The Weekly with Wendy Mesley

*The Weekly with Wendy Mesley*
The Weekly with Wendy Mesley
Genre	News; politics;
Presented by	Wendy Mesley
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
Production
Production locations	Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Original release
Network	CBC News Network; CBC Television;
Release	January 14, 2018 –; June 7, 2020

The Weekly with Wendy Mesley is a Canadian television news series which aired on CBC Television and CBC News Network from 2018 to 2020. Hosted by Wendy Mesley, the series followed a Sunday morning talk show format to cover stories on politics as well as media and technology.^[1]

The show was announced in July 2017, and premiered on January 14, 2018.

In June 2020, Wendy Mesley was suspended from The Weekly for using an undisclosed word that "should never be used" while hosting an editorial meeting about race issues.^[2] The June 7, 2020 episode was aired without Mesley and CBC announced the suspension of the remaining two episodes planned for the season on June 12.^[3]

CBC announced the series' cancellation in September 2020.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Wendy Mesley to host live CBC talk show on Sunday mornings". Toronto Star, July 27, 2017.
^ "Wendy Mesley suspended from hosting after using 'careless' language in discussing racial issue". CBC News. June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
^ "CBC suspends remaining episodes of The Weekly after 'incident' with host Wendy Mesley". CBC News. June 12, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
^ Arnold, Chris (September 22, 2020). "Wendy Mesley a host without a show after CBC's The Weekly taken off air". National Post. Retrieved October 26, 2020.

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[1] "Wendy Mesley to host live CBC talk show on Sunday mornings". Toronto Star, July 27, 2017.

[2] "Wendy Mesley suspended from hosting after using 'careless' language in discussing racial issue". CBC News. June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.

[3] "CBC suspends remaining episodes of The Weekly after 'incident' with host Wendy Mesley". CBC News. June 12, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2020.

[4] Arnold, Chris (September 22, 2020). "Wendy Mesley a host without a show after CBC's The Weekly taken off air". National Post. Retrieved October 26, 2020.

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