Sunday Edition was a Canadian television newsmagazine series, which aired on stations owned by the Baton Broadcasting System (and subsequently CTV) from 1988 to 1999. The program was hosted by Mike Duffy. Over the course of its run, it aired in several different time slots from late Sunday morning to early Sunday afternoons. A newsmagazine, sometimes called news magazine, is a usually weekly magazine featuring articles on current events. ... The Baton Broadcasting System (BBS) was a Canadian system of television stations located in Ontario and Saskatchewan. ... CTV is Canadas largest privately owned English language television network. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Michael D. (Mike) Duffy (born 1946 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian television journalist. ...
The first two series were broadcast on the CBBC Channel in 2002/3, with each programme lasting three hours (9am to 12pm, and repeated later the same day, 1pm to 4pm).
Prior to Sunday'seditions being recorded one notable event was a fire alarm which went off during a cartoon, resulting in an extra cartoon having to be played out by CBBC before they could return to the bungalow to finish the show.
The Saturday edition remained two hours long on both BBC One and the CBBC Channel; however, the Sundayedition was cut to one hour on the CBBC Channel.