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==Programming==
{{main|List of programs broadcast by CTV and CTV 2}}
The network's programming consists mainly of hit American series (such as ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]'', ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', ''[[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]]'', ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]'', ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'', ''[[The Good Doctor (American TV series)|The Good Doctor]]'', ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', ''[[The Mentalist]]'', ''[[The Michael J. Fox Show]]'', ''[[Unforgettable (American TV series)|Unforgettable]]'' and ''[[The X Factor (American TV series)|The X Factor]]''), but it has also had success with Canadian-made shows such as ''[[Due South]]'', ''[[Power Play (1998 TV series)|Power Play]]'', ''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Corner Gas]]'', ''[[Instant Star]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (Canadian TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]'', ''[[The Listener (TV series)|The Listener]]'', ''[[Canadian Idol]]'', ''[[MasterChef Canada]]'' and ''[[The Amazing Race Canada]]''.

CTV also regularly produces and airs Canadian-made television movies, often based on stories from Canadian news or Canadian history, under the banners '''''CTV Signature Series''''' or '''''CTV Movie'''''.

News programming consists of the nightly ''[[CTV National News]]''; national morning program ''[[Your Morning]]'' on CTV stations in Eastern Canada; local morning program ''[[CTV Morning Live]]'' on CTV stations in Western Canada; local newscasts branded as ''[[CTV News]]''; and newsmagazines ''[[W-Five]]'' and ''[[Question Period (TV series)|Question Period]]'', which interviews politicians and recaps political events during the week.

As well, in recent years,{{When|date=May 2021}} CTV has purchased Canadian broadcast rights to a number of American [[cable television|cable]] series, such as ''[[The Sopranos]]'', ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'', ''[[Punk'd]]'', ''[[The Daily Show]]'', ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', and ''[[The Osbournes]]''. In many cases, CTV has been one of the few conventional broadcast networks in the world to air these series in prime time, which has attracted some controversy from Canadian media watchdogs and parents groups who object to the profanity, violence and sexual content of ''Nip/Tuck'', ''The Sopranos'' and ''The Osbournes''—which, unlike originating broadcaster [[MTV]], CTV aired uncensored. It has broadcast MTV programming live, starting with the ''MTV's New Year of Music'' special during New Year's 2005/2006.

In late 2003, CTV started broadcasting select American programmes in 16:9 (widescreen) [[high-definition television|high definition]]. It later began airing Canadian programs in this format, such as ''Degrassi''. Currently, only CFTO and CIVT have dedicated HD feeds (sometimes marketed as ''CTV HD East'' and ''West'' respectively), but both are available nationally via cable and satellite, and do not differ otherwise from their analog counterparts.

On July 2, 2005, CTV broadcast 20 hours of the [[Live 8]] concerts, which was watched by over 10.5&nbsp;million people – nearly one-third the country's population – at some point during the day; however, the average audience was much lower. According to at least one source, it was the most-watched program by this standard in Canadian history.

On June 27, 2007, CTV and [[The Comedy Network]] gained exclusive Canadian rights to the entire [[Comedy Central]] library of past and current programs on all electronic platforms, under a multi-year agreement with [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]], expanding on past programming agreements between the two channels. Canadian users attempting to visit Comedy Central websites are redirected to The Comedy Network's website, and vice versa for American users. The Canadian channel kept its own brand name, but the agreement is otherwise very similar to the earlier CTV/Viacom deal for [[MTV (Canada)|MTV Canada]].<ref>[http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/June2007/27/c9701.html CTV Strikes Multi-Platform Content Deal With Comedy Central], CTV press release, June 27, 2007</ref>

===Sports programming===
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Historically, CTV Sports existed as a stand-alone division; with CTV's purchase of cable network [[The Sports Network|TSN]] in 2001, TSN has assumed responsibility for all sports output on CTV since.

In early 2005, CTV was part of the consortium that won the Canadian broadcast rights to Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics hosted by Canada itself and the [[2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012 Summer Olympics]]. CBC had consistently won Olympic broadcast rights from the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] through to the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] being held in their main fiction TV series source, the United States. CTV and V (now [[Noovo]] and previously TQS) were the primary broadcasters, with [[The Sports Network|TSN]], [[Réseau des sports|RDS]] and [[Sportsnet]] providing supplementary coverage. CTV promised to broadcast 22 hours per day of event coverage during the 2012 Olympics; regular CTV programming was reallocated to CTV's secondary television system CTV Two during the Olympics.

On May 22, 2007, it was announced that CTV had acquired the broadcast rights to the [[National Football League]] early-afternoon Sunday games, the full NFL playoffs, and the [[Super Bowl]], starting with the [[2007 NFL season]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/ctvnews/sportsstory.asp?story_id=208530 |title=CTV.ca {{!}} CTV News, Shows and Sports – Canadian Television<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-date=February 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210173951/http://www.tsn.ca/ctvnews/sportsstory.asp?story_id=208530 |url-status=dead }}</ref> effectively ending a lengthy association between the NFL and [[Global Television Network|Global]]. TSN, a sports channel co-owned with CTV, airs primetime NFL games and produces the CTV broadcasts in tandem with [[CBS]] and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]].

During the [[2024 CFL season]], CTV exclusively aired 7 CFL games during Saturday afternoons in the Fall. CTV also simulcast the Eastern Semi-final, the Eastern Final and the [[111th Grey Cup]] with [[The Sports Network|TSN]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2024/09/06/fall-is-in-the-air-the-cfl-on-ctv-is-here/ |title=Fall is in the Air: The CFL on CTV is here |access-date=February 2, 2024 |date=September 6, 2024|website=CFL }}</ref>