In its return for a second season, AMC’s Golden Globe-winning series “Mad Men” remains “the slickest, coolest, downright sexist, and unPC-ist (is that a word?) drama on TV,” according to the New York Post. Nine out of 10 doctors recommend…
Given his choice, Dr. Drew Pinsky of VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab” would rather not be dealing with Hollywood types, according to the Associated Press. With a special airing tonight called “VH1 News Presents: Dr. Drew’s Celebrity Addiction,” Pinksy said stars often…
Time Warner Cable this week is rolling out its Start Over feature to subscribers in New York’s Staten Island, the New York Times reports. The feature allows viewers who miss the beginning of a show to rewind to the beginning…
The pilot episode of ABC Family’s new series, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” is almost all about sex and a little bit about family, the Los Angeles Times says. The show has little to offer anyone who is…
TVLand has expanded its order for a second season of the reality modeling competition “She’s Got the Look,” Daily Variety reports. The new season, scheduled to debut in 2009, will run for eight episodes, up from six for the show’s…
Brother duo Albert and Allen Hughes are working on a followup to their 1999 documentary “American Pimp,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The latest project, “Gentlemen of Leisure,” is being developed as a drama series for HBO about an aging pimp…
BSkyB, the Rupert Murdoch-controlled satellite TV service in the U.K., said the BBC shouldn’t pursue U.S. films and series for broadcast, Daily Variety BSkyB argued that the public broadcaster should not misuse public funds outbidding privately owned outlets for shows…
VH1 will use the social networking application SuperPoke! to promote its upcoming series “I Love Money,” MediaWeek reports. Beginning Wednesday, Facebook and MySpace users will be able to use 30 new VH1-branded animated icons for “Flavor of Love,” “I Love…
Tawny Cypress (“Heroes”) will join the cast of Lifetime’s “Army Wives” for a multi-episode guest stint, TV Guide reports. Cypress will play a TV reporter who forms a friendship with Pamela (Brigid Brannagh), the magazine says. —Vlada Gelman
E! Entertainment has partnered with Sean “Diddy” Combs and Cîroc Vodka, for which he had done ads, for a new public action campaign, Drive Safe, promoting safe drinking and driving habits. In addition to Mr. Combs, E!’s Drive Safe campaign…