Republic of Doyle is shot, if not entirely then predominantly, in St. John’s. No shortage of local flavour, but that doesn’t help you on the prairie thing. 
As an American who watched the CBC a lot in the 80s and 90s:
I saw “Crash” (the mid-90s one) on the CBC at 1 in the morning. They didn’t edit out the nudity, even of the full frontal variety. Don’t remember about the language.
We haven’t mentioned the private networks CTV and Global that much, and that’s because there’s little Canadian about them. They are legally required to show 60% Canadian content, but almost all of that is news/lifestyle shows outside of prime time. Virtually their entire schedule in prime time is American programs.
Before the mid-90s the CBC aired much more American programming. I remember watching everything from “The Nanny” to “Maude” reruns back then. Then budget cutbacks and competition made them adopt a Canadian programming focus.
I remember watching “Front Page Challenge”! It was three journalists doing a 20 Questions-style interrogation of a newsmaker, and then interviewing the person. No audience participation, flashy graphics, and few celebrity guests. Then again I also watched everything from “Hymn Sing” to “Hangin’ In”. Anyone remember the old “Participaction” promos?
Well, that’s good - maybe CBC has discovered there’s Canada outside of Ontario. 
I remember Participaction - we also used to watch “Definitions.”
Canadian game shows! “Congratulations, you get to move on to the Bonus Round, where you’ll play for a cash prize of up to $100!”
“And a sewing machine…from Brother!”
‘Definition’ was the first thing I thought of when I saw Austin Powers. I’m absolutely certain Mike Myers must have skyvved off from school to watch it…
“And some fine Rice-a-Roni products!” Even as a kid I didn’t see what was so special about winning Rice-a-roni.
I wonder how much [del]Guy Smiley[/del] Jim Perry got paid for that.
Not the few times I’ve watched a late night “uncensored” movie, unless you count Team America:World Police.
As does Turner Classic Movies. No blurring of nudie bits or anything, not that most of their library has much nudity. What’s there is there though, and they show it uncut, commercial free, and usually it’s actually a classic unlike say, AMC, coughCatwoman?cough but I digress.
It’s all Brent Butt’s fault for setting the bar so high.
As I understand it, “Have another do-nut you fat pig” is considered cussing by Canadians.
Those were just plain weird.
True, true. It’s totally unfair that they had a writer/creator/star who was actually born and raised in Saskatchewan and then shot the whole series in Saskatchewan; there’s no way that CBC can compete with that.
Did you lot hear about the auction of Corner Gas props?
Baby Blue movies on Channel 79 
Declan
Yes - I wanted some.
Thanks to this thread, I dreamt about Brent Butt last night. It was a good dream - he’s a great guy to hang out with, apparently.
Production values have improved considerably in the past 10 years though. There have been some very high quality work in some of the co-created pieces (mentioned previously by another poster) like the Tudors and The Pillars of the Earth.
Still, bad values still creep in. I had high expectations for History’s Storming Juno and was completely disappointed. It wasn’t much of an improvement over CBC’s Dieppe in terms of production quality.
One thing I’ve always noticed from watching Canadian television is that the colo(u)r level seems desaturated compared to television from the US, and foreign broadcasts I’ve seen on cable. It’s not as if American broadcasts have oversaturated color, but rather Canadian broadcasts seem like the color level or saturation control on a TV is turned down to
35% or 40%. I’ve flipped between the same show airing on an American station and a Canadian station, and there is a very noticeable difference, especially with the CBC.
I’ve noticed this with some British shows, too. Always assumed it had to do with what film they were shooting on… which I guess no longer applies.
Honestly, as a Canadian, I’m embarrassed by a lot of our original TV programming, especially the stuff that just seems like weak versions of Americans hows but with 1/10 the budget and generic actors who were clearly cast because someone thought they looked like some other American star. Kids in the Hall was, and remains, one of the best shows on TV in any country, but I sometimes watch it and wonder how it ever aired (especially since I remember watching it in the early evening as a kid!). Not because it contained tons of profanity, sexual situations and half-naked men, but because it was so funny.
Another great Canadian series is ‘Billable Hours’. Sort of a lighter ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ with lawyer friends who constantly undercut one another.
I would concur with earlier posts that opined that Canadian TV is essentially cheaper American TV with a little more swearing and nudity. I also find it odd that Canadian television comedy is generally pretty bad (with HUGE exceptions - SCTV, KITH, etc), but Canadian comedians are AWESOME. There’s a ton of amazing Canadian comedians who found great success in the US.