CBC's new show The One sparked some controversy over simulcast
{{date|July 20, 2006}}
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[[w:The One: Making a Music Star|''The One: Making a Music Star'']] is a new reality show hosted by [[w:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] personality [[w:George Stroumboulopoulos|George Stroumboulopoulos]].

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The show airs on [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and on [[w:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]].

It premiered yesterday and has sparked some controversy over the [[w:simulcast|simulcast]], which according to ABC's schedule means displacing CBC's [[w:The National|''The National'']] for a U.S. program.

Over the past few weeks, CBC's decision to simulcast The One has drawn criticism from a number of individuals and groups, including [[w:Friends of Canadian Broadcasting|Friends of Canadian Broadcasting]], [[w:New Democratic Party|NDP]] [[w:39th Canadian Parliament|MP]] and federal heritage critic [[w:Charlie Angus|Charlie Angus]], and a retired CBC journalist [[w:Knowlton Nash|Knowlton Nash]].
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Since the show airs on Tuesday night, the episodes will bump ''The National'' to an earlier slot in [[w:Atlantic Canada|Atlantic Canada]] and a later one in [[w:Ontario|Ontario]] and [[w:Quebec|Québec]], which means it will air at 11:00 PM instead of 10:00 PM in Ontario and in Quebec. The Wednesday night editions will also bump ''The National'' to an earlier slot in Ontario and Quebec.

A Canadian version of the series will launch in the fall in another time slot, but a condition of the CBC's franchise deal for this production was to simulcast the [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] production. This also represents the first time in over a decade that the CBC has scheduled an American-produced series in [[w:prime time|prime time]].

The CBC's will continue to show ''The National'' at different times on the main broadcast network and on CBC Newsworld. "We get discouraged that people don't appreciate the fact that [''The National''] is on Newsworld. . . . People watch their news on the Internet, on cable, on broadcast and we're giving it to them in all different kinds of ways. We're very proud of ''The National''. I just hope that gets across." , said Kirstine Layfield, CBC's executive director of network programming.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/07/18/one-reality-debut.html|title=CBC set for new reality TV debut with The One|author=|pub=CBC|date=July 18, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060718.CBC18/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Music/|title=One more bump for The National|author=Guy Dixon|pub=The Globe and Mail|date=July 17, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/June2006/23/c8843.html|title=CBC Television values The National and all its CBC news programming|author=Richard Stursberg. Executive Vice-President CBC Television|pub=CNW Telbec|date=June 23, 2006}}

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The One: Making a Music Star is a new reality show hosted by CBC personality George Stroumboulopoulos.

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The show airs on ABC and on CBC.

It premiered yesterday and has sparked some controversy over the simulcast, which according to ABC's schedule means displacing CBC's The National for a U.S. program.

Over the past few weeks, CBC's decision to simulcast The One has drawn criticism from a number of individuals and groups, including Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, NDP MP and federal heritage critic Charlie Angus, and a retired CBC journalist Knowlton Nash.


Since the show airs on Tuesday night, the episodes will bump The National to an earlier slot in Atlantic Canada and a later one in Ontario and Québec, which means it will air at 11:00 PM instead of 10:00 PM in Ontario and in Quebec. The Wednesday night editions will also bump The National to an earlier slot in Ontario and Quebec.

A Canadian version of the series will launch in the fall in another time slot, but a condition of the CBC's franchise deal for this production was to simulcast the ABC production. This also represents the first time in over a decade that the CBC has scheduled an American-produced series in prime time.

The CBC's will continue to show The National at different times on the main broadcast network and on CBC Newsworld. "We get discouraged that people don't appreciate the fact that The National is on Newsworld. . . . People watch their news on the Internet, on cable, on broadcast and we're giving it to them in all different kinds of ways. We're very proud of The National. I just hope that gets across." , said Kirstine Layfield, CBC's executive director of network programming.

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