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Mayor Rob Ford Gets a TV Show

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'Ford Nation' will air on Monday.

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Drugs, sex, and politics all make for great TV, which means Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is already the breakout reality show star of the year. On Thursday, not long after a bizarre quip about oral sex, Canada's Sun News Network announced that Ford and his brother, a City Council member, will be hosting a TV show called Ford Nation, launching Monday. "Mayor Ford seems to be in a no-holds-barred mode," the network warned. "There is no filter. There is no careful treading." Ford has been under fire after admitting he smoked crack in a "drunken stupor," and has now faced a slew of allegations about drug use, drinking alcohol while driving, and bringing an alleged escort back to the office.

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