ArgosyMTM AU

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 * Argosy (magazine) would be based in Seattle, WA, and would have spun off a production company in 1953, called Argosy Media.
 * Argosy Media would be one of the first ever TV production companies that started off as not connected to a film company, but it would get a film company called Argosy Pictures in 1973, after taking over AoFM Pictures.
 * Mary Tyler Moore and Grant Tinker would have lived in Seattle, WA for most of their life.
 * Mary Tyler Moore and Grant Tinker would never have divorced, and would remain married until Tinker’s death.
 * Richard Meeker Jr. (Mary Tyler Moore’s only son) would never have accidentally killed himself, and would still be alive today.
 * MTM Enterprises would still exist today as part of Argosy Media, under the parent company ArgosyMTM Group.
 * MTM Enterprises would have merged with Argosy Media Affiliates in 1984 to form Argosy Entertainment, which would be acquired by TVS Entertainment in 1988, and then International Family Entertainment in 1993.
 * Seattle, WA, would be a major city for the film industry, serving effectively as a “second Hollywood”.
 * Several “mini-major” studios based in Seattle would have joined forces in 1937 to form the Association of Film Makers (later AoFM Pictures), which would have been taken over by Argosy Media in 1973 and renamed to Argosy Pictures.
 * 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.
 * Shaw would still sell the US Family Channel (now Freeform) to Fox in 1997 to form Fox Family, which would later be sold to Disney in 2001, not changed from our timeline.
 * In 2006, Corus Entertainment would spin off its holdings based outside Canada, including MTM Enterprises, Argosy Media, and the TVS Entertainment, Southern ITV, and Family Channel libraries, into a new company, Argosy Communications, which would be reorganized into ArgosyMTM Group in 2011.
 * Some fictional animation alumni would exist, such as Michael Shires, Michael Shires Jr., Ellen Peck, Paul Lopez, Nathan Blake, Robert Stainton, and Terry Ward.
 * TVS would have bought out the library of its predecessor ITV franchise, Southern, in 1982.
 * 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.
 * Argosy Media would have been part of the Gramercy joint-venture with PolyGram and Universal, and would later take it over entirely in 1996.
 * This means that the Gramercy name would continuously be used until today, and the OTL short-lived revival of Gramercy from 2015-16 would be the same entity as the original Gramercy, under ArgosyMTM Group control.
 * Gramercy would also have a television division, known as Gramercy Pictures Television.
 * Judy Garland would have created her own film studio, Judy Garland Productions (or Garland for short), in 1950.
 * The Judy Garland Show would be co-produced by Garland’s own company, under the television unit, Judy Garland Television.
 * Judy Garland would have had another daughter named Judy Garland Jr., who would go on to be instrumental in the development of the modern Internet.
 * In 1973, Liza Minnelli (who would have taken over the company after her mother died) 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).
 * Judy Garland Productions would have been bought out by TVS in 1984 and renamed to its current name, Judy Garland Pictures; through a series of mergers and acquisitions, Garland would now be owned by ArgosyMTM Group.
 * MTM Enterprises would have a film company spinoff, known as MTM Films, founded in 1984 as a film unit of the original MTM TV company (making distribution deals with Orion from 1984-90 and News Corp Pictures from 1990-96), before taking over News Corp Pictures in 1996 and moving distribution in-house.
 * News Corp Pictures would have been formed in 1989 as a secondary studio to 20th Century Fox (like Searchlight almost a decade later), due to Columbia and MGM having success with TriStar and UA at the time, but would have failed, and been sold (including the library) to MTM Enterprises in 1996, forming the current MTM Films.
 * 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.
 * Argosy Media would have a division dedicated to web animation and online content, known as Argosy New Media.
 * The Brothers Chaps would have been hired by Argosy New Media in 2001, after an executive saw the original Homestar Runner book, and would still work on H*R under Argosy. This means that H*R would be very different today. They also would have worked on other web animation series under Argosy; some spun-off from H*R, such as Teen Girl Squad and Sweet Cuppin’ Cakes; and some completely original works, such as Sailor Cat and Sailor Fish (an “affectionate parody of 2000s kids’ TV”), Male and Female, and Tex and Avery.
 * Homestar Runner would have much more characters, such as Homestripe Runner, Slipstar, Pandora, Weena, and Hannah. Some of the unused or rarely-used characters, such as Homeschool Winner, the Unguraits, Champeen, The Hurricane, Mr. Bland, The Robot, Señor Havin’ A Little Trouble, Stom Stom, and Stella Do, would be used much more often. Senor Cardgage and Marshie would also be considered main characters.
 * Instead of a game, SBCGFAP would be a feature-length toon known as Strong Bad’s Cool Movie for Attractive People, though it would still have a game adaptation by Telltale and MTM Interactive that loosely followed the story of the movie.
 * Due to there being a Robert Stainton working at Argosy, the Robert Stainton who created the infamous webtoon Greeny Phatom would have never been born. However, Greeny Phatom still exists, but created by Stainton’s daughter Crystal based on a weird dream she had, and as a professionally-animated series.
 * Billy Mays would have never overdosed on cocaine, and would still be alive today. He would still work on infomercials until today. As a result, several infomercials that starred Anthony Sullivan IOTL would be Billy Mays infomercials instead. In 2011, he would be hired by MTM Enterprises for a syndicated talk show, and do voice actor work starting in 2013.
 * Sullivan Productions (which produced infomercials with Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan) would be acquired by ArgosyMTM Group in 2012.
 * Billy Mays would also do the Flex Tape commercials, but working together with Phil Swift.