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He's Too Legit to Quit Source: The Hollywood Reporter Tuesday, December 9, 2003

MC Hammer has teamed with writer-producer Devon Shepard for a comedy series project for the WB Network to star the former rapper. The project falls under MC Hammer's blind script deal with the network, which he signed following his stint on the WB reality series The Surreal Life.

Shepard is set to write and executive produce the project, loosely based on MC Hammer's life as a minister and family man after his departure from the music scene in 1997, for Warner Bros. TV and The Surreal Life producer Renegade Productions.

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Carnivale to Return for a Second Season Source: The Hollywood Reporter Friday, December 12, 2003

HBO has greenlighted a second season for Carnivale, ordering 13 more episodes. Production is expected to begin in the spring in anticipation of returning the Depression-era drama to air sometime in late 2004.

Created by Daniel Knauf, Carnivale completed its 13-episode first season earlier this month with an episode drawing 3.5 million total viewers, just under its season average.

While HBO's more established series such as The Sopranos and Sex and the City attract much bigger audiences, Carnivale earned a respectable viewership on par with another of its critically acclaimed dramas, The Wire.