'Secret Life of the American Teenager' to End After This Season

Sorry, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" fans; the ride is almost over.

The ABC Family series will end its run after it concludes its final season, the network told TheWrap.

The good news? The teen drama, which stars Shailene Woodley, Ken Baumann, Mark Derwin and Molly Ringwald, and centered around the repercussions of teen pregnancy, still has a way to go before the goodbyes. The second half of the fifth season will premiere in March, with 12 episodes to go.

J.J. Abrams Lands 'Adulting' Comedy With Fox

After years of giving you the chills, J.J. Abrams wants to tickle your funnybone.

The "Lost" and "Revolution" honcho is spreading his wings into the comedy arena with a new project, "Adulting," that has landed a put-pilot agreement with Fox, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.

The single-camera, half-hour project is based on the upcoming Kelly Williams Brown book "Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 387 Easy(ish) Steps."

Abrams will executive-produce the project, which comes via his Bad Robot production company and Warner Bros. Television. Abrams' partner Bryan Burk will also executive-produce, with Kathy Lingg of Bad Robot serving as co-executive producer. Bad Robot's Athena Wickham will also serve as a producer.

Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, whose credits include the big-screen offerings "The Vow" and "Valentine's Day," will write and also serve as executive producers.

Scheduled for release in May 2013 by Grand Central Publishing, Brown's book is billed as "an incredibly wise, absurdly relatable, totally hilarious guide to all the things that young adults think that they should know already - but don't."

Harvey Weinstein, Michael Flatley Pair Up to Create the Grammys of the Dance World

Harvey Weinstein wants to create the dance equivalent of the Grammys. And he's enlisting none other than the Lord of the Dance, Michael Flatley, to do it.

The Weinstein Company co-chairman shared a stage at the MIPCOM conference in Cannes this week to announce the launch of a new televised awards show, the World Dance Awards, British newspaper the Guardian reports.

"If this show has a cousin, it's the Grammys," Weinstein said, according to the paper. "It's going to be a game changer for all the networks that buy the show. This is going to be a ratings blockbuster that the people who buy it early will have year after year after year."

Flatley, the dancer-choreographer behind the Irish dance shows "Riverdance" and "Lord of the Dance" conceived the awards show idea.

"We owe this to the millions and millions of kids around the world who dance," he said, adding that dance legends such as Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Michael Jackson provided inspiration for the show. "The sky's the limit, we've got to reach all the little children."

Surely, the throngs of preteen Gene Kelly fans are breathing a sigh of relief right now, and perhaps bursting into a celebratory performance of the Lindy Hop while they're at it.

A spokesman for the Weinstein Company has not yet responded to TheWrap's request for further detail.

'The Valleys' Lateysha gets tearful, threatens to walk off show

Beyoncé lookalike Lateysha Grace threatens to walk off MTV reality show The Valleys tonight after getting upset about her exclusion from the rest of the cast.

The wannabe model has an emotional phonecall from her mum and contemplates quitting the series after her co-stars throw a Sexy Bo Peeps and Hunky Farmers party.

Talking about her battles with Leeroy and Liam on the show, she comments: "For the first time ever I feel like I'm not going to last in Cardiff… if it's not Leeroy, it's Liam, it's just too much."

Speaking to her mum, she adds: "Everybody in the house is having fun but I just don't feel part of this group anymore… I think I'm going to go."

Lateysha's emotions trigger more tears from Nicole Morris, who pleads with her not to pack her bags. "I don't want her to go," Morris tells the cameras.

NBC Is Top-Rated Network of the Season - So Far

Two weeks into the new fall season, NBC is the top-rated network after lagging in fourth place for years. CBS remains easily the most-watched network.

NBC displaced ABC last season as the third-highest-rated network in the 18-49 demographic. As happy as NBC is to be in first, the situation could quickly change: Other networks still have big guns to roll out, including "American Idol" on Fox, which usually finishes the season at No. 1 in the ratings.

It's been nine years since NBC was last the top-rated network two weeks into the season. NBC has averaged a 2.8 rating in the demo, the one most important to advertisers, while Fox and CBS are both averaging a 2.4.

Fox entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly said over the summer that the Super Bowl could help CBS become the highest-rated network in the demo this season, as well as remain the most-watched network overall.

But the ratings leader for now is NBC, thanks largely to the success of TV's top-rated show, "Sunday Night Football," and the hit singing competition "The Voice."

More good news for NBC: It is the only network that is up in both the demo and total viewers. ABC, CBS and Fox are down in both.

And some bad news: Though tops in the demo, NBC is third in total viewers. It is, however, doing better than it was at this point last year, when it was fourth.

'Louie' Going on Extended Hiatus Until 2014

One of the hardest working men in show business is taking a bit of a breather: "Louie" is going on extended hiatus until 2014, FX announced.

The Emmy-winning Louis C.K. has a famously intense work ethic: He writes, produces, stars, directs and edits the show, as well as maintaining a thriving standup career. He said the extra time between the show's recently completed third season and its fourth will help him keep the series as good as can be.

"I want the show to keep getting better," C.K. said on a conference call with reporters Tuesday. "I want season 4 to go somewhere new."

The break, C.K. told TheWrap, will help him "feel hungry." He said his anxiousness to return wil fuel his creativity.

"I get really irritated when I'm not working or not on the air," he said. "There's a big part of me that does not want to do this."

C.K. said he thinks of the show's first three seasons as a trilogy, and hopes to begin a new story with the fourth.

The longer break between seasons will also allow him much more time to shoot and edit the show, as well as focus on standup. He has previously begun filming seasons in March for June airing, which forced him to edit and promote the show simultaneously.

The comedian, who is currently on a national tour, said he plans to begin shooting season 4 in September or October of 2013, for airing in May 2014.

FX president John Landgraf said C.K. asked for the extra time, and that working on the show has been an "incredibly joyful process." He said the longer break will give C.K. more time to grow as an artist.

"Sometimes there isn't time to live when you've got a successful show and a successful career," Landgraf said.

C.K. hired Woody Allen's editor, Susan E. Morse, to handle editing for the third season, but her husband died and he reclaimed editing duties. Having an editor made him realize how essential it is to the storytelling process, he said.

"I think what I'm learning is I've got to edit the show myself," he said. "I had to take the reins back."

C.K. said working on the show takes a personal toll, but that he's worked toward it for more than 25 years of doing standup and accepts it.  Like his character on the show, C.K. shares joint custody of two young daughters, and only shoots the show three days a week so he can spend more time with them.

"I think we have a pretty good thing going, meaning me my ex-wife and them," he said. "But I've got to say goodbye to them every week. It's something that gets routine but never easy."

'Big Bang Theory' Star Kaley Cuoco to Host People's Choice Awards Again

Kaley Cuoco is returning to host the People's Choice Awards in January.

 Cuoco, who plays Penny on CBS's "The Big Bang Theory," hosted the most recent ceremony. The show won a People's Choice Award in 2010 for Favorite TV Comedy.

"It’s an honor to return as host of the 2013 People's Choice Awards and kick off awards season with one of the most fun events of the year,” Cuoco said in a statement.

The People's Choice Awards 2013 will air live on CBS from from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 9 at 9 p.m. (with a delay for the Pacific time zone).