TORONTO — To celebrate the Lunar New Year, OMNI Television is bringing audiences its annual variety special on Sunday, January 26.
Celebrating the Year of the Rat will be produced in Toronto in front of a live studio audience and will air Sunday at 6 p.m. (in Mandarin) and 7 p.m. (in Cantonese).
Hosted by Wei Lee and Jie Yang in Mandarin, and Kenneth Li and Karen So in Cantonese, this year’s variety special will include traditional dances, cooking, comedy and music, including performances by Northern Lights Southern Fists, Bamboo Kung Foo, Toronto Happy Laughing Association, the Toronto Chinese Youth Orchestra, Starlight Chinese Opera, and Chinese Collective Arts group.
OMNI Television’s 2020 Lunar New Year programming is scheduled as follows:
Sunday January 26
- 3 p.m. — OMNI News: Cantonese Edition
- 3:30 p.m. — OMNI News: Mandarin Edition
- 4 p.m. — CCTV Beijing Chinese New Year Gala 2020 (Part 1)
- 6 p.m. — Celebrating the Year of the Rat (Mandarin)
- 7 p.m. — Celebrating the Year of the Rat (Cantonese)
- 10 p.m. — CCTV Beijing Chinese New Year Gala 2020 (Part 2)
Viewers can also watch full episodes on OMNITV.ca next day post-broadcast.
Additional program information is available at RogersMediaTV.ca.
