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Here's another big shocker I can exclusively break first: M-Net plans to dump both its
Carte Blanche spin-off shows -
Carte Blanche Medical on Mondays and
Carte Blanche Consumer on Thursdays- after just a year on air, and is set to replace it with a brand-new
Carte Blanche spin-off on most probably Mondays.
Over the weekend I spoke to several insiders who told me that
Carte Blanche Medical and
Carte Blanche Consumer are apparently gonners on the M-Net schedule come 2011. Meanwhile Combined Artists that produces the flagship
Carte Blanche on Sundays at 19:00 for the pay broadcaster is working on a brand-new
Carte Blanche spin-off set to replace both these shows. I'm told the new
Carte Blanche show will most probably debut early in 2011 in the currently
Carte Blanche Medical timeslot of 19:00 on Mondays.
''We are working on a brand-new show,'' an insider told me about a new
Carte Blanche spin-off to supplement the Sunday show. ''It's going to be a lot of fun. It's going to be highly interactive. And it's going to depend on the audience. It's going to be about you.'' Another insider source said to me ''This industry is strange, but the shows are ending'' about M-Net's imminent decision to apparently end
Carte Blanche Medical and
Carte Blanche Consumer after a year.
''
Carte Blanche Medical and
Carte Blanche Consumer are both going off the air,'' a third source told me. ''The new spin-off replacing it is basically an extra
Carte Blanche show. In concept, the Sunday show will now link with the new Monday show.'' I asked M-Net for comment on
Carte Blanche Medical and
Carte Blanche Consumer being canceled but I haven't received comment from the channel yet.
