Studio 2 - Definition and Overview

Studio 2 is a daily (weeknights) current-events newsmagazine on Ontario's TVOntario. It is hosted by Steve Paikin and Paula Todd. It first aired in 1994.

Rather than a newscast style, Studio 2 tackles certain current news stories affecting many Canadians with a focus often on Ontario. Regular topics on the show include healthcare, federal politics, provincal politics, terrorism, foreign affairs, the environment and many others.

The show usually performs a deep analysis, often with open discussions among experts or even interviewing specific figures involved in the issues. Also included are documentary segments, live performing arts (often jazz or other 'highbrow' music), and in-depth personal interviews.

Regular guests past and present

Foreign affairs panel / Diplomatic Immunity

• Janice Stein, University of Toronto professor
• Richard Gwyn, newspaper columnist
• Patrick Martin, newspaper columinist and comment editor of the Globe and Mail

• Eric Margolis, previous guest, newspaper columnist

Ontario politics / Fourth Reading

• Janet Ecker, former Ontario Progressive Consertitive party cabinet minister
• Dave Cooke, former Ontario NDP cabinet minister
• Sean Conway, former Ontario Liberal cabinet minister

• Mac Penny, previous guest
• Richard Mahoney, previous guest, Liberal party member and lawyer who ran for the federal Liberal Party in the last election
• Ruth Grier, previous guest, former Ontario NDP cabinet minister

National affairs panel

• Gilles Paquet, a professor at the University of Ottawa
• John Ibbitson, a political affairs columnist for the Globe and Mail.
• Susan Riley, columnist for the Ottawa Citizen

• Paul Wells, previous guest, a columnist for Maclean's Magazine
• Susan Murray, previous guest

Sports panal

• Stephen Brunt, lead sports columnist for the Globe and Mail since 1989
• Mary Ormsby, associate sports editor for the Toronto Star.