I’d like to see real people stories, the ones that don’t get a media spot. Or political education, investigations. Canadian made movies like those in Edmonton goes on Lifetime. Canadian Football League? I miss the 1 hour comedy family shows. We have actors in Canada that do movie stories like Tyler Hynes. Or would a science show from actual scientist’s that’s not David work? Pick up Hallmark movies or more family movies. We don’t have movies on basic cable. Bring back, bugs bunny lol. The Beatles and Monkeys used to be on, Canadian Indy wrestling, a small family farm show. You gave me an idea to write to cbc and get my movie friends after cbc for movies.
I mean, on the flipside CBC did produce Workin' Moms, Kim's Convenience, and Schitt's Creek all in the last decade (not that the point in general doesn't stand, but probably worth mentioning them, especially when Schitts Creek essentially swept the 2020 Emmys).
Here is my 2 cents. The CBC should not be competing with the private networks by having commercials. So the first thing I would do is ensure that CBC television is commercial free. Second, pick a reasonable number and give the network stable funding. Their mandate should be to support Canadian culture. I wouldn't try and compete with larger networks (those in America), and instead tell Canadian stories, and not worry about the ratings.
I think The Tournament is that show about a junior hockey team that you’re thinking about. CBC produced it in 2005/200). Was excellent and proof that they can do it.
You know what all the stuff the CBC produces has in common? It’s cheap. They don’t have a prestige TV budget, and Canadians would have a stroke if one was proposed.
Prestige TV runs $10-15 million per episode these days. The entire $1B CBC budget would cover less than 100 total episodes, which is hardly a year of programming. Barely a month worth in fact.
The BBC is a good comparison. The UK has about twice our population, but the BBC’s budget is about 10x the CBCs.
It would take more than a bold vision to make up for our national unwillingness to invest in our institutions
Here’s the problem with that premise; people might actually watch this if it’s not cheap shit! The CBC’s cheapness means they get fuck all for ratings and fuck all for advertising
(Also talent costs for CBC prestige would be much smaller than US)
I don’t disagree (mostly). But it’s a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem. As long as they need to produce a full lineup of programming on what’s effectively an austerity budget it’s going to be cheap shit.
Someone would need to be willing to risk a lot of political capital to push through a quadrupling of the budget and then force the organizational changes to accompany it. Realistically it would need to be done right after an election so that it has a few years to show results before they answer to the voters again
I do disagree that the CBC would see significant production savings. Lots is shot in Canada. Our homegrown talent doesn’t need to leave the country to leave the CBC behind. If you want to make good quality stuff you’re fighting for the same talent that everyone else is. No one is going to take a pay cut to work for the CBC.
I’d like to see real people stories, the ones that don’t get a media spot. Or political education, investigations. Canadian made movies like those in Edmonton goes on Lifetime. Canadian Football League? I miss the 1 hour comedy family shows. We have actors in Canada that do movie stories like Tyler Hynes. Or would a science show from actual scientist’s that’s not David work? Pick up Hallmark movies or more family movies. We don’t have movies on basic cable. Bring back, bugs bunny lol. The Beatles and Monkeys used to be on, Canadian Indy wrestling, a small family farm show. You gave me an idea to write to cbc and get my movie friends after cbc for movies.
I mean, on the flipside CBC did produce Workin' Moms, Kim's Convenience, and Schitt's Creek all in the last decade (not that the point in general doesn't stand, but probably worth mentioning them, especially when Schitts Creek essentially swept the 2020 Emmys).
Here is my 2 cents. The CBC should not be competing with the private networks by having commercials. So the first thing I would do is ensure that CBC television is commercial free. Second, pick a reasonable number and give the network stable funding. Their mandate should be to support Canadian culture. I wouldn't try and compete with larger networks (those in America), and instead tell Canadian stories, and not worry about the ratings.
I think The Tournament is that show about a junior hockey team that you’re thinking about. CBC produced it in 2005/200). Was excellent and proof that they can do it.
You know what all the stuff the CBC produces has in common? It’s cheap. They don’t have a prestige TV budget, and Canadians would have a stroke if one was proposed.
Prestige TV runs $10-15 million per episode these days. The entire $1B CBC budget would cover less than 100 total episodes, which is hardly a year of programming. Barely a month worth in fact.
The BBC is a good comparison. The UK has about twice our population, but the BBC’s budget is about 10x the CBCs.
It would take more than a bold vision to make up for our national unwillingness to invest in our institutions
Here’s the problem with that premise; people might actually watch this if it’s not cheap shit! The CBC’s cheapness means they get fuck all for ratings and fuck all for advertising
(Also talent costs for CBC prestige would be much smaller than US)
I don’t disagree (mostly). But it’s a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem. As long as they need to produce a full lineup of programming on what’s effectively an austerity budget it’s going to be cheap shit.
Someone would need to be willing to risk a lot of political capital to push through a quadrupling of the budget and then force the organizational changes to accompany it. Realistically it would need to be done right after an election so that it has a few years to show results before they answer to the voters again
I do disagree that the CBC would see significant production savings. Lots is shot in Canada. Our homegrown talent doesn’t need to leave the country to leave the CBC behind. If you want to make good quality stuff you’re fighting for the same talent that everyone else is. No one is going to take a pay cut to work for the CBC.
The funding model in Britain is entirely different, and there is no way Canadians will accept paying a licencing fee to support the CBC.
.. mebbe - start with ‘identity’ 🏴☠️🦎🇨🇦