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Continuing with its Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew franchise, VH1 will premiere Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House on January 15 at 10p. This eight-episode series will chronicle the cast from season two as they live for three months in a sober house while transitioning from the rehab facility into the real world. The cast for this new series will be unveiled during the season finale of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew on December 18 at 10p. Irwin Entertainment produces. (Cynopsis 12/12)

SCI FI Channel’s season four finale of Ghost Hunters Wednesday night at 9p delivered 1.6 million A18-49, 1.7 million A25-54 and 2.8 million total viewers. (Cynopsis 12/12)

Creator/executive producer Marc Cherry of ABC’s Desperate Housewives is talking with the network about extending the series through a seventh season, per THR. ABC confirmed this news though no further details have been released. Desperate Housewives is in its fifth season and Cherry has been quoted in the recent past saying he wants to set a solid end date for the series after seven seasons. (Cynopsis 12/12)

Female-skewing Oxygen is developing five original projects, one of which already has been greenlighted to series: “Addicted to Beauty.” In “Addicted,” which will premiere sometime in 2009, the focus is on the staff of a California medi-spa as it administers tummy tucks, lip implants, spray tans and the like. The Hollywood Reporter (12/12)

Showtime has a reality series in development called Way Out about gay people revealing their orientation to friends and family, according to THR. Showtime ordered a pilot presentation from Bryn Freedman who also executive produces Intervention for A&E Network. Evan Weiss is also producing the project with Freedman. The series will get to know the person who has been living a hidden life then after their reveal the program will document how this news has changed the person’s life and relationships. (Cynopsis 12/12)

New research from Starcom USA and TiVo shows that more than 90% of those who own digital video recorders “always” or “almost always” zap ads during taped shows. But the study also said that about a third of the participants would watch commercials they deemed to be relevant and that more than 60% would stick around for the ads if they were more relevant. MediaPost Communications/Media Daily News (12/11)