VH1 will add a new night of original prime-time programming later this year, using some of the seven new series it’s ordering to fill that time.
In keeping with its celebrity-centric focus, VH1’s new shows will center on acts like Salt-n-Pepa, who are reuniting for the first time in years, and Danny Bonaduce. MTV Networks group president Brian Graden said the new shows will celebrate public fascination with pop culture.
The programs will launch in the fourth quarter of this year or in early 2008.
VH1 has ordered 10 episodes of “The Salt-n-Pepa Show,” which will follow the rap duo as they try to reunite after 2002’s breakup.
“The dynamics between both of them are very tentative, very tense,” Graden said of the two performers in the pilot. “There’s all this history not discussed. … How will it play out?”
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Also in the works:
– “America’s Most Smartest Model”: A total of 14 models, male and female, test their intelligence.
– “Click”: Reality show gives 10 amateurs a chance to become fashion photographers.
– “Danny Bonaduce’s Child Star”: The ’70s “Partridge Family” star will head the search for a great stage-hungry kid.
– “Lords of the Revolution”: Documentary series follows non-conformist heroes.
– “Old School With Terry and Gita”: Former actor Terry Moore, 77, and 72-year-old former model Gita Hall explore hot topics in pop culture.
– “Free Radio”: Half-hour improvised comedy has fictional radio hosts interviewing real celebrities.