2010 in Canadian television
Date Name Age Notability
March 10 Corey Haim 38 Canadian-American film/television actor ( half of the acting duo The Two Coreys , also appeared in a reality show of the same name )
May 26 Art Linkletter 97 Canadian-American radio and television personality and the former host of two long-running United States television shows ( House Party , People Are Funny , Kids Say the Darndest Things )
July 27 Maury Chaykin 61 American-born Canadian actor who portrayed Nero Wolfe in the made-for-television film The Golden Spiders : A Nero Wolfe Mystery and the A & E Network 2001-2002 television series A Nero Wolfe Mystery
July 28 John Aylesworth 81 Canadian-born American television writer and producer ( Co-creator of Hee Haw ; writer for Your Hit Parade , The Sonny and Cher Show , The Julie Andrews Hour , Hullabaloo , and Kraft Music Hall )
September 10 Billie Mae Richards 88 Canadian-born American television voice actress ( Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer , The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo , The Care Bears )
November 28 Leslie Nielsen 84 Canadian-born American actor ( Most known as Lieutenant Frank Drebin on Police Squad ! , and The Naked Gun films )
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The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2010. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.