Editing Global Sunday

{{Short description|Canadian television news program}}
{{Infobox television
| image              = Globalsunday.jpg
| caption            = ''Global Sunday'' set
| camera             =
| runtime            = 30 mins.
| creator            = 
| developer          = 
| executive_producer = 
| starring           = [[Charles Adler (broadcaster)|Charles Adler]]<br />[[Troy Reeb]]<br />[[Danielle Smith]]<br />[[Stephen LeDrew]]<br />[[Ezra Levant]]
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| country            = Canada
| language           = English
| network            = [[Global Television Network|Global]]
| first_aired        = {{start date|2001}}
| last_aired         = {{end date|2005}}
| num_episodes       = N/A 
}}
'''''Global Sunday''''' was a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[news magazine]] television program which aired Sunday evenings on the [[Global Television Network]].<ref name=blakey>Bob Blakey, "Global pools media talent: New national show debuts today". ''[[Calgary Herald]]'', September 16, 2001.</ref> The program was launched in September 2001, with [[Charles Adler (broadcaster)|Charles Adler]] as host.<ref name=brown>Dan Brown, "Winnipeg broadcaster to host new national current affairs show: Charles Adler says Global Sunday will showcase politics' fresh faces". ''[[National Post]]'', July 27, 2001.</ref> Run separately from the rest of Global's news division, the program often reflected the political views of Global's founder, [[Israel Asper]] and the Asper family, and was designed to showcase a [[Western Canada|Western Canadian]] perspective on Canadian political affairs.<ref name=west>"Outspoken broadcaster provides voice for West". ''[[Prince George Citizen]]'', August 3, 2001.</ref>

The program ran a mix of features reporting and interviews, effectively acting as a cross between a [[newsmagazine]] and an American-style [[Sunday morning talk show|Sunday talk show]], and aired reportage and panel discussions featuring journalists from both [[Global News]] and the network's co-owned [[CanWest News Service]] network of newspapers.<ref name=blakey/>

The program's launch also spurred both of Global's major rival networks, [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] and [[CBC Television|CBC]], to relaunch Sunday public affairs shows. CTV, which had not produced such a program since the cancellation of [[Mike Duffy]]'s ''[[Sunday Edition (Canadian TV program)|Sunday Edition]]'' in 1999, relaunched its earlier show ''[[Question Period (TV program)|Question Period]]'', while CBC launched ''[[CBC News: Sunday]]''.<ref>Tony Atherton, "Public affairs shows experience a revival: CTV, Global capitalize on media convergence with mix of talent for new lineup; CBC launches Sunday morning program". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', September 16, 2001.</ref>

==Hosts and features==
As a [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] voice in Canadian television, the show developed a loyal audience, and was broadcast weekly from studios in [[Calgary]], the cultural hotbed of [[Conservatism in Canada|Canadian conservatism]].<ref name=blakey/> Adler was simultaneously host of a weekday [[talk radio|radio talk show]] on [[CJOB]] in [[Winnipeg]], and commuted to Calgary on weekends to host ''Global Sunday''.<ref name=west/>

On February 24, 2002, the show staged and broadcast the candidate debates in the inaugural [[Canadian Alliance leadership elections|leadership convention]] of the then-new [[Canadian Alliance]] political party, with Adler as moderator.<ref>"Alliance leadership hopefuls go head-to-head on Global". ''[[The Guardian (Charlottetown)|The Guardian]]'', February 23, 2002.</ref>

Adler, who described his hosting style on the program as "a mix of [[Larry King]], [[Ted Koppel]] and [[Vince McMahon]]",<ref name=brown/> also recorded a weekly series of news commentaries for the network's weekday ''[[Global National]]'' newscasts concurrently with his stint as host of the program.<ref>"Global Television launches "Global Sunday" with host Charles Adler". ''[[Canada NewsWire]]'', July 26, 2001.</ref> However, not wishing to continue his schedule of weekly flights to Calgary, Adler resigned after a year.<ref>Bob Blakey, "Global Sunday loses host Charles Adler". ''[[Calgary Herald]]'', September 14, 2002.</ref> The program was then hosted for the next number of months by a rotating roster of guest hosts, both Global News personalities and outside figures.<ref name=faulder>Liane Faulder, "'Global Sunday' relaunches with new host". ''[[Regina Leader-Post]]'', February 1, 2003.</ref>

In early 2003, Global named a permanent host in [[Danielle Smith]], who at the time was an editorial writer for the ''[[Calgary Herald]]''.<ref name=faulder/> In 2004, the program introduced "The Final Round", a weekly debate segment featuring [[Stephen LeDrew]] and [[Ezra Levant]].<ref>"Global Sunday Introduces Sparring Partners LeDrew and Levant in 'The Final Round'". ''[[Canada NewsWire]]'', October 21, 2004.</ref>

==Cancellation==
With the launch of ''Global National''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s weekend edition in February 2005, the program lost its coveted early-evening timeslot.<ref>Alex Strachan, "Global National takes on a seven-day work week: Familiar faces will be on weekend broadcasts". ''[[National Post]]'', February 22, 2005.</ref> Ratings and resources both dwindled, and the decision was made in August 2005 to cancel ''Global Sunday''.<ref>[[John Doyle (critic)|John Doyle]], "The things you can learn from the CBC lockout". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', September 1, 2005.</ref> The network replaced it with ''[[Global Currents]]'', which aired documentary reports, and merged some other features, including "The Final Round", into the Sunday edition of ''Global National''.

In 2011, Global resumed airing a weekly national public affairs show with ''[[The West Block]]''.

==References==
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[[Category:2000s Canadian television news shows]]
[[Category:2001 Canadian television series debuts]]
[[Category:2005 Canadian television series endings]]
[[Category:Conservative media in Canada]]
[[Category:Global Television Network original programming]]
[[Category:Television shows filmed in Calgary]]
[[Category:Television series by Corus Entertainment]]