Set
Like CTV-owned MuchMusic, the Breakfast Television studio had windows facing Queen Street West. The same is true in the new studio BT moved to in September 2009 at Yonge-Dundas Square. As a result, passers-by are shown on camera, behind the hosts and guests. While many American morning shows now have similar storefront studios, Citytv was the first to have such a layout. As a result, area employees are repeatedly seen, as well as people marketing nearby businesses while wearing chicken costumes. A topless street performer, "Zanta", was so much of a visual distraction that CHUM filed court documents to have him banned from the building's area. Sixty minutes after BT ends, the studio is used for another series, CityLine.
On October 22, 2007, Rogers Media announced plans to move its television stations in Toronto (Citytv, OMNI.1 and OMNI.2) to 35 Dundas Street East, the former Olympic Spirit building on Dundas Square. The move is scheduled for September 8, 2009. Citytv has indicated that the program will continue with its traditional streetfront studio format in its new location. On January 18, 2008, BT held its first-ever live broadcast from that location. On June 4, 2012, a new streetfront studio set for the program was unveiled.
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