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MUMBAI:
ITV has signed on Paul Merton to host its new Saturday night
comedy show from the team behind the X Factor.
The
show is part of an attempt to reinvent ITV, now under Michael
Grade's leadership, as an innovative channel appealing to
upmarket viewers.
The
star from the BBC quiz Have I Got News For You? will
present Thank God You're Here, a live version of '70s
children's favourite Mr Benn, stated a Times Online
report.
Celebrity
guests will walk through a door into an unknown scene, armed
with some props appropriate to the journey.
The
celebrities will be greeted with the phrase "Thank God
you're here" - and have to ad-lib their way through the
scene, the report added.
ITV
is also considering Piers Morgan to replace Michael Parkinson
as the channel's chat-show host.
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