tease

Leave it to FOX to make a new comedy/drama set in a strip club. This one is called Tease (of course it is), and it's about a writer named Marie who goes undercover into the world of lap dances and lingerie to research a story. Right now it's a web-only series from 15 Gigs, but if it does well, it could find a place on the FOX schedule. Here's a preview. Not much clothing is involved.

Production has just begun on a new competition series for the Oxygen network that will pit hairstylists against one another in an attempt to go one-on-one with a famous hairstylist. The new series, hosted by SoapTalk's Lisa Rinna, is called Tease. Robert Verdi of E! and Style will judge the competitions along with salon owner Peter Ishkahns and booking agent Frank Moore. Six episodes of the new series are currently in production and slated to air in January. I'm clearly not the target audience for this new series, since to me the only thing more boring than getting my hair cut is watching someone else have their hair styled. Then again, if the series is as frantic as they're making it out to be, maybe we'll see a lot of accidental head stabs, third degree burns and eye punctures. If that's the case, then I may have an excuse to tune into Oxygen for the first time since that network debuted.