TORONTO -- The federal government rescued many of Canada's most popular primetime TV series from cancellation as a second round of funding decisions from the oversubscribed Canadian Television Fund was unveiled. The CTF is made up of two separate pools of funding -- the license fee program, which uses a market-driven ranking system to underwrite independently produced shows, and the equity investment program, which awards funding to homegrown shows on cultural grounds, a process that many maintain is complex and full of contradictions. About 70% of programming that receives subsidies from the license fee program also applies for financing from the equity investment program. Among shows rescued in the announcement that came late Tuesday was the CBC's An American in Canada, the sitcom that has drawn a cult following here by poking fun at Americans. Last month, it faced the ax after it was denied CAN$465,000 ($332,826) in funding by the license fee program.
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