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Butt out of gas; comedy series ending


REGINA – CTV’s comedy series Corner Gas will end with the upcoming sixth season, creator and star Brent Butt announced Thursday. When the last episode airs sometime in the spring of 2009, 107 half-hour shows will have been created. Production on the final 19 new episodes, which will be broadcast in 2008-2009 on CTV and The Comedy Network, begins May 15 in Regina and Rouleau, Saskatchewan. “It’s a very difficult decision, but the right decision, and one I felt I had to make,” said Butt, who is also a writer, director and executive producer of the series. “When I told...