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TLC’s mixed bag

TLC, the network that hopped aboard the reality show bandwagon before the rest of the channels on the dial, is bringing two disparate talents to the small screen this summer.

First up is Tanya Tucker, who will appear as the main focus of “Tuckerville,” a 26-episode series that will follow the country music star and her family as she records an album while looking after her two children, Reuters News Agency reports.

“Tanya Tucker can’t have it all, and invites viewers along as she faces heartfelt decisions about making a career comeback and being a single mom,” said David Abraham, executive vice president and general manager of TLC, while speaking to reporters last week at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour in Beverly Hills.

The network’s second new series will feature “Loveline” co-host Adam Carolla as the star of a new fix-it program.

Mr. Carolla, who worked as a carpenter before entering comedy, recently bought his North Hollywood boyhood home. During the course of the series, dubbed “The Adam Carolla Project,” he remodels that house with a handful of nonactor friends — with the goal of selling the upgraded digs.

The 13-episode series begins Oct. 5 at 10 p.m.

But “Tuckerville” and the “Carolla Project” aren’t the only reality offerings on TLC’s plate. Also on tap is “Going Hollywood,” a show that will highlight three young people who struggle to survive the often cutthroat entertainment industry while interning at various Hollywood companies. The reality series trailed three participants during their time at the Robert Evans Co., Method Man Enterprises and Kevin Spacey’s Trigger Street Productions.

The show’s surprise element will be finding out whether any of the interns received job offers after their five-week internships. None of the three is discussing the outcome at this point.

Evolving ‘Situation’

The word “situation” is suddenly getting a workout in cable news circles.

First, MSNBC hires Tucker Carlson and titles his show “The Situation With Tucker Carlson.”

Now, CNN is promising a hard-news experience for viewers of its three-hour afternoon news show “The Situation Room,” according to Reuters.

The show will debut Aug. 8.

“It’s old-fashioned, good, solid, serious journalism, which I’m dedicated to,” CNN veteran Wolf Blitzer said. Mr. Blitzer will anchor the show from a new studio in the District that will feature many of CNN’s top correspondents, contributors and analysts in a revolving format.

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