ArgosyMTM World History

Here is a list of events that have happened in the world, and how they're different in the ArgosyMTM AU to OTL. Note some similarities to “Johnsonverse”.

Planets in general

 * Le Verrier turned out to be right; Vulcan, orbiting the Sun closer to Mercury, was real. However, the Theory of Relativity was still discovered by Einstein “in spite of a nail”.
 * Between Saturn and Uranus is a Super-Earth-sized planet known as Minerva, which may actually, surprisingly be habitable; NASA probes of this planet have shown small islands and alien vegetation and animals, similar to the OTL speculative biology project Snaiad.
 * Alfred Witte and Friedrich Sieggrun also turned out to be right; there turned out to be 8 more gas giants, known as Cupido, Hades, Zeus, Kronos, Apollon, Admetos, Hera, and Poseidon. Pluto was still discovered much later, and still thought to be a planet until other dwarf planets like Eris were discovered. Between Neptune and Cupido is a belt of objects known as the Witte belt; the Kuiper belt still exists beyond Poseidon.
 * Planet Nine was actually discovered, far beyond the Kuiper belt but still nowhere close to the Oort cloud, and given the name “Erebus”.
 * Nemesis, the brown dwarf beyond the Oort cloud, also turned out to be real.

Venus
Venus’s moon Neith turned out to be real and not an illusion.

Earth
Earth is Super-Earth-sized ITTL, which means several more countries and continents to explore. More specifically, several countries from Dream Fiction, Mihsign, Jonaspedia, and Fic5689 wikis exist on Earth ITTL, as well as all of Geography Now’s April Fools countries, and several obscure Wikia and Miraheze sites’ countries (such as Sintopia, Greatia, and Hatsunia). Also, Antarctica is fully colonized and has much more surrounding islands.

Earth also has a second, slightly smaller moon known as “Lilith”, or the “Black Moon”, whose near side has far more craters than either side of Luna, giving it a “molten” look. This means that the name “Luna” for the IOTL moon is more common.

Interstate Highways and US Routes
ITTL, the AASHTO and state DOTs refused to get rid of Routes 66 and 99 to make way for the new Interstates. As a result, Eisenhower did the “nuclear option” of transferring all highway maintenance and planning to a QUANGO known as the Interstate Foundation.

MTM Enterprises
International Family Entertainment would be bought out by Canadian cable company Shaw Communications in 1996, and spun off (along with Nelvana and the Canadian YTV-related channels) into Corus Entertainment in 1999. This means that MTM Enterprises would still exist today, instead of being folded into Fox. (Corus would have spun off its US assets, including MTM and Argosy Media, as Argosy Communications (now ArgosyMTM Group) in 2006.) “In spite of a nail”, the US Family Channel would still be sold to Fox (and later Disney/ABC), meaning that Fox Family, ABC Family, and Freeform still exist. However, ITTL, MTM would hold on to the Family Channel library.

ArgosyMTM libraries
Through several corporate acquisitions and mergers, the Embassy/TAT and Gramercy libraries, as well as most MGM films starring Judy Garland, would be owned by ArgosyMTM Group today.

Chuck E. Cheese and ShowBiz Pizza
Creative Engineering would have been acquired by Argosy Media in 1995. Aaron Fechter would also become a nicer person after meeting Ellen Peck, and wouldn’t be as hostile towards fans. Later on, in 2015, ArgosyMTM Group would acquire CEC Entertainment, and make several changes, including a new “retraux” design for the CEC characters known as “Redux”, and reviving the ShowBiz brand and characters (as they already owned CEI). This process was known as “Concept Division”.

Judy Garland
Judy Garland would form her own production company, which would later be sold to TVS (and now owned by ArgosyMTM Group). The Judy Garland Show would be co-produced by Garland’s own company, under the television unit, Judy Garland Television. She also would have had another daughter named Judy Garland Jr., who would take over the company after her mother died. In 1973, Judy Garland Jr. and Judy Garland Productions would have won a lawsuit against MGM over personality rights, meaning most MGM films starring Judy Garland (except for The Wizard of Oz) would become owned by Judy Garland Productions (and later ArgosyMTM Group).

Embassy Pictures/Television
Coca-Cola would also acquire Embassy Pictures around the same time as Embassy Television, and would have continued to own Embassy after selling off Columbia and TriStar, until 1989 when it was sold back to Norman Lear. This means that the Embassy name would survive until today. Shaw Communications would have acquired Embassy in 1997, and it would now be part of ArgosyMTM Group. This means that the TAT and Embassy libraries would be owned by ArgosyMTM Group instead of Sony. ”In spite of a nail”, older Embassy and TAT logos would still be plastered, but with MTM logos instead of ColTri or Sony logos. This means that the complete TAT logo would still be lost media.

NASCAR
NASCAR would have been acquired by Argosy Communications (now ArgosyMTM Group) in 2011. It would have been allowed to remain mostly autonomous at first, but after a series of poor decisions, Ellen Peck herself would take personal control in 2014, introducing a new car called the “Strictly Stock Car” which is as close as possible to showroom models (while still retaining safety features), and also allowing much more auto companies to enter their car brands into NASCAR.

YTMND
YTMND would be acquired by Argosy in 2007, which would make changes to keep it relevant against YouTube (and later on, Vine and TikTok), including expanding the features to allow more advanced subdomain sites. As a result, it would still be a popular site today, instead of becoming a minor niche community.

Arena football
The Arena Football League would have been acquired by NASCAR/WWE Entertainment in 2009, which was in turn acquired by ArgosyMTM in 2011. This means that the AFL wouldn’t have had its decline, and the IFL would have merged with AFL in 2012, with all of its teams (as well as af2 teams) becoming AFL teams. FCF also wouldn’t exist, with all of its teams being AFL teams instead, as part of a publicity stunt called “Fan-Controlled Arena Football”. Other indoor football leagues such as AIF, CIF, NAL, and AAL would still exist, but wouldn’t be as popular as AFL.

Due to WWE being owned by AMTM, Ellen Peck would have convinced Vince McMahon not to bring back the XFL, instead allowing him to take control of the AFL and implement his plans for the XFL revival into arena football.