E! Renews ‘After Lately’ For Third Season

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 27, 2012 @ 2:48pm PDT
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After Lately RenewedEXCLUSIVE: I have learned that E! is finalizing a deal for a third-season renewal of After Lately, the offshoot from the network’s successful late-night talk show Chelsea Lately. The pickup will likely be announced Monday at E!’s upfront presentation. Chelsea Lately has already been renewed through 2014 as part of the new rich deal Chelsea Handler signed with E! in November. Handler, along with her Borderline Amazing Prods partner Tom Brunelle, serve as executive producers on both Chelsea Lately and After Lately. The second-season finale of After Lately in January, which featured appearances by Jennifer Aniston, Jay Leno and Jane Fonda, drew the series’ largest audience ever, 1.7 million total viewers. Overall, Season 2 of the comedy late-night show, whose guests also have included Reese Witherspoon, averaged 1.1 million total viewers, up 33% from Season 1.

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SUNDAY CABLE RATINGS: ‘Walking Dead’, ‘Kourtney & Kim’ And ‘After Lately’ Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday November 28, 2011 @ 11:50am PST
Nellie Andreeva

While broadcast series suffered across-the-board ratings declines last night, some of their cable brethren were sizzling. AMC’s The Walking Dead wrapped its fall run with 6.6 million viewers — a whopping 4.5 million of them in the adults 18-49 … Read More »

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Chelsea Handler Signs Big New E! Deal

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 15, 2011 @ 12:01pm PST
Nellie Andreeva

After lengthy negotiations, E! has signed signature star Chelsea Handler in a rich new two-year deal. Under the pact, which I hear is worth $25 million, Handler will continue as host and executive producer of her E! late-night talk show … Read More »

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E! Renews ‘After Lately’ For Second Season

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 5, 2011 @ 10:15am PDT
Nellie Andreeva

E! has renewed After Lately, the mocumentary set behind the scenes of Chelsea Handler’s late-night show for the network, Chelsea Lately. Production on Season 2 of the reality/improv series is set to begin shortly. After Lately wrapped its first season … Read More »

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Solid Debut For ‘After Lately’ On E!

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 7, 2011 @ 10:35am PST
Nellie Andreeva

The series premiere of E!’s After Lately last night drew almost 1.2 million viewers from 11-11:30PM, nearly doubling the previous four-week time period and year-ago delivery with both measures. The weekly mocumentary follows Chelsea Handler and her staff as they put together her nightly late-night show for E!. Also on … Read More »

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