TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin to end after 19 seasons

Alex Nino Gheciu · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 22, 2025 4:27 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

The Agenda with Steve Paikin is coming to an extremity aft 19 seasons.

TVO says this play of its flagship existent affairs programme volition beryllium the past arsenic the seasoned big enters a caller signifier of his vocation with the nationalist broadcaster.

Paikin volition enactment with TVO arsenic co-host of the play governmental podcast #onpoli, and helium volition proceed to constitute a file connected the broadcaster's website. TVO besides says he'll big nationalist engagements.

Prior to joining TVO successful 1992, Paikin spent 7 years astatine CBC Television.

Replacing The Agenda's timeslot volition be The Rundown, a caller amusement that TVO says volition diagnostic "original journalism and in-depth investigation exploring social, political, taste and economical issues that interaction Ontarians." It launches this fall.

In a file published connected Tuesday, Paikin said helium and TVO's vice-president of programming, John Ferri, agreed successful declaration talks 3 years agone that it would beryllium his past full-time woody with the Ontario broadcaster.

Paikin said hosting is simply a occupation that requires moving each time of the week, and helium realized helium wanted to tackle different items connected his life's to-do list.

The last occurrence of The Agenda will aerial connected June 27.

"I americium grateful to everyone who worked connected oregon was a portion of The Agenda for the past 19 seasons," Paikin said successful a statement.

"It has genuinely been an honour and I'm looking guardant to what's coming next."