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Fashion Television Cancelled By Bell Media (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

The Huffington Post Canada  |  By Posted: 04/11/2012 1:08 pm Updated: 04/11/2012 1:40 pm

Jeanne Beker
BellMedia cancels long-time show Fashion Television.

Bell Media has confirmed "Fashion Television" (widely known as "FT") -- a weekly half-hour show that profiles the greatest talents from the worlds of fashion, photography, architecture and design -- has been cancelled.

The show has been on air for over 27 years and has won multiple awards. The series is seen in Canada and around the world -- including Norway, Sweden, Finland and other European countries.

Hosted by Jeanne Beker, the show has become one of the most notable fashion television programs in the industry. And Beker, herself, has become one of Canada's most iconic and influential fashionistas.

In a statement released by Bell Media, officials say they look, "forward to an exciting future with [Beker], including the development of new projects. Bell Media remains committed to the fashion genre and will continue to grow FashionTelevisionChannel to deliver a broader appeal for viewers, advertisers, and distributors."

The statement also thanked founding producer Jay Levine for his dedication to the series.

The news hit Twitter after Jeanne Beker Tweeted: "So surreal. This dream is over: After 27 glorious years, FT production ceased today. So sad to see some of my closest colleagues move on."

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Octavo
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07:11 PM on 04/12/2012
She doesn't come off as annoying as much to me as much as her guests, specially those fashion moguls they all act like they're living on a different planet what a bunch of pretentious people they are
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06:02 PM on 04/12/2012
Becker is a nasty piece of work. Surprised she lasted this long. A total doooooche.
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templeofdoom
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12:26 PM on 04/12/2012
For a show about fashion, it always seemed like the least cool program around. It had become the opposite of what's cool.
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butchcliff
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07:09 AM on 04/12/2012
Met her a few times. No thanks. Love FT network
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09:15 AM on 04/12/2012
What does meeting her in person have to do with her show?
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Liban CZ
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09:56 AM on 04/12/2012
it means, NO thanks- double.
Still ??
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butchcliff
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07:11 AM on 04/14/2012
Like Fashion TV. Liked her show because it was about fashion. Never liked her. No thanks again
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desousab
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11:11 PM on 04/11/2012
My wife met JB at some function several years back - apparently a horrible human being...
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12:01 AM on 04/12/2012
She is not nice in person. But you have to remember - things were rough for women in media back in the late 70's early 80's so the ones who survived tended to be tough, blunt, and sometimes flat-out mean.

I did an event with her in 2002 and she was barking at everyone - but you know what, that event went off perfectly.
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butchcliff
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07:10 AM on 04/12/2012
She never had it so tough. Moses made her
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Maria Korovessis Sewell
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04:56 PM on 04/15/2012
A dozen years or so ago, I watched her make the flight attendants cry during a flight from Toronto to Paris. Who wears sunglasses on an airplane - totally affected person.
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08:54 PM on 04/11/2012
I will miss FT. It was cool, innovative TV and Jeannie was a terrific host.
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Natasha Fatah
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08:51 PM on 04/11/2012
Very, very sad.
I grew up watching Jeannie and FT.
I've been watching my whole life.
I learnt so much about design, fashion and style.

Wish the show very much.

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07:27 PM on 04/11/2012
Victim of a very unhealthy merger, um, I mean takeover of CityTV by CTV.
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Charismatron
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06:33 PM on 04/11/2012
Wow--I can't believe this show is only now getting cancelled. I used to watch it way back as a teen and had since completely forgotten about its existence.

Does anyone remember the late night CityTV show--I forget the name--it was simply jazz music with a car filming driving and walking around Toronto. I used to love CityTV!
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09:18 AM on 04/12/2012
Global TV did a few of these, too if I remember rightly. It was to show off the steady cam they acquired.
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Mynameisian
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06:17 PM on 04/11/2012
I never understood why they chose her to do a fashion show - she is not attractive or particularly good at interviewing and really does not come across as a very nice person. I stopped watching this show about 25 years ago - so long J and I won't miss u .
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bogey1
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09:33 PM on 04/11/2012
she slept with the right people over and over again...
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11:52 PM on 04/11/2012
It was the late 70's everyone slept with the right and wrong people.
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11:56 PM on 04/11/2012
Because she showed up, hit her queue, and made sure everything was done on time and under budget. Sometimes the most talented are not the ones who rise to the top - it is the toughest.
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Liban CZ
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05:57 PM on 04/11/2012
Good.
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Victor Saymong
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11:04 AM on 04/12/2012
Pretentious bucket-mouth pushing vanity and vapid BS. Glad it's gone. What a waste of good air time.
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05:29 PM on 04/11/2012
Damn now I have to buy my clothes at Walmart...
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totalliberal
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05:01 PM on 04/11/2012
Having met Becker (Ms. Pacmouth.) many times, I can tell you she is a horrendous bee-otch to those around her..
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06:04 PM on 04/11/2012
Still remember a Frankie Goes To Hollywood interview where they asked about JB. The interviewer asked why the band brought her up and they replied that "she talks well with her mouth full".
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NevaforLeadership
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04:27 PM on 04/11/2012
Jeanne Beker passed her sell-by date a long time ago.

She needs to make way for younger, fresher talent.
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bogey1
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09:33 PM on 04/11/2012
and much less smelly
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09:13 AM on 04/12/2012
So, you don't like old people on TV?
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NevaforLeadership
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10:18 AM on 04/12/2012
I actually don't watch TV anymore.

TV is better with change and new faces. Problem with you Canadians is that you don't have enough talent from which to pick new faces, so you end up with the same faces year after year after year....
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