Showtime has announced plans to air The Real L Word: Los Angeles, a new reality series about real-life Los Angeles lesbians. The nine-episode, one-hour reality series comes from the preeminent chronicler of lesbian stories, Ilene Chaiken, who served as creator and executive producer of the long-running Showtime drama series, 'The L Word,' and will executive produce the new series, the U.S.

The Showtime cable network says it will not pick up the pilot for the drama Possible Side Effects from U.S. actor Tim Robbins. The Hollywood Reporter said Friday the U.S.

Network To Launch Exclusive iPhone Web Application For Emmy(R) Voters Groundbreaking SHOWTIME Website Showcasing Network's Eligible Series Returns For Second Year LOS ANGELES, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- SHOWTIME is taking its Primetime Emmy(R) campaign to a whole new platform as it launches the 2009 Emmy(R) season. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060131/SHOWTIMELOGO ) Beginning this April, voting members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) will be able to exclusively view full seasons of critically-acclaimed SHOWTIME original series through their iPhones and iPodTouch devices.

U.S. actress and musician Leisha Hailey is set to reprise her role of Alice in the pilot for a spinoff of the TV drama "The L Word," Showtime announced Friday. The pilot is slated to begin shooting in December.

The U.S. cable television network Showtime announced this week it has renewed its lesbian drama The L Word for a sixth and final season. Production is expected to resume in early summer, the network said.