In the mid- and late-2010s, the local versions of BT began to either be cancelled or replaced by "hybrid" productions incorporating segments of national interest from the Toronto show.

Breakfast Television premiered on September 5, 1989 with co-hosts Ann Rohmer and David Onley, with MuchMusic VJ Steve Anthony broadcasting from a different spot around the area each day.

During the summer of 2006, a number of CHUM personalities were invited to guest co-host with Kevin Frankish in the search for the next permanent host.

[4][5][6] In March 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Citytv announced that it would expand Breakfast Television to include a new national hour dedicated to coverage related to COVID-19.

At this time the program was relaunched with a new hybrid format, consisting of a mixture of local content with national entertainment and lifestyle segments produced from Toronto.

[4][5][6] On November 17, 2020, Rogers imposed staff cuts across the country, including cancelling Breakfast Television in Vancouver and Calgary.

[4][5][6] Former presenters CHMI-TV in Winnipeg, Manitoba produced a version of Breakfast Television from August 2, 2005 to January 6, 2015 - the station was purchased along with CKAL-DT in Calgary and CKEM-DT in Edmonton.

Khan and Kozub were retained as co-hosts for news and entertainment segments shown during the program on television in place of music.

At the time of its launch, ASN and Citytv (Toronto) were both owned by CHUM Limited, and both channels had a similar overall movies-focused format.

ASN was acquired by Baton Broadcasting (predecessor of the present-day Bell Media) in 1997, but was permitted to continue using Breakfast Television as the title of its morning show.

[20] It was replaced by a spin-off known as Dinner Television, a new two-hour evening program hosted by Jason Strudwick, joined by BT personalities Bridget Ryan and Courtney Theriault.

The former BT timeslot was filled by encores of the previous evening's edition of Dinner Television with on-screen news, traffic, and weather information.

As part of the approval, Rogers had until September 1, 2013 to produce local programming on the station, which included a three-hour Montreal edition of Breakfast Television.

[24] On June 6, 2013, Rogers announced that the Montreal edition of Breakfast Television would premiere on August 26, 2013, and would be hosted by Alexandre Despatie and Joanne Vrakas.

Colette Watson, senior vice-president of television and broadcast operations at Rogers Media, stated that the program was "not sustainable".