Variety reports that MTV is overhauling their programming for the fall schedule & 2008.

“The Hills,” is back and will receive an 18-episode order, roughly double the number of episodes in its most recent season. It was also revealed that the third season would debut on Aug. 13.

“MTV has decided to order a fourth season of its hit “Laguna Beach”; it had previously considered not bringing it back.

Net is moving forward on a new season with an all-new cast. Series will be very much in the vein of the show’s first season — following a group of classmates in their final year (or, in some cases, two years) of high school.

While show won’t be shot at Laguna High, it is currently in production at another unnamed Orange County school — likely in Newport Beach — and could be on the air later this year.

Execs are still undecided whether to tweak the name to reflect the new locale or extend the franchise by keeping the “Laguna” title.”

Also confirmed Wednesday a series greenlight for docu series “The Life of Ryan,” about teen skateboarder Ryan Scheckler, the San Clemente native who is one of the sport’s rising stars.

Series will follow Scheckler in both his career and his family, particularly his relationship with his siblings, and will be on the air later this year.

Tvshowsondvd.com reports “At the beginning of the month, we passed on the studio announcement for Laguna Beach - The Complete 3rd Season on DVD, which was supposed to have a street date of July 24th. This morning, as we get some new announcements from Paramount (which we’ll post separately in a bit), we’re also checking for updates on previously announced titles (looking for new details, cover art, etc.). Laguna Beach, though, is nowhere to be found.


It seems that this title quietly came back off the schedule sometime during the past few weeks. We don’t know what the reason would be, or have any hint of what a new release date might be (or if there IS a new release date). More of Paramount’s schedule-shuffling? Probably; there’s been a lot of that lately. Stay tuned, though, and we’ll let you know if we find out anything.”

Paris Hilton’s last meal as a free woman, sampled the spread backstage at the MTV Movie Awards just hours before reporting to jail.

Around 6:40 p.m., trailed by a female pal and Laguna Beach’s Stephen Coletti, Hilton made her way to the outdoor tented green room at Universal Studios’ Gibson Amphitheater. She then went to jail 4 hours later.

Two activists trying to save Laguna Beach’s famed Boom Boom Room appealed to actors George Clooney and Brad Pitt in an ad in Daily Variety today, urging them to buy the landmark so it can be preserved as a gay bar.

The actors were rumored to have bought the vintage-1927 Coast Inn and its funky bar in the fall of 2005, along with airplane-leasing mogul Steve Udvar-Hazy, though representatives for the actors denied it. The property now is rumored to be for sale.

”Now we are appealing to both of you to buy our 60-year-old landmark before it is converted into a boutique hotel,” says the ad placed by activist Fred Karger and former Laguna Beach Mayor Bob Gentry.

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