Gordon Ramsay, Dave Salmoni, Steve Wozniak, Kermit the Frog, and Adrien Brody. Stroumboulopoulos conducted the last public interview granted by journalist and social activist June Callwood before her death. In 2007, The Hour ran a Christmas special featuring musical performances on set. On June 6, 2008, the show featured an hour-long special with British band Coldplay. On December 9, 2008, an hour-long special with actor Tom Cruise aired and on December 31, 2008 ran a New Year's Eve special featuring an interview with former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Timeslot history In addition, CBET in Windsor, Ontario had an additional showing of The Hour at 5 p.m. ET during the sixth season, in lieu of a local newscast at that hour. The Friday shows are usually the best guest interviews repackaged into one show. Taping locations The program typically taped at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, Monday to Friday in front of a live studio audience, then is broadcast at 7:00 p.m. (ET). The show went on location to Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, and St. John's, and has twice broadcast from London. One remote broadcast came out of an interview with enterprising trader Kyle MacDonald who said the only limitation to his activities would be that he would not make any trade with the citizenry of a small village called Yahk, British Columbia. When the citizens protested the exclusion by writing letters to the show, the trader accused Stroumboulopoulos of hypnotizing him into making that statement and he would only go to that town if the show went there first. On 9 February 2006, the producers broadcast an episode from that village. Awards The Hour/George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight have won seven Gemini Awards: 2006 – Viewer's Choice Award, Best Host 2007 – Best Talk Series, Best Host, Best Production/Design (Callum MacLachlan) 2008 – Best Host 2011 – Best Talk Series References External links CBC Television original programming CBC News CBC News Network original programming 2005 Canadian television series debuts 2014 Canadian television series endings Television shows filmed in Toronto 2000s Canadian television talk shows 2010s Canadian television talk shows Canadian late-night television programming