv Saskatchewan). Versions were formerly broadcast in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Montreal, but have been canceled and replaced with alternative programming. The version broadcast by the Atlantic Satellite Network (which was owned by Citytv's former parent CHUM Limited, and is now owned by competitor Bell Media) continued to use the brand under license from Rogers until 2011, when it was re-launched as CTV Morning Live upon the service's rebranding as CTV 2 Atlantic.

Breakfast Television
GenreMorning show
Presented bySid Seixeiro
Meredith Shaw
Frank Ferragine
Tammie Sutherland
Stephanie Henry
Devo Brown
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Kevin Forget
  • Laura Reiter
Production locations33 Dundas Street East, Toronto (2009–present)
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time240 minutes
Production companyRogers Media
Original release
NetworkCitytv
ReleaseSeptember 9, 1989 (1989-09-09) 
present (present)

On September 5, 2011, each of the local editions of Breakfast Television across all of the Citytv owned-and-operated stations began starting a half-hour earlier, running from 5:30–9 a.m. In April 2012, the Winnipeg edition reverted to the 6-9 a.m. runtime.

In January 2015, the Winnipeg version of the program was discontinued, replaced with a simulcast of the CITI-FM morning show. In September 2019, the Montreal version of the program was discontinued, while the Calgary and Vancouver versions were re-launched on September 23, 2019 using a "hybrid" format incorporating segments of national interest from the Toronto version.

On March 23, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Breakfast Television added a national hour, airing on all Citytv stations (outside of Citytv Saskatchewan) live at 9:00 a.m. EDT.

On November 17, 2020, BT Vancouver and BT Calgary were cancelled. A national edition now aired in 8:30-10 a.m. local time on all Citytv stations (outside of Citytv Saskatchewan) as a replacement.

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