TV Boogoloo

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...

TV Hodgepodge

DICK CLARK will celebrate the start of 2008 with RYAN SEACREST in Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on ABC this December 31st. The specials will include performances from New York City, where Clark will lead the countdown, and Hollywood. Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve is airing for its 36th consecutive year...

The new CW reality series Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants will premiere on December 12th. Billed as a "no-holds-barred beauty pageant," the show will feature several mother-and-daughter teams competing for a 100-thousand-dollar cash prize and a set of tiaras. Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants will feature three judges: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's CARSON KRESSLEY, former Miss USA SHANNA MOAKLER and TV's CYNTHIA GARRETT...

FX has renewed the GLENN CLOSE legal drama Damages for two seasons, consisting of 13 episodes each. The first season of Damages ended last month...

Spike TV will broadcast the 2007 Video Game Awards on December 9th. The actual ceremony will take place December 7th in Las Vegas. Nominations for VGAs came out yesterday, and Halo 3 and BioShock set the pace with seven nominations each, including one apiece for Game of the Year...