Power Play (2009 TV program)

Power Play is a Canadian public affairs television program which airs weekdays on CTV News Channel. Interviews are conducted with important Canadian political figures as well as political journalists and strategists. The program broadcasts from Parliament Hill, and debuted on February 2, 2009.

Power Play
Presented byEvan Solomon (M-Th)
Joyce Napier (F)
Country of originCanada
Production
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original networkCTV News Channel
Picture formatNTSC (480i)
Original releaseFebruary 2, 2009 –
present

Its original host was Tom Clark; upon his departure from the network in September 2010, it was hosted on a week-by-week basis by various Bell Media journalists, including Jane Taber and Roger Smith, until CTV announced that Don Martin, a newspaper columnist, would become the new host of Power Play starting in mid-December 2010.[1] His retirement from the program was announced in November 2019, with the program to be taken over by Evan Solomon Mondays to Thursdays and Joyce Napier on Fridays.[2]

Power Play is the permanent successor to Mike Duffy Live, which aired until December 2008 when Mike Duffy, the host, was appointed to the Senate of Canada. Following the departure of Duffy, a program called On the Hill, hosted by Graham Richardson, ran for one month until Power Play premiered.

References
  1. CTV Announces Don Martin as New Host of POWER PLAY on CTV News Channel Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Connie Thiessen, "Evan Solomon named new host of CTV’s Power Play". Broadcast Dialogue, November 18, 2019.


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