Kutcher's Adventures in Hollywood

Nora watches Ashton Kutcher's hit TV shows Punk'd and Beauty and the Geek. I wouldn't know about them otherwise. One benefit of having our only television in the living room: I know what she watches, even if I flee from the room. But thanks to Nora I have spent many happy hours enjoying Project Runway and America's Next Top Model. But I digress: it turns out that Ashton Kutcher is a major TV producer. The NYT tells all:

Give him time. For Mr. Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, his partner in Katalyst Films, a burgeoning production company, are two of the busiest television producers in Hollywood. Four years after turning an updated version of “Candid Camera” called “Punk’d” into a hit on MTV, they have shows that are either in development for or will soon appear on four of the five broadcast networks. The first of those shows, “The Real Wedding Crashers,” has its premiere tonight on NBC. Loosely based on the 2005 film “Wedding Crashers,” the new show features improvisational actors who, with the cooperation of the bride and groom, infiltrate a wedding to create chaos and, it is hoped, hilarity. The show is co-produced with New Line Cinema, which owns the rights to the film.

Meanwhile Katalyst has shot pilots for two other network shows that are candidates for the CBS and ABC fall schedules. The CW network has committed to two additional seasons of “Beauty and the Geek,” a reality show that also has been sold in more than a dozen overseas markets.

MTV, having announced that this spring will mark the final season of “Punk’d,” is also now presenting “Adventures in Hollyhood,” a reality show that follows the exploits of Three 6 Mafia, the Oscar-winning rap group, as it adjusts to life in Hollywood. And MTV is also considering a new hidden-camera game show titled “Room 401.”