Oxygen Media will premiere the new reality workplace dramedy "Addicted to Beauty" on Aug. 4. The eight one-hour episodes explore the world of medi-spas through the eyes of the staff at Changes Plastic Surgery and Spa. While the series premiere will…
Fake news collides with real news. Comedy Central announced today that “The Daily Show” will tonight begin running a series of reports from Iran filed by senior investigative foreign correspondent Jason Jones. The series, re-titled “Jason Jones in Iran: Behind…
Discovery’s Planet Green is moving aggressively into documentary programming, with a two-hour weekly block called “Reel Impact” planned for fall, says Variety. The environmentally themed channel’s new president and GM Laura Michalchyshyn had success with documentaries while at Sundance Channel….
DirecTV has a deal with Invidi Technologies that will let it individualize ads for subscriber households, Multichannel News says. The ad-insertion technology won’t be operational on the satellite service until 2011. Rival Dish Network already signed a similar deal. –Elizabeth…
Showtime has picked up a third season of the half-hour “Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union,” Variety reports. Ullman will bring back her celebrity impersonations for an additional seven episodes beginning in 2010. –Elizabeth Jensen
Hannah Montana, the hit kids show on the Disney Channel, will likely end after next season, CBS News reports. Series star Miley Cyrus, 16, through all her gigs, made $18 million last year, the report says. —Chuck Ross
By Josef Adalian Some might see E!’s new summer hit "Kendra" as nothing more than another fluffy reality show. But to creator Kevin Burns, the "Girls Next Door" spinoff is actually a modern twist on a sitcom classic. "I look…