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   Thursday, July 13, 2006

   CTV AND ITS CHUM

The Bell/Globe and Mail/CTV takeover of CHUM Limited -- home of CityTV, MuchMusic, Bravo!, Space and many, many more -- shocked everyone this morning, mostly the nearly-200 employees who showed up to work in cities like Calgary, Winnipeg and Barrie and found themselves locked out. Even the big fish at both networks will see massive changes over the next few months:

- the CBC's George Stroumboulopoulos hosts a support group at the Y --
'Thirtysomething Hipsters Suddenly Working For The Man'

- Gord Martineau rents a DVD of All About Eve; begins hanging around Lloyd Robertson's office

- Ben Mulroney stomps off the set of Canadian Idol after new judge Ed the Sock calls him a "blow-dried pansy"

- Brett Butt thrilled to become the new program director of SexTV, though his request to have the channel renamed after himself is denied

- CTV execs are confused: "We have SIX MuchMusic stations???"

- only Global's smattering of lame US comedies prevents BellGlobeMedia from carrying every current American network show

- Mark Dailey's voice booms from Vancouver to St. John's; wheat farmer in prairies looks up and says, "God?"

- Marilyn Denis becomes the replacement for all four hosts of Canada AM, along with three of the six contributors

- Sandie Rinaldo forced to lug around heavy videocamera; insists that Barbara Frum was never a 'videographer'

- Mike Duffy argues politics with anyone who enters Speaker's Corner

- CTV begins running Baby Blue movies on Fridays, Canada becomes a filthy playground of decadent immorality, with faster broadband from Bell Sympatico

- the new principal of Degrassi High: Terry David Mulligan

- Jeanne Beker now completely unstoppable, her throaty cackle of victory can be heard over Mark Dailey's voice

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