Scandal 101

I made a joke yesterday about a reality show about Jamie Lynn Spears’ pregnancy, but, as usual, whenever you jest about Hollywood cynicism, you’re not far from the truth.

Turns out I just had the medium wrong: OK! Magazine has shelled out $1 million for the first photos of mom and baby, and for that, she and her mother-of-the-year candidate mom (who had to shelve a book on raising children in light of this – but not, apparently, in light of all of Britney’s antics) granted the publication an exclusive interview.

(Don’t rule out that reality show, though.)

And now Nickelodeon, mired in a public relations disaster, is considering something that really seems inevitable and necessary: a Linda Ellerbee Nick News special on teen sex and love:

“Rather than focus strictly on Spears, Ellerbee said she's considering producing a broad discussion about how people know they're in love, when is the right time to have sex and what are the value systems of their parents and friends. It could air as soon as next month.”

Meanwhile, the future of Spears’ show, “Zoey 101,” is up in the air. The current season ends early January with a cliffhanger (one far more prosaic than Zoey learning she’s pregnant, naturally), but it seems it’d be difficult for the network with the squeaky-clean image to continue the show under such circumstances.