Bye Bye (1968)

1h
Running Time

49
Seasons

49
Episodes

December 31, 1968
Release Date

TV
IMDb ratings
7.5
Bye Bye

Bye Bye (1968)

1h
Running Time

49
Seasons

49
Episodes

December 31, 1968
Release Date

External Links & Social Media
Network & Production Companies
ICI Radio-Canada Télé
Écho Média
KOTV
ICI Radio-Canada Télé
A Média

Plot.

Broadcast on December 31st, Bye Bye is a comic year-in-review which consists of sketches that parody the political, cultural and social events of the past year.

Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

Isabelle Garneau

Isabelle Garneau

Director

Guillaume Choquette

Guillaume Choquette

Editor

Jean-François Boutin

Jean-François Boutin

Editor

Marc Laforest

Marc Laforest

Editor

Jean-François Vézina

Jean-François Vézina

Editor

Claude-Antoine Guibord

Claude-Antoine Guibord

Editor

Kevin Kelsall

Kevin Kelsall

Casting Coordinator

Christian Ménard

Christian Ménard

Executive Producer

Mélodie Noël Rousseau

Mélodie Noël Rousseau

Comédien supplémentaire

David Latulipe

David Latulipe

Renée Joseph

Renée Joseph

Chantal Francke

Chantal Francke

José Dufour

José Dufour

Michèle Deslauriers

Michèle Deslauriers

Marthe Fleurant

Marthe Fleurant

Claude Landré

Claude Landré

Details.

Release Date
December 31, 1968

Status
Returning Series

Seasons
49

Episodes
49

Running Time
1h

Genres

Last updated:

This TV Show Is About.

new year's eve
sketch comedy
year in review
Scripted

Wiki.

Bye Bye is a Quebecois sketch comedy special, broadcast annually by Ici Radio-Canada Télé on New Year's Eve. The yearly program features sketches satirizing the past year's events, followed by a countdown to the next year itself. Originally beginning in 1968, Bye Bye '98 was the final edition of its first run, until the show was revived by the comedy troupe Rock et Belles Oreilles, who produced the 2006 and 2007 editions of the show.

In 2008, it was announced that Véronique Cloutier and Louis Morissette would take over the program for its 2008 edition. However, this edition provoked controversy over certain sketches that viewers found to be derogatory and racist; such as a sketch about the assassination of then-American president-elect Barack Obama, and a sketch making fun of anglophones. The network received 1,300 complaints from viewers about the content in the special, which led to Cloutier making a public apology stating that the sketches were supposed to criticize racism rather than promote it.

As a result of the controversy, a 2009 edition was not produced, but despite the controversy surrounding their edition, Cloutier and Morissette announced that they would return to produce a 2010 edition of Bye Bye.

In 2018, the special began to achieve record viewership, with that year's edition overtaking an episode of La Petite Vie as the highest-rated Quebecois television program of all-time—with 4.471 million viewers. In 2020, due to restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, Bye Bye 2020 (which featured several sketches lampooning the provincial and federal government's responses) achieved a record 3.8 million live viewers—a 93% market share. The 2021 special—which included a cameo appearance by recently-fired Montreal Canadiens manager Marc Bergevin in a parody of Uber Eats' commercials—once again broke records due to strict COVID-19 restrictions. With 4.862 million viewers, it was reported to be the highest-rated Quebecois television program of all-time (and in turn, among the top television broadcasts nationwide of 2021). The only other program among the top five is the aforementioned La Petite Vie.

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