Brian Damage
03-26-2009, 06:18 PM
TORONTO -- A day after announcing plans to cut as many as 800 jobs, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. on Thursday said it will cancel "The Simpsons" and "The Martha Stewart Show" in a cost-cutting maneuver.
The pubcaster also said it will lower license fees and order fewer episodes of such popular Canadian TV series as "The Border," "Being Erica," and "Little Mosque on the Prairie" to deal with a growing advertising downturn.
Other savings will come from the cancellation of daytime lifestyle series, a cut in expenditures on daytime kids programming and the end of some sports programming, including Toronto Blue Jays games.
The CBC also will cut 80 jobs at its CBC News division.
On the radio side, the public broadcaster will cancel some popular radio shows as well as reduce regional radio noontime shows to one hour and live music recordings by half.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ie60616bd56e878593477afb25dcbe141
Zoneboy
03-26-2009, 06:35 PM
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Brian Damage
03-26-2009, 06:40 PM
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good one Charles :lol:
Chocoholic
03-26-2009, 07:07 PM
As Homer would say, "D'OH!!!"
ekkostar
03-26-2009, 07:36 PM
No big deal, The Simpsons hasn't been decent in years.
Chocoholic
03-26-2009, 07:42 PM
^ True, but it's still funnier than the stuff that passes for comedy these days.
I still don't get the appeal of The Office, 30 Rock, and How I Met Your Mother. I really don't.
MrCleveland
08-25-2009, 03:50 PM
D'OH! It's still remains, just like the song....
Ullman shorts, Christmas show, Marge's fling, Homer's bro,
Bart in well, Flanders fails, Whacking snakes, monorail,
Mr. Plow, Homer space, Sideshow Bob steps on rakes,
Lisa's future, Selma's hubby, Marge not proud, Homer chubby,
Homer worries Bart is gay, Poochie, U2, NRA,
Hippies, Vegas, and Japan, Octuplets, and Bart's boy band,
Marge murmurs, Maude croaks, Lisa buddhist, Homer tokes,
Maggie blows Burns away, What else do I have to say?
They'll never stop The Simpsons, Have no fears, we've got stories for years,
Like, Marge becomes a robot, maybe Moe gets a cell phone,
Has Bart ever owned a bear or, How 'bout a crazy wedding?
Where something happens, and doo doo doo doo, doo
Sorry for the clip show, have no fears, we've got stories
for years....
80sTrivia
08-25-2009, 04:43 PM
good one Charles :lol:
As Monty Burns would say, Excellent! :lol:
sixfingers
10-26-2010, 02:41 AM
TORONTO -- A day after announcing plans to cut as many as 800 jobs, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. on Thursday said it will cancel "The Simpsons" and "The Martha Stewart Show" in a cost-cutting maneuver.
The pubcaster also said it will lower license fees and order fewer episodes of such popular Canadian TV series as "The Border," "Being Erica," and "Little Mosque on the Prairie" to deal with a growing advertising downturn.
Other savings will come from the cancellation of daytime lifestyle series, a cut in expenditures on daytime kids programming and the end of some sports programming, including Toronto Blue Jays games.
The CBC also will cut 80 jobs at its CBC News division.
On the radio side, the public broadcaster will cancel some popular radio shows as well as reduce regional radio noontime shows to one hour and live music recordings by half.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ie60616bd56e878593477afb25dcbe141
Am I the only one who realizes that this is a joke?