Oct 6 2005 02:05 PM ET

TV Deals: Ashton Kutcher, Rachael Ray

Categories: Deals, Television

92731__ashton_l-Must have been a short honeymoon. Newlywed Ashton Kutcher (left) and his producing partner Jason Goldberg have signed a deal with the WB to air their latest spoofy reality show, Fountain of Youth. Aiming to do to The Amazing Race what Beauty and the Geek did to reality dating shows, Youth will feature a cross-country race among eight two-person teams, with each duo consisting of a college senior and a senior citizen.

-Rachael Ray is soon to be as ubiquitous as Martha Stewart or Oprah Winfrey. Along with her own magazine (Every Day With Rachael Ray, launching next month), Ray is getting her own Oprah-produced daytime talk show next year. That’s on top of the four shows she already hosts on the Food Network.

-Dick Wolf has a new midseason legal drama coming to NBC. Conviction will focus on young assistant DAs. It’s not a Law & Order series, so if it goes the way of L&O: Trial by Jury, it won’t tarnish the brand.

-The White Stripes will perform on The Daily Show on Dec. 1, becoming the first musical act to play on the nightly broadcast. (Yes, we know They Might Be Giants played on a TDS millennium special in 1999, but the Stripes will be the first musicians to perform during the regular series. Got that?) Why no live music on the show until now? ”We were holding out for a reunited Spandau Ballet,” Jon Stewart joked in a statement. ”This will have to suffice.”

-In homage to the late Nipsey Russell, GSN is airing a week of the frequent game show raconteur’s appearances on Match Game, starting Oct. 10 at 3:30 p.m. Those ’70s guest spots of his are so funny you’ll ___________.

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  • Nettie

    Who in the heck wants all these shows and a magazine?! from Rachael Ray? I don’t get it. She is so annoying with her catch can food recipes – they might as well give me a show; I can’t cook either.

  • David

    SHEESH! I still haven’t forgiven Oprah for un-leashing Dr Phil on the un-suspecting public! GOOD LORD! Now, don’t get me wrong, I like Rachel Ray, but she is best when taken in small doses … I personaly like her shows on the Food Network … (Nettie, maybe the fact that you admittedly can’t cook contributes to the fact that you possibly can’t make Rachel Ray’s rather easy recipes work for you … I recommend “How to Boil Water”) But I do agree that too much Rachel Ray isn’t exactly “De-Lish”

  • kj

    i can’t bear rachael ray. i’ve never been able to watch a single show because she’s more than annoying. who keeps giving her more to do?!? she must be stopped!

  • dma

    When will they stop unleashing Ashton and his crappy TV shows on us? Ugh!

  • Eileen

    Don’t want to watch? Change the channel!!

  • Ypulse

    Ypulse Essentials

    - Ashton Kutcher is hilarious (who knows if he really is, but his latest reality show idea pairing senior citizens with seniors in college “Amazing Race” style made me laugh) (EW’s PopWatch) – The celebrity non-factor (according to Phatgnat’s new…

  • JrsyGrl

    I, for one, love Rachael Ray. Sure, she gets annoying, but so does everyone that I watch too much.

  • robert

    hey wanted to let everyone know about an event this thursday in nyc.
    Rachael Ray will be signing exclusive copies of her new magazine
    Everyday With Rachael Ray, which hits newsstands october 25th.
    when: thursday, oct 20th 2005
    6:30 – 8:30 magazine signing
    where: Barnes and Noble
    240 E 86th St between 2nd and 3rd ave
    212 749 1962

  • Nancy Lent

    Rachel Ray – on the 5/16 show with Oprah Winfrey…. Rachel’s recipe for “Chocolate Fantasy”: I cannot find it on the Food Network…Can you help.

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