Baby showers can be boring events. Unless you are Coco Austin and you have childhood friends like Kyle, who considers himself one of the girls and can dance like a fiend. On Sunday's episode of 'Ice Loves Coco' (Sun. 10:30PM on E!), Coco was charged with planning her friend Kristy's baby shower, and when she got together with Kyle, inspiration struck.

"As soon as I saw Kyle in drag my 'Coco juices' were flowing," she said ('Coco juices' are her version of 'Spidey Senses')." "I knew just what this party needed." Coco surprised Kristy and the whole party with a high-energy dance routine, barefoot on the lawn with Kyle in full drag and wig, while everyone sat in lawn chairs. "Dancing is kind of like riding a bicycle," said Coco. "Twenty years later, we still remember all the moves. I know Kristy loved it."

Ice-T and Coco have both done their share of partying, Ice-T as an actor and hip-hop artist, and Coco as a lingerie model who once worked at the Playboy Mansion. On Tuesday's 'Access Hollywood Live' (weekdays, syndicated on NBC), the pair talked about why their marriage works, in advance of the debut of their new reality show on E!, 'Ice Loves Coco.'

Ice-T said one of the first things he ever asked Coco was, "Are you done?" In other words, he said, "Have you done all the partying, have you done your adventures? Me being an older guy, I've done it." She had, but she had a head start, she said, having started her partying days at 16.

The uniquely fascinating romance between rapper-turned-actor Ice T and his model wife Coco will now grace TV screens.

E! announced today that it has ordered eight episodes of 'Ice Loves Coco,' a reality series chronicling the marriage of the 'Law & Order: SVU' actor and his wife, who is attempting some sort of "solo career," according to the press release. The pair has been married for ten years.

In other TV news ...

• If The CW Picks up 'One Tree Hill' for a ninth season, all of the core stars will be back. Bethany Joy Galeotti, Sophia Bush, Austin Nichols, Robert Buckley, Jana Kramer and Lisa Goldstein have all signed on for another season. James Lafferty hasn't signed yet, but will most likely return on a part-time basis. [TV Line]

• HGTV renewed several of its most popular shows, including 'House Hunters,' 'House Hunters International' and 'Property Virgins.' Also returning for more are 'My First Place,' 'For Rent,' 'Real Estate Intervention' and 'Holmes Inspection.' [Variety]

• 'Repo Games' doesn't premiere until tonight, but there's drama already. A man allegedly shot at the show's production team in Las Vegas yesterday. Naturally, cameras captured the incident. [THR]

When Law & Order: SVU returns on September 23, it's bringing a trio of guest stars with it. Luke Perry (90210), Sara Gilbert (Roseanne, 24), and Julie Bowen (Ed, Lost) are all set to make appearances. Perry and Bowen play a couple accused of abusing their foster child. Gilbert is on board to play the child's biological mother.

In addition to the main foster-child abuse storyline, the premiere is going to deal with Benson's (Mariska Hartigay) attempted rape a the end of last season, as well as Fin's (Ice-T) possible transfer out of SVU. The premiere also marks the debut of the new ADA played by Michaela McManus (One Tree Hill).

So I'm doing the daily "What's On Tonight" post, and I see that The Sci-Fi Channel has three episodes of Law and Order: SVU on. Um ... can someone tell me why (and don't say it's because NBC owns the Sci-Fi Channel).

Is this a new show that has a similar title? Does the SVU actually stand for Space Visitation Unit? Is Mariska Hargitay an android?

"In outer space, the people of Earth are represented by two separate but equally important groups: the Space Visitation Unit, who investigate claims of alien visitors, and space attorneys, who prosecute the evil aliens. These are their stories."

As if having all the Law and Order shows on USA and TNT 90,000 times a week wasn't enough.

Tonight on the show, Stabler and Benson are reviewing the new Cadillac Escalade. Oh, wait, this is Law & Order: SVU. I was thinking of Law & Order: SUV.

BWAH-HAHAhaha. . .hahaha. . .haha. . .Oh. forget it!

Come on, this is SVU! When is the last time you had a good guffaw at the expense of the police or the victims or the DA on this show? Sometimes you need a shower after the show airs because it feels icky (for lack of a better word). Not that this isn't a great show, because it is. And, it has the very beautiful Mariska Hargitay (who should be producing a beautiful baby soon). Is it me or do you think Mariska looks better with the longer hair she has now then the short bob she had a few years ago?

This season has been a bit different for SVU.  There have been a number of episodes focusing on just Detective Stabler or Detective Benson only. They've been very personal shows that shined a brighter light into their personalities. This week, they were definitely back to the basics of the show as Benson and Tutuola tried to determine who murdered a college student from Hudson University (is that next to New York University? I can't find it on the map).

 

On March 28, rapper/actor Chris Bridges, aka Ludacris, will appear on an episode of Law and Order: SVU as a family member of show regular and fellow rapper Ice-T. In the episode, Fin's (played by Ice-T) son is suspected in a double homicide. Ludacris will play a character named Darius who turns out to be a pivotal figure in the investigation. Yes, that's a rather vague plot synopsis, but I've found it's better to go into an episode of SVU completely oblivious. It makes for a more engaging experience.