The series began as
Entertainment Now (or
eNow), originally hosted by Lin Eleoff, who was replaced by
Carla Collins, who later co-anchored with
Dan Duran, and began airing weekly on
BBS (later absorbed into CTV) in 1995. Much as now, in its original form
eNow used a toned-down version of the standard entertainment magazine format. in 2000,
eNow relaunched as
etalk, a weekly entertainment-oriented talk show hosted by
Ben Mulroney with a variety of rotating guest panelists. It was produced by the CTV-owned talktv (now
MTV) and taped on the set of
The Chatroom, of which Mulroney was a co-host. Following cancellation of
The Chatroom in 2002,
etalk, along with co-host
Thea Andrews, returned to its original format.
etalk became a daily series on the CTV daytime schedule in fall 2002, accompanied by a temporary name change to
etalk Daily; as such, CTV generally regards 2002 as the start date for the current series. His resignation came in the wake of a controversy in which
his wife was accused of bullying and threatening Sasha Exeter, a
Black influencer. On September 14, 2020, CTV announced Tyrone Edwards as the new co-anchor of
etalk. In 2024,
Michaella Montana joined the show as its first full-time
Indigenous reporter and co-host. ==On-air staff==