The Sunday Edition (CBC Radio)

The Sunday Edition was a Sunday morning radio show on CBC Radio One, hosted by Michael Enright. As the title might imply, the program was originally simply the Sunday edition of This Morning, which Enright co-hosted until the Sunday program became a separate entity in 2000.[1]

The Sunday Edition
Genrenews magazine/talk show
Country of originCanada
Home stationCBC Radio
Hosted byMichael Enright
Recording studioToronto, Ontario
Original release2000 – June 28, 2020 (repeats until August 29, 2020)

Its subject matter was wide ranging with current affairs, arts reporting, radio documentaries, and interviews. It was often quite sombre and serious in tone. However, The Sunday Edition is also listed among the 100 best April Fool's jokes of all time for its fake interview with Jimmy Carter on April 1, 2001.[2] The interview, which presented Carter as a "washed up peanut farmer" but seemingly neglected to mention his status as a former President of the United States, even fooled The Globe and Mail, which reported the interview as fact on its front pages. Toronto comedian Ray Landry played the role of Carter.[2]

The program was considered a ratings hit with 1.1 million people listening to at least part of the show in a typical week.[3]

An abbreviated edition of the program was repeated at midnight on Sunday nights, with the title, The Sunday Edition: Round Midnight.

Beginning in the fall of 2014, the program was cut from three hours in length to two, with the 11 am to noon slot being taken over by The 180, a current affairs show based in Western Canada.[3] In 2017, following the cancellation of The 180, the program returned to three hours in length.

In May 2020, Enright announced that he would retire from the program effective June 28, to host a new one-hour weekly program for the CBC.[4]

Piya Chattopadhyay will host a new three-hour Sunday morning programme which will include in-depth interviews and documentaries beginning September 6, 2020. The name of the new programme has not been announced.[5]

See also
  • Sunday Morning, a similar programme that aired on CBC Radio in the same timeslot from 1976 to 1997.

References
  1. "Rogers to host CBC Radio's This Morning". Kingston Whig-Standard, June 30, 2000.
  2. "Interview With President Carter -- April Fool's Day, 2001". Museum of Hoaxes.
  3. "CBC's popular The Sunday Edition to be cut down to two hours". The Globe and Mail. May 28, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  4. "CBC’s Michael Enright to leave ‘The Sunday Edition’ for new one-hour radio program". Hamilton Spectator, May 24, 2020.
  5. "Piya Chattopadhyay to host Sunday mornings on CBC Radio". CBC Radio. June 8, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
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