TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (2/21)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Talk Shows, Cable, FX, Showtime, Syndication, Cancellations, Renewals

Here’s an update on the shows you will and won’t be seeing in the months to come:

CANCELLATIONS

• The Starter Wife (USA)

RENEWALS

• Rescue Me (FX) - Season 6
• The Steve Wilkos Show (Syndicated) - Season 3
• TMZ on TV (Syndication) - Seaons 3 & 4
• United States of Tara (Showtime) - Season 2

(To get a look at TV Envy’s Midseason Programming Schedule, click here.)

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Sullied TV Bounty Hunter To Get Second Chance on A&E?

Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Cable, Gossip, News

Cats may not be the only animals with 9 lives. It appears dogs get second chances too. At least that is what TMZ is reporting about sullied TV bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman.

An A&E network official confirmed to TMZ that his hugely popular reality show will be going back into production as soon as possible in Hawaii. TMZ reports that supporting people like makeup artists and camera crews have been hired in preparation for the show.

Production of Dog The Bounty Hunter was suspended indefinitely last November after the National Enquirer got a hold of two audiotapes that featured Chapman on a racially-offensive tirade. On the tapes, the 55-year old Chapman is heard using the “N word” several times and demanding that his son break-up with his African American girlfriend or be fired from family bail bond business. A&E’s original decision to suspend production of the show came, in part, because of growing pressure from sponsors. No word if that part of the story has been resolved.

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Britney Spears Out…and Talking to Dr. Phil?

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Talk Shows, Syndication, Gossip

UPDATE:  Dr. Phil has now decided against doing a show based on Britney.  You can read his statement here.

Despite being placed on what was believed to be a 72-hour hold, Britney Spears was quietly discharged from Cedars-Sinai this morning.  Although it is widely believed the troubled star should be forced to seek some type of help, the hospital had no choice but to release her.  They couldn’t keep Spears against her will unless they thought she might physically harm herself.  (She was not technically considered ‘suicidal’ when she was admitted to begin with.)

But fans concerned for her well-being shouldn’t worry—Dr. Phil McGraw has taken it upon himself to make sure Britney knows people care.  The talk show host had a private conversation with the Spears this morning as she was being discharged from the hospital.  Here is the exclusive statement he made to Entertainment Tonight:

“My meeting with Britney and some of her family members this morning in her room at Cedars leaves me convinced more than ever that she is in dire need of both medical and psychological intervention. She was released moments before my arrival and was packing when I entered the room. We visited for about an hour before I walked with her to her car. I am very concerned for her.”

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Is Britney Spears Potentially Insane?

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Gossip, Rumors

Though Carole Lieberman of UCLA won’t be the first to speculate on the sanity of Miss Spears, her “mental illness report card” is still being given attention by US Weekly and other media outlets. Frankly, I say she’s anything but insane, and instead savvy to the way the press works. Citing mood swings, an inability to cope with daily life, displays of uncaring feelings, poor sleeping and dietary patterns and excess anxiety, the report says that Spears may in fact have psychological troubles. That would make most of America completely insane.

In other Britney Spears news, the lawyer working for ex-hubby Kevin Federline has issued a subpoena to TMZ. Let me rephrase that. An online gossip site is going to be the source of K-Fed’s next legal maneuver. I’m trying to find some way to make this seem less silly…it just isn’t possible. The story on TMZ showed Brit, kids in tow, running a red light in her vehicle while doing something, possibly texting, on her mobile phone. Though K-Fed’s lawyer requested that Britney be prohibited from driving with the kids in the car, she is well within her legal right to do so. At least, right now she is.

If evidence from TMZ starts getting allowed in court, I suppose it’s possible Britney could end up going insane.

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