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Handler lands new comedy series

E! Channel have ordered a new comedy series featuring its late night host Chelsea Handler. The show is believed to be called After Lately, screening following Handler’s existing show Chelease Lately, and will have a similar feel to ‘90s sitcom The Larry Sanders Show.

Cougar Town actor joining Brothers & Sisters

Cougar Town actor Ryan Devlin will feature on the next season of Brothers & Sisters after landing a role as a grad student in Kitty’s (Calista Flockhart) law class. Devlin, who plays Smith on Cougar Town, has also appeared in Grey’s Anatomy.

Gorillaz say no to Glee

Alternative band Gorillaz have bucked the trend and announced that they definitely do not want hit musical series Glee covering their songs. The band has spoken out saying they are not interested in having the show use their tracks as they believe they are “a very poor substitute for the real thing”.

Klum to launch new show

Project Runway host Heidi Klum is ditching fashion designers for a younger bunch of co-stars in a new unscripted series. Klum will launch a show focussed on children, with the former-supermodel “interacting with children and bringing out the hilarious and often insightful things they say”.

Monday, October 4 at 8.30pm on Arena

Project Runway gets back to the show’s roots in New York City, as judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia return for the entirety of Series 7 to weigh in on the best and worst of the runway. Hosted as always by supermodel and fashion maven Heidi Klum, the hit series provides budding designers with an opportunity to launch their careers in fashion, under the watchful eye of mentor Tim Gunn.

Ep 4.

Monday, Spetember 27 at 8.30pm on Arena

Project Runway gets back to the show’s roots in New York City, as judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia return for the entirety of Series 7 to weigh in on the best and worst of the runway. Hosted as always by supermodel and fashion maven Heidi Klum, the hit series provides budding designers with an opportunity to launch their careers in fashion, under the watchful eye of mentor Tim Gunn.

Ep 3.

Monday, September 20 at 8.30pm on Arena

Project Runway gets back to the show’s roots in New York City, as judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia return for the entirety of Series 7 to weigh in on the best and worst of the runway. Hosted as always by supermodel and fashion maven Heidi Klum, the hit series provides budding designers with an opportunity to launch their careers in fashion, under the watchful eye of mentor Tim Gunn.

Ep 2.

Grenier to feature in 90210

Entourage actor Adrian Grenier will appear in an episode of teen drama 90210 later this year. The actor will feature on the show with his real-life band The Honey Brothers as they play at an 18th birthday party.

Tim Gunn to guest on Gossip Girl

Project Runway mentor Tim Gunn will make a guest appearance on the latest season of Gossip Girl, playing himself. Gunn is no stranger to the guest appearance on scripted shows, popping up on the likes of Ugly betty and How I Met Your Mother.

Second wave of Emmy presenters announced

The second wave of presenters for the upcoming Emmy Awards have been announced with 30 Rock’s Tina Fey, Edie Falco, Wil Arnett, Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Colbert joining yesterday’s lineup.

Vance signs on for Dexter

Former All Saints actor Chris Vance has joined the cast of Dexter for the upcoming fifth season. Vance, who has also recently featured on Prison Break and Burn Notice, will play a character called Cole who is the personal aide to a prominent businessman.

Coro producers beef up security

Coronation Street is beefing up security ahead of the show’s 50th anniversary, with concerns of leaks of the long-running show’s feature storyline. Such is their paranoia, producers are even bringing in a team to sweep the set for bugging devices.

Coming up in September, Arena premieres the very latest seasons of hit series Project Runway and Top Chef, returning favourites Ellen and Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew, the second season of Models of the Runway as well as two new Arena-exclusive series from Bravo, Launch My Line and 9 By Design.

Project Runway, hosted by supermodel and fashion maven, Heidi Klum, gets back to its roots in New York city when it premieres September 13, Mondays at 8.30pm.

Season 7 sees judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia return to weigh in on the best and worst on the runway. Under the watchful eye of mentor, Tim Gunn, budding fashion designers compete for the opportunity to launch their careers in fashion.

Models of the Runway, hosted by Heidi Klum, returns for its second season on September 13, Mondays at 9.30pm. An exciting companion series to Project Runway, Models of the Runway gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at the reality competition from the models’ perspective.

When Top Chef season 7 premieres on September 12, Sundays at 7.30pm, 17 new contestants come to Washington D.C. for the ultimate power play to determine who has the chops to become ‘Top Chef’.

Padma Lakshmi returns as host, and is joined at the judges’ table by Tom Colocchio and Gail Simmons. Award winning chef Eric Ripert joins as a regular guest judge.

Capturing the varied tastes of the US capital, Top Chef: Washington D.C. features appearances by some of the town’s top names including; Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and White House chef Sam Kass.

Emmy Award-winner Ellen DeGeneres returns on September 7, with the eighth season of her hit talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Australian television premiere episodes will air weekdays at 11.00am.

Dr Drew Pinsky puts celebrities Dennis Rodman, Heidi Fleiss, Joey Kovar, Kari Anne Peniche, Lisa D’Amato, Mackenzie Phillips, Mike Starr, Mindy McCready and Tom Sizemore through an intensive 21-day detox and treatment program in Los Angeles, when Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew returns for a third season September 16, Thursdays at 9.30pm.

All-new to Arena is Launch My Line where celebrities will design, cut and stitch their way through a one-of-a-kind creative competition to determine who has the vision to go from icon to fashion star and launch a trendsetting clothing label.

Premiering September 8, Wednesdays at 8.30pm, the celebrity contestants will each be paired with a fashion expert, who will supply the technical know-how to implement the celebrity’s creative vision.

Another Arena premiere on September 14, Tuesdays at 9.30pm, is 9 By Design. The series follows husband and wife design team, Bob and Cortney Novogratz and their seven children. Owners of New York based design firm, Sixx Design, this young, hip and artsy couple have developed and designed unique properties in Manhattan, rebuilt entire blocks in the city, and turned funky into fabulous with taste and confidence.

Viewer favourite Ghost Whisperer also joins Arena’s weekday afternoon line-up, starting with the very first episode on September 13 at 5.00pm. Newlywed Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt) discovers her unique ability to communicate with the earthbound spirits of people who have died and need her help.

Monday, June 28 at 8.30pm on Arena

Multi-Emmy� Award-nominated Project Runway has taken the world by storm, becoming a fashion sensation.
Now, returning for its hotly-anticipated 6th series, fashion’s fiercest competition relocates from New York to LA,
injecting a boost of new energy and access to Hollywood’s hottest celebrities. With Los Angeles as a backdrop,
this season’s sixteen challengers compete in design tasks appropriate to their new location, including creations for
the red carpet, the beach and homage to old-school Hollywood glamour. Supermodel host Heidi Klum and mentor
Tim Gunn are on hand to guide the aspiring designers as they view for the $100,000 prize money and a fashion
spread in Marie Claire magazine. Celebrity judges for the series include Lindsay Lohan, Rebecca Romijn,
Christina Aguilera, Rachel Bilson and Eva Longoria Parker.
Ep 14 – FINALE.
Followed by the finale of Models of the Runway at 9.30pm.

Monday June 21 at 8.30pm on Arena

Multi-Emmy� Award-nominated Project Runway has taken the world by storm, becoming a fashion sensation. Now, returning for its hotly-anticipated 6th series, fashion’s fiercest competition relocates from New York to LA, injecting a boost of new energy and access to Hollywood’s hottest celebrities. With Los Angeles as a backdrop, this season’s sixteen challengers compete in design tasks appropriate to their new location, including creations for the red carpet, the beach and homage to old-school Hollywood glamour. Supermodel host Heidi Klum and mentor Tim Gunn are on hand to guide the aspiring designers as they view for the $100,000 prize money and a fashion spread in Marie Claire magazine. Celebrity judges for the series include Lindsay Lohan, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Aguilera, Rachel Bilson and Eva Longoria Parker.

Ep 13.

Followed by an Australian television premiere episode of Models of the Runway at 9.30pm.

The Project Runway Series 6 finale will premiere on June 28.

Monday June 14 at 8.30pm on Arena

Multi-Emmy� Award-nominated Project Runway has taken the world by storm, becoming a fashion sensation. Now, returning for its hotly-anticipated 6th series, fashion’s fiercest competition relocates from New York to LA, injecting a boost of new energy and access to Hollywood’s hottest celebrities. With Los Angeles as a backdrop, this season’s sixteen challengers compete in design tasks appropriate to their new location, including creations for the red carpet, the beach and homage to old-school Hollywood glamour. Supermodel host Heidi Klum and mentor Tim Gunn are on hand to guide the aspiring designers as they view for the $100,000 prize money and a fashion spread in Marie Claire magazine. Celebrity judges for the series include Lindsay Lohan, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Aguilera, Rachel Bilson and Eva Longoria Parker.

Ep 12.

*Followed by an Australian television premiere episode of Models of the Runway at 9.30pm.

Monday, June 7, at 8.30pm on Arena

Multi-Emmy� Award-nominated Project Runway has taken the world by storm, becoming a fashion sensation. Now, returning for its hotly-anticipated 6th series, fashion’s fiercest competition relocates from New York to LA, injecting a boost of new energy and access to Hollywood’s hottest celebrities. With Los Angeles as a backdrop, this season’s sixteen challengers compete in design tasks appropriate to their new location, including creations for the red carpet, the beach and homage to old-school Hollywood glamour. Supermodel host Heidi Klum and mentor Tim Gunn are on hand to guide the aspiring designers as they view for the $100,000 prize money and a fashion spread in Marie Claire magazine. Celebrity judges for the series include Lindsay Lohan, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Aguilera, Rachel Bilson and Eva Longoria Parker.

Ep 11.

*Followed by an Australian television premiere episode of Models of the Runway at 9.30pm.