Bravo! launch (January 1, 1995)

On the channel's 20th anniversary, here is the launch of the Canadian version of Bravo! Once very similar to the US channel in terms of its focus on fine arts, the Canadian Bravo has not veered fully into the realm of reality television, and instead now focuses on drama series. Following a series of promos and bumpers, Bravo! airs its first program, the BBC documentary "TV is King".

[@Janewomanpower]

wish we could witness the episodes again. this was a great channel

[@jaworskij]

Moses Znaimer is a programming genious.

[@KRhetor]

It was a great channel. Now it's just another channel playing endless reruns of CSI and Law and Order.

[@averayugen7607]

In the states it was an exemplary Film and Arts network and featured intelligent cutting edge films and artistic events... and all that changed abruptly around 1999 when it was taken over by a regular commercial network and then all the programs went from cutting edge to sleepy time....

[@Pokemon493Fan]

Bravo! launched 27 years ago today!

[@annsweeney7220]

R.I.P Bravo.

[@SilverPlaqueVII]

And Bravo is back with Rogers.

[@annsweeney7220]

​@@SilverPlaqueVII Yep! It's just like how Teletoon got rebranded to Cartoon Network last year!

[@SuperHeroJ-u7c]

3:39 Bravo!

[@SuperHeroJ-u7c]

3:41 ! BRAVO, EVERYONE!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@sillygoose635]

is that Kate Muldrew doing VO?

[@TimothyMischka]

Nope, Canadian artist/actress Marilyn Lightstone (who's also the long-term partner of Moses Znaimer, the man who founded Citytv, MuchMusic and this version of Bravo).

[@sillygoose635]

@@TimothyMischka Ah. Thank you.

[@SuperHeroJ-u7c]

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[@SuperHeroJ-u7c]

00:00:00:02 Bravo!!!

[@SuperHeroJ-u7c]

00:00:02 Bravo!!! Canada

[@SuperHeroJ-u7c]

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[@SuperHeroJ-u7c]

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[@annsweeney7220]

Bravo before it changed its name to CTV Drama Channel.

[@annsweeney7220]

Now it's full of bland scripted dramas while under the name CTV Drama Channel.

[@LoveMafae]

dead zombie channel

[@SuperHeroJ-u7c]

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