The Report: 7 Days of Deals

DEAL OF THE WEEK: Tales From TCA: Cocktails and Kardashians — Week 1 of the Television Critics Association’s confab in Pasadena produced a fair amount of deal news. HBO picked up Lena Dunham’s Girls to series. The Sex and the City-esque comedy, executive produced by Judd Apatow, Jenni Kinner (Undeclared) and Dunham, will begin production this spring in New York. AMC revealed that its Emmy-winning Mad Men will be back for a fifth season, though no premiere date is set. Breaking Bad begins production on its fourth season Jan. 13 in Albuquerque, N.M. A&E has ordered a second season of Storage Wars, which averaged 2.3 million viewers in its first season. The net also has ordered five episodes of the Intervention spinoff Relapse. Both shows will bow during second quarter. Emeril Lagasse will join Hallmark Channel’s daytime lineup with a cooking show set to bow in the fourth quarter, produced by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Financial guru Suze Orman will join Oprah Winfrey’s OWN with Money Class, targeted for a fall bow, featuring Orman directing money makeovers. Lisa Ling also touted her OWN show, Our America. Science Channel has ordered eight episodes of Ridley Scott’s Prophets of Science Fiction, which looks at real-life discoveries inspired by such sci-fi writers as Isaac Asimov, from Scott, Tony Scott, Bernadette McDaid and Mary Lisio. !E announced the fourth spinoff of Keeping up With the Kardashians. Khloe & Lamar will document the youngest Kardashian sister’s marriage to Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom. And ABC announced two comedy pilots: ABC Studios’ Man Up, a single-camera sitcom about three best friends, is from Chris Moynihan, Ron West and Kelly Kulchak. Warner Bros.’ Smothered, about a couple and their overbearing parents, is from Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen.  — Marisa Guthrie