Global Television Network

Global Television Network

Type	Broadcast television network
Country	Canada
Availability	National, northern U.S. (terrestrial), parts of U.S. and Bermuda (via digital cable)
Founded	by Al Bruner & Peter Hill
Owner	Shaw Communications (Shaw Media Inc.)
Key people	Paul Robertson, President of Shaw Media, Barbara Williams Senior Vice President of Content, Troy Reeb Vice President of News
Launch date	January 6, 1974 (launch of CKGN-TV) 1990 (as the CanWest Global System) August 18, 1997 (national launch of Global brand)
Former names	CanWest Global System (used in the 90s on non-Global branded Canwest stations)
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Official Website	Global Television Network

Global Television Network (mainly called Global or Global TV) is a Canadian television channels. Along with CTV and CBC, it is one of the countries major networks. It is currently Canada's number-two television network.

The network started in a television station of the same name, in South Ontario. The national entity was known as CanWest Global System until getting the Ontario station's branding in 1997.

History

In Late 2009, Shaw took over Canwest's broadcast rights as of October 27, 2010. Global is a part of Shaw Media currently.

Television listings

In television listings such as TV Guide, it is shown as GLO, GLB or GTV.

Programming

Spring 2012 schedule

Shows that originally aired in Canada have a red highlight.

	7:00 PM	7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM	11:00 PM	13:00 PM
Sunday	Family Guy	The Cleveland Show	The Simpsons	Bob's Burgers	The Good Wife		NYC 22		Robot Chicken
Monday	Entertainment Tonight	ET Canada	Bones		House		Hawaii Five-0
Tuesday			Glee		NCIS: Los Angeles		NCIS
Wednesday			Survivor		Happily Divorced	I Hate My Teenage Daughter	Titanic
Thursday			The Exes	The Office	Touch		Awake
Friday			The Finder		Harry's Law		Ringer
Saturday	16:9		The Celebrity Apprentice				The Firm
Triday	Fire Blakes		Garfield and Friends				Cartoon Planet

List

Currently broadcast

News

• 16x9 - The Bigger Picture (2008–present)
• Entertainment Tonight (2005–present)
• ET Canada (2005–present)
• Global Currents (2005–present)
• Global National (2001–present)
• The West Block (2011-present)

Daytime

• 100 Huntley Street (2008-present)
• At the End of My Leash (2006–present)
• Crash Test Mommy (2010–present)
• Days of Our Lives (1965–present)
• The Doctors (2010–present)
• The Mom Show (2010–present)
• The Talk (2010–present)
• The Young and the Restless (1973–present)

Comedy

• American Dad! (2005–present)
• Bob's Burgers (2011–present)
• The Cleveland Show (2009–present)
• Family Guy (1999–present)
• Glee (2009–present)
• Howie Do It (2009–present)
• Love Bites (2011–present)
• The Office (2005–present)
• Psych (2007–present)
• The Simpsons (1989–present)
• Saturday Night Live (1975–present)
• I Hate My Teenage Daughter (2011–present)
• Napoleon Dynamite (2012–present)
• Rob (2012–present)
• The Exes (2012-present)

Drama

• 90210 (2008–present)
• The Best Years (2007–present)
• Bones (2005–present)
• Combat Hospital (2011–present)
• Dual Suspects (2009–present)
• Friday Night Lights (2006–present)
• The Good Wife (2009–present)
• The Guard (2008–present)
• Hawaii Five-O (2010–present)
• Heroes (2005–present)
• House (2004–present)
• NCIS (2003–present)
• NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–present)
• Rookie Blue (2010–present)
• Bomb Girls (2012–present)
• The Firm (2012–present)
• Awake (2012–present)
• Touch (2012–present)

Reality

• Big Brother (2000–present)
• From The Ground Up with Debbie Travis (2006–present)
• Survivor (2001–present)
• Til Debt Do Us Part (2007–present)
• Tube Tales (2007–present)
• Wipeout (2008–present)

Formerly broadcast

News

• Canada Tonight (2001)
• Entertainment Desk
• Global Sunday (2001-2005)

Daytime

• General Hospital
• Guiding Light
• Passions (1999–2008)
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Late night talk/variety

• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Late Night with David Letterman
• The Mike Bullard Show
• Night Walk (AKA Night Ride, Night Music, Night Moves)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Comedy

• 3rd Rock from the Sun
• Arrested Development (2003–2006)
• Becker
• Bob and Margaret
• Chico and the Man
• Clueless
• Dharma & Greg
• Diff'rent Strokes
• Everybody Loves Raymond
• Frasier
• Friends (1994–2004)
• Futurama (1999–2003)
• The Jane Show
• The Jeffersons
• The Joke's on Us
• Just Shoot Me!
• Kath & Kim (2008–2009)
• King of the Hill (1997–2009)
• The Love Boat
• Loving Friends and Perfect Couples (1983)
• Major Dad
• Make Me Laugh
• Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2001)
• Married... with Children
• My Name Is Earl (2005–2009)
• My Three Sons
• The New Addams Family
• The New Red Green Show
• One Day at a Time
• Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990–1994)
• Second City TV
• Sit Down, Shut Up (2009)
• Sledge Hammer!
• South Park (Now airs on The Comedy Network)
• Still Standing
• Super Dave
• 'Til Death (2006–2010)
• The War at Home
• Will & Grace
• The Winner
• Allen Gregory (2011)
• Raising Hope (2010–2011) (Now airs on Citytv)

Drama

• Adderly
• Adventure Inc. (2002–2003)
• The Adventures of Sinbad
• Andromeda
• Beverly Hills, 90210
• The Black Donnellys (2007)
• Blackfly
• The Blue Knight
• Boston Public
• Brothers & Sisters (2006-2011)
• Columbo
• Crossing Jordan
• Dawson's Creek
• Day Break
• Doc
• Dollhouse (2009–2011)
• Dynasty
• Falcon Beach
• Finder of Lost Loves
• Gilmore Girls
• Hack
• Harper's Island
• Hotel
• In the Heat of the Night
• Jack & Jill
• Kidnapped
• Knots Landing
• L.A. Law
• Life (2007–2009)
• Life on Mars' (2008–2009)
• Loving Friends and Perfect Couples (1983)
• MacGyver
• Melrose Place
• Miami Vice
• Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
• Millennium
• Mutant X
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
• NUMB3RS (2005–2010)
• NYPD Blue (seasons 2-12; 1994–2006)
• The Outer Limits
• Partners in Crime
• Party of Five
• Queen of Swords (2000–2001)
• Runaway
• Smallville (Season 1 only) (2001–2002)
• St. Elsewhere
• Standoff
• Traders
• Troupers
• Train 48
• Vanished
• Without a Trace
• Wonderfalls
• Zoe Busiek: Wild Card
• The X-Files
• Xena: Warrior Princess

Reality

• The Apprentice
• COPS
• Food for Thought
• My Fabulous Gay Wedding
• Popstars

Game shows

• Bumper Stumpers
• Chain Reaction
• Deal or No Deal Canada
• Jackpot
• The Joker's Wild
• The Last Word
• Lingo
• Pitfall
• Split Second
• Wheel of Fortune

Children's

• The Adventures of Tintin
• All About Us
• Alvin & the Chipmunks
• Animaniacs (1993–1997)
• Animorphs (2nd season only)
• Astroboy
• Babar
• Batman: The Animated Series
• Batman Beyond
• Beetlejuice
• The Big Garage
• Blue Rainbow (Formerly broadcast on CBC between 1984-1989)
• Bobby's World
• The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
• The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
• Bump in the Night
• Care Bears
• City Guys
• C.O.P.S.
• Dennis the Menace
• Digimon: Digital Monsters
• Dink, the Little Dinosaur
• Dog City
• Droids
• Eek! The Cat
• Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension
• Ewoks
• Fibi's Funny Bones
• Fievel's American Tails
• Flash Forward
• Freakazoid!
• Free Willy
• Hang Time
• Inspector Gadget
• Jem
• The Journey of Allen Strange
• JR Digs
• Just Deal
• Kids Can Rock and Roll
• Kidsbeat
• Kidstreet
• M.A.S.K.
• Men in Black: The Series
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)
• Mr. Wizard's World
• Muppet Babies
• My Little Pony 'n Friends
• My Pet Monster
• The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
• The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
• NASCAR Racers
• The Neverending Story
• New Kids on the Block
• One World
• Ovide and the Gang
• Pee-wee's Playhouse
• Pinky and the Brain
• Popular Mechanics for Kids
• Prairie Berry Pie
• The Real Ghostbusters
• Real Kids, Real Adventures
• Ready or Not
• Rocket Robin Hood
• Sailor Moon
• Saved By the Bell
• Saved by the Bell: The New Class
• Science International (later What Will They Think Of Next?)
• Scooby-Doo
• Sharky and George
• The Smoggies
• The Smurfs
• Speed Racer
• The Sports Illustrated for Kids Show
• Strange Days at Blake Holsey High
• Student Bodies
• Superman: The Animated Series
• The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
• Tales from the Cryptkeeper
• Tell-a-Tale Town
• Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995)
• The Weird Al Show

Sports

• ECW on Syfy (2006–2010)
• WWE NXT

Global HD

In October 2004, a HD version started airing, at the time, you had to have digital cable.

Slogans

• 1974: "Your New Point of View"
• 1975-2006: "Global's got it!"
• 2006–present: "on Global"