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News Roundup: 'Jersey Shore' Under Fire in Canada, Bret Michaels Gets a New Show and More
by Jean Bentley, posted Oct 1st 2010 11:30AM
It seems not everybody is DTW (down to watch) the 'Jersey Shore' cast work on their GTL.The macaroni rascals are under fire up North for violating the "programming strategies" of MTV Canada, according to The Hollywood Reporter. While the show is doing well with Canadian viewers, the CRTC, which is in charge of regulating Canadian television, sent the channel a letter that read, "After a review of your broadcast schedule, it would appear that several of your programs are not consistent with your nature of service."
The channel's license was originally given to Talk TV Canada, whose "original programming mandate to operate an all-talk format" still applies even though the network was rebranded to become MTV Canada.
In other TV news ...
• After 20 years at MTV, programming president Tony DiSanto and senior vice president of development Liz Gately are leaving the network to form their own production company. DiSanto helped bring 'Jersey Shore' and 'Teen Mom' to air, while Gately is responsible for 'Laguna Beach' and 'The Hills.' [LA Times]
• Bret Michaels' new VH1 show, 'Bret Michaels: Life as I Know It,' will premiere on Oct. 18. Instead of dating, the new series will focus on Michaels' home life with his girlfriend, Kristi, and his two daughters, Raine and Jorja. [TV Guide]
• Not pleased with Stephen Colbert continuing to embarrass them, politicians are beginning to shun 'The Colbert Report.' Many politicians will not appear on the show anymore. "My experience with that show is like herpes. It never goes away, and it itches and sometimes flares up," said a former aide to a congress member who appeared on the show in 2006. [Politico]
• Turner Classic Movies will air a 14-hour marathon of Tony Curtis' movies on Sunday in honor of the late actor. Among the 12 films to be shown will be 'Operation Petticoat,' 'Sweet Smell of Success,' 'Sex and the Single Girl,' 'The Great Race' and 'The Defiant Ones.' [MCN]
• 'Lone Star' creator Kyle Killen took to his blog to thank everyone involved in the creation of his canceled series. "I'm incredibly grateful that we were given an opportunity to try a premise that, as the numbers seem to confirm, was perhaps a little riskier than I estimated," he wrote. [TV Guide]
• Lifetime ordered a pilot for spy drama 'Meet Jane.' The as-yet-uncast show is about a Washington, D.C.-area mother of two who is enlisted by the FBI to spy on her husband. [Deadline]
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