A&E plans ani project, matchmaker series

January 10, 2007 A&E Network has handed out its first animated pilot order to a project from the producers of "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist." In addition, the network is going into production on an unscripted series focusing on matchmaker Patti Novak and has ordered a pilot of a show about unexplained phenomena that it calls the "real" "X-Files." The announcements were made Tuesday during A&E's portion of the Television Critics Assn. winter press tour at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel.

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