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Grown up ‘Cosby’ kid gets own reality show

Knight Pulliam (Peter Kramer / The Spokesman-Review)
From Wire Reports

Rudy from “The Cosby Show” has grown up, and she’s about to show off her life on cable TV.

The Oxygen channel is developing a reality show about actress Keshia Knight Pulliam and her live-in boyfriend, Atlanta area entrepreneur Kaseem Penn. It will explore what it’s like being young, rich, single and co-habitating.

No air date is set for the show, titled “Keshia and Kaseem.”

The network will have two other new series later this year. “Addicted to Beauty” is a “docu-comedy” about the staff of a plastic surgery facility in California. “The Naughty Kitchen with Chef Blythe Beck” follows the life of the 29-year-old, Dallas-based chef.

Since being bought by NBC Universal, Oxygen has been seeking an audience of trend-setting women, generally ages 18 to 34. Its theme is “live out loud.”

Its most visible stars are Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott, who are filming the fourth season of their own reality series.

New order of ‘SVU’

NBC is renewing “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” for another season.

Series creator and executive producer Dick Wolf said he’s “thrilled” that the crime drama, NBC’s most-watched scripted series, will return for its 11th season.

Whether stars Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni, who are in contract talks, will be back as well remains a mystery.

Longer lives the king

Showtime has ordered what it says will be the final season of “The Tudors,” with Jonathan Rhys Meyers set to return in 10 more episodes as King Henry VIII.

The concluding installments of the series, to air in spring 2010, will chronicle Henry’s relationships with his last two wives, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr.

As with the previous 28 episodes, the final 10 will be written by series creator and executive producer Michael Hirst, Showtime said.