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The cast and crew were losing their minds. But the clip went viral on CTV’s social media: “Jeannie Meets the Leafs” (she’d turned the hockey team into dancing palm trees).

The finale—sweeps week—featured Jeannie accidentally transporting the entire CTV studio to the surface of the moon. She bowed gracefully. “Sorry about the lack of atmosphere, eh?”

“I want you to say ‘sorry’ after every spell.” i dream of jeannie ctv

The man who looked like Major Tony Nelson—but carried a clipboard and a double-double from Tim Hortons—sighed. “It’s ‘Gary,’ actually. Gary the director. And you’re late. Hair and makeup, now.”

Turns out, CTV was rebooting I Dream of Jeannie as a meta-comedy: Genie in the Great White North . Jeannie, ripped from the 1960s, now had to navigate modern Canadian problems. Tony wasn’t an astronaut; he was a flustered producer at CTV headquarters in Toronto. And her magic? It kept freezing mid-spell, producing maple syrup instead of fireballs. The cast and crew were losing their minds

She smiled, blinked once, and vanished in a puff of polite, apologetic smoke.

Jeannie tried to help. When the lead actor (playing “New Tony”) complained his lines were too boring, she poofed him onto a dogsled racing down Yonge Street. When ratings dipped, she magically inserted Don Cherry into every scene, wearing a sequined genie vest. She bowed gracefully

Jeannie tilted her head. “You want me to
 tone it down?”