TCA 2009: G4 Adds '2 Months,' E! Lands 'Lamas'

The small screen obsession with poker continues care of 2 Months, $2 Million, a docu-drama about four high-I.Q. twentysomething-year-old males—Brian, Emil, Jay and Dani—who have two months to win $2 million by playing online poker on a shared bankroll. While this may sound like just another poker competition (how many are there already?), one of the members of the press commented that the quartet reminded them of the cast members of CBS’ The Big Bang Theory. Well…guess what?...that sitcom is a growing hit. Catered to the young male audience, 2 Months could be a perfect fit on G4. The 10 half-hour episodes premiere on G4 on August 16 at 9 p.m. Over at E!, it's move over Kardashians…here comes the Lamas clan, headed by four-time married patriarch Lorenzo (who honed his wooden acting skills on dramas Falcon Crest and Renegade) in a docu-drama produced by The Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss. The players in this tainted Hollywood clan: former The Bachelor contestant Shayne; siblings A.J. and Dakota; the aforementioned Lorenzo; and Lorenzo’s ex-wife and mother of the three siblings…Michele Smith. Michele, according to the press release, is constantly in the middle of all the chaos.Based on the dynamics on stage, you would immediately assume The Lamas Life is the next Keeping Up With the Kardashians. But, in the words of Lorenzo Lamas:“You know, I think you will be surprised to see how normal and dysfunctional this family is. And what might be a surprise to the audience is that, you know, we’re celebrities—people know Shayne from The Bachelor. They know me from my shows. But we don’t live the life of opulence. I’ve had success. I’ve lost it. I’ve had money. I’ve lost it. We are, in a sense, rebuilding our lives professionally and personally. And, you know, that’s a human interest story. We’re not out there living in mansions, living the celebrity life, you know, like, “Ooh, isn’t this great being famous and having money?” We are dealing with very personal dynamics. And the challenges that we face, having the public eye and the spotlight on us again (in my case, again; in their case, for the first time) I think will be interesting for the audience to see how we cope with this new opportunity.”Once the series premieres, it looks like the “personal dynamics” will become very public. And, potentially, very sleazy. The Lamas Life premieres this October on E!.

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TCA 2009: G4 Adds '2 Months,' E! Lands 'Lamas'

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