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Spike TV has ordered six hour-long episodes of DEA, a reality series that will take viewers inside the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. The show will follow agents in Detroit as they track down street dealers and international drug traffickers. The series premieres this spring and is being produced by NBC Today show weatherman AL ROKER through his production company...

People magazine reports that American Gladiators co-host LAILA ALI will serve as a contributing correspondent on CBS' The Early Show, starting tomorrow. Ali is a former Dancing with the Stars contestant...

NBC's freshman comedy Chuck will return on January 24th. The Celebrity Apprentice will air in-between two new episodes of the ZACHARY LEVI series, which were the last episodes completed before the start of the writers' strike...

Those are some Gloden Globes ya got there...

NBC's Golden Globes coverage this Sunday night will still have some star power, even though the ceremony itself was cancelled because of the writers' strike. Today show co-anchor MATT LAUER will host a two-hour edition of Dateline at 7 p.m. Eastern time, featuring interviews with Juno actress ELLEN PAGE, The Closer star KYRA SEDGWICK and other nominees. The program will also offer commentary from KATHY GRIFFIN and predictions from the network's Football Night in America team.

The Dateline special will precede the news conference at which the Golden Globes winners will be announced. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the Globes, was left with no choice but to revamp the format this year, with stars threatening to skip the event in support of the striking writers. The 65th Annual Golden Globe Award Announcement, as NBC calls it, will take place at 9 p.m. Eastern time. An episode of American Gladiators will follow. **How the mighty have fallen**

The Golden Globes could suffer a huge drop in ratings without its usual glitz and glamour, if this week's broadcast of the People's Choice Awards was any indication. Only six million viewers tuned into CBS Tuesday night for the event -- a nearly 50-percent drop from last year's numbers. The People's Choice Awards also shook up its format by pre-taping the winners' acceptance speeches, again because of the writers' strike.

Some celebrities aren't too upset by the cancellation of the Globes ceremony. While promoting Sweeney Todd in Japan yesterday, JOHNNY DEPP sarcastically said he was disappointed, while director TIM BURTON was relieved that he didn't have to make the trip from his home in the UK to Los Angeles for the event.

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There's yet another edition of Law & Order on the way, but U.S. audiences may not get the chance to see it. NBC Universal is in talks to create a version of Law & Order for British audiences, which would be called Law & Order: London...

Meet the newest stars of NBC: Crush, Fury, Venom, Mayhem, and Wolf. They're among the 12 men and women who will do battle with contestants on American Gladiators, an updated remake of the pseudo-athletic competition premiering this Sunday night. Some of the more familiar games from the original show, which aired from 1989-1997, are back, including the Joust and the Wall. There are also some new twists to liven up the series, such as special effects. HULK HOGAN and boxer and former Dancing with the Stars contestant LAILA ALI host American Gladiators, airing this Sunday on NBC at 9 p.m. Eastern time...

On ABC, LUCY LIU stars in a new dramedy titled Cashmere Mafia. The show revolves around four career women and their personal and professional lives in New York City. Plot sound familiar? It should come as no surprise that Sex and the City creator DARREN STAR is an executive producer for Cashmere Mafia, which premieres on ABC this Sunday night at 10 p.m. Eastern time. It moves to Wednesday nights later in the week.

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Champion boxer and former Dancing with the Stars contestant LAILA ALI will host the new version of American Gladiators on NBC with HULK HOGAN. According to People.com, the revamped show will have eight male and female gladiators taking on ordinary people in unique challenges...

The New York Post reports that actor NATHANIEL MARSTON -- known for his role as Dr. Michael McBain on the ABC soap One Life to Live -- has been fired, following his arrest on October 20th in New York for allegedly assaulting three people. He's also facing a charge of resisting arrest. According to the Post, co-workers say he's, quote, "short-tempered" and has been arrested before for fighting. The newspaper says he'll be replaced on the show...