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No doubt there’s a multitude of Canadian channel surfers who accidentally find themselves watching CBC’s old-is-new again but supposedly advertiser-friendly, Family Feud Canada, hosted by Gerard Francis Donoghue.

That’s Gerry Dee, for CBC non-watchers, the Toronto gym teacher turned stand-up comedian who has hosted a number of forgettable CBC shows — forgettable because I have never watched one of them to the end.

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I do not watch TV for pap. I watch it primarily for the news, and then to be entertained, which has rarely happened on Canada’s national broadcaster.

Family Feud Canada is all about increasing ratings for the CBC.

For me, it’s all about REM sleep. I watch it for a minute or two, then my eyes get heavy, and the next thing I know I am fast asleep and dreaming about rescuing fair maidens from the barbarians.

As for CBC’s national news channel, you know its demographic is the geriatric Boomer generation because of the propensity of ads for the Acorn Stairlift — the device where those of advanced age afraid of falling down their stairs at home ride safely up and down on a mechanized chair.