Canada Says 'No' To New York

The debate over the presence of CSI: New York on Canada's History Television has come to an end.

In April, we shared the news that the History Television was in hot water for airing New York multiple times per week. The Canadian Radio-Television and Communications Counsel (CRTC) requested that the network (which is owned by Alliance Atlantis Communications Corp., the company that co-produces the CSI shows) remove the show from its schedule because it did not belong on the network.

The initial complaint was made by Maureen Parker, the executive director of the Writers Guild of Canada. The station argued that the show gave "viewers a critically acclaimed look at forensic policing in post-9/11 New York City." In the end, the CTRC decided to rule against the History Television.

"[I]t didn't seem to fit their conditions of licence, which provide for historical programming or programs with overtones of important current events," Parker told the Canadian Press. "Nor, of course, did it come close to providing any sort of Canadian perspective on world history." The History Television has until January to remove CSI: NY from its schedule.

The original article is from AHN Media.

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