was criticized by Friends of Canadian Broadcasting for significantly reducing the amount of Canadian content broadcast by the network during its run. 2020 The brand was revived in March 2020 when the 2019–20 NHL season was suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a lineup focusing on Canadian films. It launched on March 14, 2020 with the double bill of Bon Cop, Bad Cop and Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2. After June 20, the series started airing only a single film at 10 p.m. each week, with other programming taking up the first half of the former time slot. In the week of June 27, the CBC broadcast the international Global Goal: Unite for Our Future special, while in later weeks the 7-10 p.m. block was taken up by repeat broadcasts of CBC documentary programming such as The Nature of Things, CBC Docs POV and Taken. When the NHL announced that the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs would begin on August 1, the Movie Night in Canada block went on hiatus following the July 25 broadcast and returned on October 3 after the playoffs ended five days prior; in late November, the programming shifted to air primarily Christmas-themed films, briefly returning to general theatrical films after Christmas until ending in January 2021 to accommodate the return of Hockey Night in Canada for the 2020–21 NHL season. The CBC has continued to air Canadian films on Saturday evenings during the summer, although the block is no longer using the Movie Night in Canada branding. Films References CBC Television original programming Television programming blocks in Canada Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television 2000s Canadian television series 2020s Canadian television series Canadian motion picture television series 2004 Canadian television series debuts 2005 Canadian television series endings 2020 Canadian television series debuts Cultural responses to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Canadian television series endings