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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 3/2/11)
ANIMAL PLANET: I’m Alive (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Hoarding: Buried Alive Season 2 (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: I Used To Be Fat: Past To Present (Premiere) at 10pm

This Sunday, E! introduces viewers to the crew of writers, producers, editors and other staffers working on the weeknight Chelsea Lately show as After Lately premieres at 11p.  The half-hour program features the real staffers working for the late night comedy show helmed by Chelsea Handler.  Dubbed as a mocku-series, After Lately’s eight episodes are executive produced by Handler and Tom Brunelle, with Jay Karas and Brad Wollack as co-executive producers and Johnny Milord as supervising producer in association with Borderline Amazing Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV wants more of Rob Dyrdek as the network brings back a fourth season of Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory beginning April 4 at 1030p.  Dyrdek will also host a new MTV series, Ridiculousness launching June 9 at 10p where Dyrdek will dish on amateur online videos in front of a studio audience with his friends, Johnny Knoxville, Travis Pastrana, Ryan Dunn and Big Black making appearances. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rosie Pope, working as a maternity concierge for wealthy expectant mothers in New York City, is starring in a new docu-drama, Pregnant in Heels for Bravo.  The series, produced by Hud:son Media for Bravo, debuts April 5 at 10p.  British-born Rosie also created and designed her own fashion line for pregnant women called Rosie Pope Maternity and developed a training academy for mothers-to-be called MomPrep.  The Bravo series will follow Rosie as she preps upcoming moms on motherhood while managing her store on the Upper East Side along with her assistants Hannah and LT.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rachelle Lefevre, familiar as star in the first two Twilight movies, landed a role on NBC’s post-Civil War era pilot The Crossing.  Lefevre will play Anna, a war widow raising her daughter in a Missouri border town and the love interest of the main character, the troubled veteran who comes to town.  Universal Media Studios is producing project along with Peter Horton and Josh Brand who are executive producing; Horton will also direct the pilot. Lefevre is also currently seen on ABC’s medical drama Off the Map.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/27/11)
1) Adele – 21 – 351,649
2) Justin Bieber – Never Say Never: Remixes – 101,811 (After 2 weeks – 267,341)
3) Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More – 71,370 (After 54 weeks – 1,019,201)

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $20 million. 

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CASTING CALL
Discovery Networks seeking men and women for a new survivalist show.  The program is looking for any and all types of people: hunters, fishermen, construction workers, psychologists, doctors, chefs, nutritionists, auto mechanics, engineers, fashion designers and many more types.  The interested candidates must be 18 to 50 years old.  Send an email to: survivalshow@gmail.com or call 818-842-2496 and include your photos, name, age, profession, contact information and explain why you would be great on the show.
(Source: Cynopsis)

dLt Casting and The Hub casting families in teams of three in the Southern California area for a new game show.  Family teams should consist of parents, grandparents or another adult family member or guardian and preferably two children aged 8-14 years.  The show will consider teams with only one child, though no children under the age of 8, please.  All family members must be legally related to each other.  All applicants must be legal or permanent US residents, live in Southern California or be willing to travel there to be on the show, be available to shoot in late March or early April 2011, and have consent of legal guardian or parent for kids under the age of 18.  Applications are available for download at dLtCasting.com and all three family team members must attend the open casting call.  Outgoing, fun and competitive families must also bring a group photo of the family members participating.  All photos will be used for casting purposes and not returned.  For more information or questions, please send an email to: HubGameShowCasting@gmail.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)