TV Hebdo Early Years

TV Hebdo began publication in 1960 and is still in publication today. TV Hebdo's format is similar to the English language TV listings publication; TV Guide. Like TV Guide in its early years, TV Hebdo featured TV listings for local stations. Cable only channels were not listed in TV Hebdo as up until 1983, cable only stations consisted of public access channels, government access channels and text only channels.

English language local channels were also listed though all program descriptions were in French.

Pay-TV & Specialty Channels

Starting in 1983, TV Hebdo began listing pay-tv channels. In 1983 there were two French language pay-tv channels; Premier Choix (later became Super Écran) and TVEC (Merged with Premier Choix in February 1984). English language channels; First Choice and C Channel were also available on select cable systems in Québec although it is not known if the English language pay-tv channels were listed.

TV Hebdo listed both French and English language specialty channels such as RDS, MusiquePlus, TVFQ (Later TV5), TSN and MuchMusic. Up until the early 1990s some French and English specialty channels such as YTV, Le Canal Famille and CBC Newsword were not listed in TV Hebdo.

Although channels such as CNN, The Nashville Network and A&E were available on select cable systems in Quebec since the early/mid 1980s, American specialty channels were not listed in TV Hebdo until 1995.

As with English language locals, English specialty channel program descriptions were in French.

TV Hebdo Editions

Throughout TV Hebdo's history, there were several regional editions that existed in Québec including a cable specific edition for Montréal starting in the 1990s. All of the regional editions would eventually be merged into a single national edition.

TV Hedbo | Metropolitan Edition

The Hebdo Metropolitan Edition (Édition Metropolitaine) primarily served the Montreal area but also included some locals from Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivieres. By the 1980s TV Hebdo began listing some French and English Pay-TV and cable channels.

TV Hebdo | National Edition

The Hebdo National Edition (Édition Nationale) was a single edition that served the province of Quebec . Initially this edition listed Montreal, Quebec, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivieres locals along with several French and English specialty channels. By the late 1990s nearly all Quebec locals were listed in TV Hebdo.

TV Hebdo | Metro Cable Edition

TV Hebdo Metro Cable Edition (Édition Métro Câble) began as early as 1992 and initially featured numerical bullets that corresponded to Videotron's Montreal cable line-up. By 1995, this edition also featured numeric bullets for CF Cable in Montreal as well. Videotron Montreal was indicated with black numeric bullets while CF Cable was indicated with white numeric bullets.

TV Hedbo | North-West Edition

TV Hebdo North-West Edition (Édition Nord-Ouest) primarily served the regions of Hull and Ottawa. This edition contained all the French and English stations for the Ottawa-Hull area along with U.S. locals from Rochester. This edition was discontinued when the national edition (Édition Nationale) replaced the regional editions in the 1990s.

Merger with TV 7 Jours

Starting in 1996 TV Hebdo and TV 7 Jours were merged into one editorial publication due to common ownership. TV Hebdo continued to be available as a stand-alone purchase while TV 7 Jours continued to be available as a free add-on to the 7 Jours magazine subscription. Editorial content and program listings in both magazines were identical, the only difference being the logo on the front cover.

Today only the TV Hebdo brand is used for stand-alone TV listings. It is not known when the 7 Jours logo stopped getting used for the TV Listings add-on to TV 7 Jours magazine.