Fox’s upcoming celebrity dating show The Choice has lined up a list of famous bachelors and bachelorettes to audition sexy singles in prime time.

EW.com has the complete list of celebrity contestants, the first photo from the set and some behind-the-scenes insight from Fox’s alternative series guru Mike Darnell.

The Choice has cast singer Joe Jonas, actor Dean Cain, fashion model Tyson Beckford, former American Idol star Taylor Hicks, Jersey Shore stars Pauly D and Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, chef Rocco Dispirito, TV personality Rob Kardashian, former NFL star Warren Sapp and more (full list below). The female celebrities include actress Carmen Electra and model Hope Dworaczyk. READ FULL STORY »

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TLC is giving its controversial special Tattoo School a series order.

The competition series will put students through a two-week crash course in Louisiana on the art of tattooing, undergoing challenges that mimic situations they might find themselves in as a working tattoo artist.

Tattoo School first aired as a special last summer and drew some outrage from professionals in tattoo circles. “The industry should be in an uproar over this show because it jabs a knife right in the heart of the industry,” fumed one site. “[Two weeks of training] just isn’t safe or logical for anyone to pick up a machine.” READ FULL STORY »

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A member of the Jonas Brothers has teamed with executive producer Ryan Seacrest for an E! series that promises to give viewers a different kind of New Jersey-based reality show.

Kevin Jonas and his wife Danielle will star in Married to Jonas, a docu-soap series that chronicles both the young couple’s suburban domestic life and Jonas’ re-teaming with his siblings Joe and Nick as the group gets ready to record new music.

“Danielle is living a true Cinderella story after marrying into pop royalty, partnering in Kevin’s larger-than-life career and becoming a ‘Jonas,’ a name synonymous with hit music and a worldwide fan base,” said Lisa Berger, president of entertainment programming for E!.  “The series presents a unique look at a young couple and their families from two entirely different worlds, one small town and one dealing with international fame, coming together as one and starting a whole new life together.” READ FULL STORY »

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Pregnancy, weight issues and celebrities are the Holy Trinity of best-selling magazine cover topics.

TLC’s new reality experiment will fuse two out of three.

The network is set to unveil Obese & Expecting, about four moms-to-be who are morbidly overweight. The project will chronicle their health crises, weight gain and relationship struggles as they strive to deliver healthy babies. According to the upcoming announcement, “These women are challenging the perception — and the odds — of obese pregnancies, as they become moms, no matter their size or complications.”

The network will launch Obese & Expecting as a one-hour special and potential backdoor series pilot next month. Many TLC shows (such as the hit Extreme Couponing) first launch as stand-alone specials, then the network gauges audience reaction and decides whether to order a full season. We wouldn’t be surprised if this concept, at the very least, received a fair amount of pre-launch publicity (the show’s original working title, by the way, was the MTV-inspired My Supersize Pregnancy, though we would have gone with, say, 600 & Pregnant). READ FULL STORY »

Showtime is developing a potential spinoff of its acclaimed comedy series Californication.

Californication writer-executive producer Tom Kapinos has created a new professional groupie character who will be prominently featured next season, with an eye toward possibly giving her a stand-alone show.

The sixth season will introduce “Faith.” She’s in her mid-to-late 20s, and described as “what happens when an innocent young Catholic school girl is exposed to the evils of rock and roll and falls heads over heels in love with the music and the men who make it.” Faith has been on the road with various bands for years and is considered a muse by some elite artists. Though she has a fondness for sex, drugs and rock and role, she remains quite religious. READ FULL STORY »

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Matthew Perry could return to NBC’s Thursday night comedy lineup.

The actor just landed the lead role in the network’s single-camera-style pilot Go On.

Perry plays a charming sportscaster who tries to move on after a personal tragedy through the help of mandatory therapy sessions. Julie White co-stars as a recently widowed woman who’s stuck in the anger stage of grief. True, it doesn’t exactly sound like a comedy pitch, but it’s written and executive produced by Friends veteran Scott Silveri.

Perry fans won’t have to wait until fall to possible see him back on the small screen, he recently booked a multi-episode role on CBS’ The Good Wife.

If you’re a huge fan of FX’s Justified, you might not want to read this post.

I don’t know that the below casting scoop suggests a big spoiler, but it might. So if you want to be totally cautious, stop now. READ FULL STORY »

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ABC Family’s latest scripted series Jane By Design just got picked up for a full season.

The show received an order for another eight episodes. The show premiered last month, following Switched at Birth. Starring Andie MacDowell and Erica Dasher, Jane by Design was top ranked on cable among the network’s target demo of female teens.

The new episodes will premiere this summer alongside a few other new series the network recently announced: Baby Daddy, Bunheads, and Beverly Hills Nannies.

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