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December 16, 2008 Among them are spinoffs of "Run's House" and "Rob & Big"; a show from Nick Lachey about performing arts students in Cincinnati; another from Johnny Knoxville starring a professional daredevil; and a series that goes behind the scenes at College¬Humor.com. Also on the slate are a Donald Trump-produced series that will attempt to reform party girls, another exec produced by Matt Stone and Trey Parker that's based on the "How's Your News?" short films and a college-set series produced by students. Tony Disanto, MTV's executive vp series development and programming, said the slate marks an "unprecedented volume of new content" for the network, which is launching a two-hour block at 9 p.m. Sundays and adding original content in the 9 p.m. hour Mondays and Thursdays.

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