... the BBS network? In early 1994, Baton Broadcasting established BBS, to compete with the CTV (Canadian TeleVision) network. The BBS network consisted entirely of stations that Baton owns -- CTV stations in Toronto, Ottawa, Northern Ontario and Sasketchewan, plus independents in Pembroke, London, Windsor, and Wingham, ON. The BBS name faded away after 1997, when Baton purchased the CTV network and Electrohome's stations (including CKCO in Kitchener); Baton's independent stations in Ontario were sold to CHUM, in exchange for ATV in the Maritimes -- those became "the new" TV stations.

... the final season of Front Page Challenge? In spring of 1995, the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) unceremoniously cancelled the North American continent's longest-running game show (similar to What's My Line?, but with headlines) after 38 seasons, no thanks to a new production staff (hired in 1992) to give the show more edge, such a move that infuriated its regular panelists -- all seasoned journalists.

... the Major League Baseball strike that cancelled the World Series for the first time in history?

... the end of The Baseball Network, thanks to the strike?

... the NHL hockey lockout that almost cancelled the season?

... the introduction of weekly doubleheaders on Hockey Night In Canada (after the lockout, of course)?

... CBS replacing NFL games with romantic TV movies, after losing the games to Fox?

... the NFL on NBC?

... The New Price Is Right? Doug Davidson was host, and, except for some of the pricing games, the game was entirely different from the long-time Bob Barker version. It didn't last the season.

... Family Feud with, once again, Richard Dawson? To help sagging ratings, The Feud's original host replaced Ray Combs as host. Bad move -- Dawson was rusty and not-so-kissy, leading to the show's cancellation; and Ray Combs committed suicide sometime afterward, after some time in a mental institution.

... Royal Canadian Air Farce on both TV and radio?

... when Jerry Springer was much more tamer?

... CBC Prime Time News? In 1992, the CBC restructured and moved their newshour to 9PM, with their newschannel, Newsworld, carrying The National at 10PM ET. In 1993, after a drop in ratings and catcalls from critics, the CBC moved it to 10PM, which ended up competing with The National on Newsworld, until 1995, when The National returned to the main CBC network.

... the debut of NBC's Friends that fall? Friends rose to becoming arguably the biggest NBC ratings hit of the 1990s, and continued to make new episodes into 2004.

... whatever happened to Hi-Five? The Contempo-R&B group said goodbye to Jive Records in order to say hello to Giant Records. Almost. The group indeed signed with the label, but very quickly afterward, the Warner-distributed record company chose to instead (heavily) focus on lead singer Tony Thompson. Thompson's album, Sexsational, was released in 1994 and is now obscure. Hi-Five's first Giant album never saw the light of day and the group quickly disbanded.

... The Message Is Love, soul legend Barry White's LP contribution from that year?

... the O.J. Simpson trial?

... the forthcoming second season of one of the decade's landmark programs, The X-Files?

... the late great Roger Ebert's review of the Rob Reiner film North? He gave the film zero stars and, in its review, he wrote this statement, which forever sealed the film critic's place in pop-culture history:

I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every stupid, sickening, vacant, audience-insulting moment of it.

...the tribute given to iconic Philadelphia Soul group the Delfonics on BET's Video Soul?

Information above the horizontal rule courtesy of a Rugrats fanpage from way back when. To see it, copy and paste this URL: http://web.archive.org/web/20020615233958/http://www.rugratonline.com/1991tvcn.htm

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