Breakfast Television (Citytv Toronto)
Breakfast Television, also known as BT, is a Canadian morning news and entertainment program produced by Citytv Toronto. The program airs from 5:30 a.m. until 9 a.m. ET each weekday, except holidays. Since October 3, 2011, it is also simulcast on cable-exclusive CityNews Channel, with a half-hour extension aired exclusively on the channel that runs from 9-9:30 a.m.
Four other Citytv owned-and-operated stations use the name and the format (see Breakfast Television), creating content relevant to their own local audiences. A stations produced their own similar morning shows under the name A Morning, although due to budget cuts, many of them have been canceled as of 2009 (though CHRO-TV/Ottawa edition of that program, along with a local version of Breakfast Television on A Atlantic, have since been rebranded under the CTV Morning Live banner since A rebranded as CTV Two in August 2011).
BT tends to be more relaxed and spontaneous than American morning shows. Unlike American morning shows, it does not have pre-taped segments that are focused on current events or socio-political issues. The guests tend to be more human interest, informational, and promotional in nature and there is less of a focus on celebrities.
The show has a segment called "LiveEye", in which Jennifer Valentyne tours around the Greater Toronto Area, to businesses, tourist attractions, etc. Valentyne has also broadcast from Walt Disney World, Jamaica and Newfoundland.
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