Spike orders three new series

Spike TV has ordered a trio of shows to help it expand into the reality genre. Getting the greenlight from the Viacom-owned cabler are "Full Bounty," "Tattoo Nightmares" and "Rat Bastards." No premiere dates have been announced. In "Full Bounty," from Barry Poznick and John Stevens of Zoo Prods., 12 first-time bounty hunters will chase down fugitives to win cash. From "Jersey Shore" creator Sally Ann Salsano and her 495 Prods. shingle, "Tattoo Nightmares" will examine some of the worst body tattoos and how individuals try to get rid of them with the help of tattoo removal experts. Oversized rodents are at the center of "Rat Bastards." Series looks at a group of "Cajun Commandoes" who look to hunt vermin in the Mississippi delta region over a four-month window. Show is from Studio Lambert and American Chainsaw shingles, the team behind Spike's "Diamond Divers." "These shows share a theme of larger-than-life characters in extreme situations where the high stakes are real," said network topper Sharon Levy. Spike is also set to bring back "World's Wildest Police Videos," which ran on Fox 1998-2002 and will be produced by Pilgrim Studios and Pursuit Prods. In addition, cabler will air the two-part special "Urban Jungle Man," about an extreme animal handler who rescues, captures and relocates dangerous and exotic animals in Gotham. Asylum Entertainment will produce. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Sucherman Consulting expands in L.A.

Stuart Sucherman's consulting and executive search firm has expanded its Los Angeles office and hired Angela Gardener, a seasoned exec and former senior VP for Talent Acquisitions at Fox Entertainment Group. ''This is an incredibly interesting time and the world is changing at a very rapid pace,'' Sucherman told Variety. ''The question is, do you have the right people in the right job?'' as the media biz grows more complex by the day and companies are constantly seek advice and execs who are creative and digitally savvy. Sucherman Consulting, a small eclectic shop with decades-long relationships with leading media and entertainment companies, also said chief operating officer Erik Sorenson, who joined in 2010, has become an equity partner. Gardener started late last year based in Los Angeles with Matthew Wagner, who heads the West Coast operation as well as SGC Industry Intelligence, a new business offshoot ''to bring thorough industry analyses to its clients using confidential, highly-placed contacts within the media and entertainment landscape,'' the company said. It now has five employees in Los Angeles and 15 in NY. Clients include divisions of NBC Universal, Walt Disney and Viacom, AOL and the NY Mets. It's placed executives at ABC, AandE, CNN, CNBC, Comedy Central, Endemol, Food Network, Fuse, Fox, Game Show Network, MTV, NBC, Nickelodeon, Showtime, Sundance, Telemundo, Tennis Channel, VH1, the NY Mets and the NY Jets. Sucherman was a colleague of broadcast legend Fred Friendly, and has worked for the Columbia School of Journalisml, WNET/ Thirteen NY, CBS News and as a lawyer for the FCC. Sorenson president of MSNBC from 1998 to 2004, was exec producer of ''CBS This Morning'' and ''The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather.'' He has won more than 20 Emmys and a Peabody. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Gossip Girl Mother to Romance the 'Stache Tom Selleck on Blue Bloods

Margaret Colin On Gossip Girl, it is all about the Chuck-Blair-Louis love triangular, however the soon-to-be mother from the bride is going to get entangled inside a steamy romance of her very own on Blue Bloods, TVLine reviews. Margaret Colin, who plays Blair Waldorf's mother, can look inside a March episode from the CBS crime drama like a love interest for Frank (Tom Selleck). Colin will have Melanie, a properly-known investigative reporter to have an worldwide cable news network that has been transporting on the top-secret, lengthy distance relationship with Frank for a while. However, their private and professional lives intersect inside a harmful way when Frank must track the theif who's after Melanie. Watch full instances of Blue Bloods This is not the very first time Frank continues to be associated with someone in the media. He formerly dated NY TV reporter Kelly Davidson (Andrea Roth). The March episode will reunite Colin and Selleck, who formerly co-starred in Three Males along with a Baby as well as an episode of Magnum P.I. Blue Bloods airs Fridays at 10/9c on CBS. Gossip Girl's 100th episode premieres Monday at 8/7c around the CW.

VIDEO: Daniel Radcliffe Reprises Harry Potter Role for SNL But It's Not Pretty

Saturday Night Live, Lana Del Rey, Daniel Radcliffe and Kenan Thompson Daniel Radcliffe hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time, fresh off his Broadway role in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. But as you might expect, it was his longest-running role, as Harry Potter, that was the night's hot topic. Despite the character's massive worldwide following, Radcliffe was quick to dismiss doing any Harry Potter sketches. "No one wants to see Dumbledore working at Harry Pottery Barn. And, if we can, let's not do Harry Pothead." The worst idea? Jersey Shore Hogwarts! "How lazy can you get?!": Watch more videos from Saturday Night Live Despite his protests, Radcliffe indeed reprised his role as the boy who lived, following in the SNL footsteps of Bill Hader, Hugh Jackman and - most memorably - Rachel Dratch. The sketch tells the depressing epilogue of Harry Potter's life after killing Voldermort. So what's he been up to? Playing quidditch alone, wandering around Hogwarts 10 years after he graduated (no, he doesn't teach there), buying a Volvo and doing an autograph tour to help pay off his mortgage. Apparently, Potter peaked early: Radcliffe showed off his Great White Way dancing skills playing a YouTube sensation (or is he?) named Brad, who combined his two life passions - Irish dancing and Chinese caliography - for a sketch called "You Can Do Anything":

50 Cent Says He Posted Photo-Shopped Images Of Jay-Z & Beyonces Newborn To Stop Followers From Mocking

First Published: January 12, 2012 6:35 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption 50 Cent attends the HBO Films & The Cinema Society screening of Sunset Limited at Time Warner Screening Room, NYC, February 1, 201150 Cent is clearing the air about a post to his Twitter page that appeared to mock Jay-Z and Beyonces baby Blue Ivy Carter. The post showed photos of a baby with the rappers face photo-shopped over the infant. But 50 Cents rep tells AccessHollywood.com that he did not post the image. He was not mocking Jay-Z or Beyonce but instead was trying to discourage his followers from doing so. After Tweeting a link to the pictures, along with the message, [Yall] play [too] much congratulations to JAYZ and Beyonce BABY #BlueIvyCarter IS GEORGOUS, 50 said he only re-Tweeted the photos in an effort to stop his fans from ridiculing the newborn. I would never make a picture like that its all over my time line, he later wrote. [Yall] play [too] much Im sure Jay is the happiest hes ever been in his life. The In Da Club rapper also remembered his own fond memories of becoming a first-time father. I remember when MARQUISE was born I was so happy, 50 Tweeted. I want to have another kid one day. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott and Chris Tyrell Got married

Hillary Scott Chris Tyrrell Lady Antebellum singer Hillary Scott has married drummer Chris Tyrrell, the happy couple introduced by themselves band's website. "We just wanted you to definitely certainly participate in it from us first," Scott states inside the video message. "We love to you. We're so excited being beginning our existence together which we simply needed to let you in round the exciting news." Discover about more celebrity wedding The happy couple tied the knot Saturday in upstate NY, according to People. Scott, 25, used a Vera Wang bustier gown together with a mantilla veil with hands-cut Chantilly lace appliqué. Steven Curtis Chapman completed for your couple's first dance. Scott and Tyrell met on tour this season when their bands were opening for Tim McGraw. After they began dating, Tyrrell increased being charge drummer for Scott's Lady Antebellum. They increased being engaged on fourth of the summer time weekend a year ago.