Hot Type was a Canadian television series, which aired weekly on CBC Newsworld.
[1] Hosted by Evan Solomon, the program was a cultural talk and interview show focused primarily on books and literature.
[2] One of the show's most noted episodes aired in 2000, when it was one of just three international media outlets, alongside one each from Australia and the United States, to be granted interviews with J. K. Rowling during her cross-Britain train trip to promote Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
[4] In 2004, due to budget cutbacks at the CBC, the program's production staff was merged with Jian Ghomeshi's >play, with each series producing a reduced number of episodes.
[10] Solomon was a four-time nominee for Best Host or Interviewer in a Talk or Information Series in 2000,[7] 2004, 2005 and 2007, winning the award in 2005.