I think that are actually a lot good Canadian TV shows when you sit back and think about it. If you have kids, then most of the shows we watch with the kids are Canadian: treehouse and YTV have a lot of can-con and CBC also runs a good kids CBC string in the mornings.
I also have to laugh that Dragons Den shouldn't be included as Canadian because it was Japanese first. I suppose 3/4 of the US programming is also un-American? Survivor, Big Brother, American Idol and a boatload of other highly rates very popular shows came from elsewhere.
Canadian shows like Corner Gas, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Flashpoint , etc don't get made without some funding. Before this thread becomes the usual "I hate CBC" thread I also want to point out that a lot of channels both cable and otherwise run Canadian shows that are decent quality and wouldn't be made save for the pittance of government funding they receive.
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