Anything and everything to do with CTV is going down the drain.
I think it was on Boxing Day that I happened to watch some of the inevitable sole-source CTV Toronto newscast being aired on CTV2 Barrie. Sometime around the final ten minute mark, the signal abruptly switched to some NBC network feed, but the "CTV News Toronto" bug stayed in the bottom right corner. This lasted until a rough cut to the final commercial break, and it never returned to CTV News. Umm, rhetorically speaking, how's that happen?
Then, a family member noticed that the first repeat episode of "The Social" aired on Monday was, thoughtlessly, one with a recently-deceased guest host. Not a tribute, just Murphy's Law, and status quo at Bell Media. Yep, great choice, CTV. One wonders if they're already experimenting with AI automation for production and master controls, with all these FUBAR mistakes.
The revolving door at CTV Kitchener is spinning faster everyday, too. Rosie Del Campo announced she's not returning after her maternity leave; gee, I wonder why. Tony Grace is doing stints at CTV News Channel. Jessica Smith is moonlighting with CTV Toronto, just as her predecessor did.
People are regularly complaining on CTV's social media pages that CTV must now stand for "COVID Television" because every single newscast is packed with alarmist hyperbole and unnecessary minutia.
And CTV's "Your Morning" is spiraling into a complete joke. Everyday they have a segment where the hosts exaggerate their reactions to dumb videos they find on TikTok: a truly riveting broadcast! It's almost as dumb as the propensity of CTV News to just read tweets and think that qualifies as journalism.
In 2022, CTV should resolve to do better, but we all know Bell will almost certainly stay the course.