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Hallmark Channel Adds Ice Skating Specials

Hallmark Channel is adding ice skating specials to its lineup of movies and reruns, reports Variety. Eight skating specials will run on the network in the next six months, featuring past Olympic medalists including Nancy Kerrigan and Kristi Yamaguchi as…

‘Californication’ Gets Early Fourth-Season Pickup From Showtime

After hitting an all-time ratings high with last week’s third-season premiere, Showtime’s “Californication” has received an early fourth-season pickup, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Some 821,000 viewers tuned in to the premiere, up 57% from last season’s figure. –Elizabeth Jensen

R.J. Cutler Shifts Some Production to Evolution Media

R.J. Cutler’s Actual Reality Pictures made a deal to have Evolution Media co-produce reality projects it has in the works at MTV, Bravo, TruTV and Sony Pictures TV, Variety reports. Evolution will also have a first-look option on future Actual…

Sander Schwartz Tapped to Run Fremantle’s New Kids Division

Longtime kids TV executive Sander Schwartz has been named to head up FremantleMedia Enterprises’ new children’s division, Variety reports. Schwartz, who was previously president of animation at Warner Bros. and also ran Columbia TriStar’s children’s programming, will be exec VP,…

Swine Flu Outbreak Shuts Down ‘Bones’ Production

Fox’s "Bones" has been forced to shut down production because principals on the show — including star David Boreanaz — have been stricken with H1N1 virus, better known as the swine flu, reports Michael Ausiello at EW.com. The show’s creator,…

‘SNL’ Goes Gaga With Second Four-letter Word in Two Weeks

"Saturday Night Live" did it again: just a week after new cast member Jenny Slate accidently used the F-word during a live sketch, guest artist Lady Gaga came out with the S-word during a musical performance, New York magazine reports. The show…

Bravo Renews ‘Top Chef’ for Seventh Season

Bravo announced today that "Top Chef" has been renewed for a seventh season, according to TVMoJoe at TheWrap.com. Casting on the latest season of the hit series will begin Oct. 18 in San Francisco and new episodes will premiere in…

MTV to Air DJ AM Docu Series About Addicts

With the approval of Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein’s family, MTV has decided to go forward and air the documentary series “Gone Too Far” beginning Monday, Oct. 12, at 10 p.m., reports TVbythenumbers. The eight-episode documentary series created by Goldstein looks…

Big-Screen Version of ‘Arrested Development’ Back on Again

Mitchell Hurwitz, the creator of the defunct Fox TV Emmy-winning comedy "Arrested Development" has confirmed that he and his collaborator are at work on a screenplay for a big-screen version of the series for Fox Searchlight, according to The Hollywood…

Actor-Writer Danny Comden Mining His Wife’s Family for Fox Comedy

Actor-writer Danny Comden is mining his wife’s experiences for a single-camera family comedy called “The Intruders,” which received a script commitment with penalty from Fox, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The project is from Warner Bros. TV and Wonderland and is…