'Little Mosque on the Prairie' coming to America

A number of American cable networks and studios had interest in the popular project.

"Fox got the creative vision of the show, that it has to be funny while it treads sensitively on certain Muslim issues," original series executive producer Mary Darling said, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Created by Zarqa Nawaz, "Little Mosque on the Prairie" focuses on the small Muslim community in a fictional Saskatchewan town.

The show premiered on CBC in early 2007 to extensive international attention and strong ratings. A second season premiered last fall, and a third season has already been ordered.

The original "Little Mosque" has yet to air on American TV, and a separate deal to sell the series for broadcast could still be coming.

The show was referenced in a number of early reviews for The CW's "Aliens in America," a well-regarded comedy that failed to generate a substantial enough audience to earn a renewal.

Laila Ali's baby will be a boy

As a boxing champ and former "Dancing With the Stars" competitor, Laila Ali is used to dealing with boys and pain.

The pregnant "American Gladiator" co-host revealed that she and her husband, retired NFL star Curtis Conway, are expecting a boy, reports Us magazine.com.

"His name is going to be Curtis Jr. and Mohammed is the middle name," she said at the "Celebrity Family Feud" taping in Los Angeles.

Ali, 30, intends to work with a midwife to do a "natural home birth with no medication."

Being pregnant isn't any excuse for getting out of shape.

"(I do) an hour of cardio on the elliptical or spinning but not such high impact," she says. "Then, I also do some Pilates and light weight training but nothing very strenuous."

So far, Ali has gained about 20 pounds. She's due in about three months.

Arsenio Hall to host show called 'Funniest Moments'

Arsenio Hall will be joining the MyNetworkTV family.

The actor and former talk show personality will take his hosting expertise to "Funniest Moments," the working title for the network's new reality series airing Wednesday nights this fall.

The show will take advantage of the YouTube and user-submitted online video craze and highlight hilarious moments recorded for the world to see. "Funniest Moments" will be an hour-long program.

'Army Wives' musters record audience for Lifetime network

The second-season premiere of "Army Wives" followed in the footsteps of the series debut a year ago, setting ratings records for Lifetime.

About 4.5 million people watched the premiere June 8, making the episode the most-watched original series telecast in the cable channel's history (a record previously held by "The Division," which drew 4 million viewers in February 2002). The episode also set Lifetime marks for ratings among the network's core audience of women 18-49 and 25-54.

The premiere also represented a 29-percent increase over last year's premiere, which at 3.5 million viewers stands as the best series opener Lifetime has ever had. The episode also posted big gains in all the relevant female demographics, including a 61 percent jump among women 18-34.

The evening of June 8 was pretty decent for cable series not on Lifetime, too. The return of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" on USA drew about 4.5 million viewers, an improvement of about 800,000 over the show's network debut last fall. A new season of "Ice Road Truckers" on History also brought in a sizable audience, averaging 3.9 million viewers. That compares favorably to the 3.4 million viewers who tuned into the series premiere last year.

Allen to host 'Food Detectives'

Culinary expert Ted Allen, who was one of the Fab Five on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" and gets to sit on a panel of judges on "Top Chef," gets to take the lead this time around.

The Emmy winner will host Food Network's new series "Food Detectives," premiering July 29.

"I'm so excited to be working with Food Network on this new series," said Allen.

"It's a fantastic opportunity for me to head up my own show, and I know that viewers are going to be totally engaged with the information we are discovering on 'Food Detectives.' "

On the half-hour show, which is a mix of "Good Eats," "Mr. Wizard" and "Mythbusters," Allen will call on the help of culinary techs and the brains at Popular Science magazine to conduct experiments behind food myths.

Some of the ideas tested will be: the five-second rule and how long it takes the stomach to digest gum.

Viewers will also be encouraged to submit their own food conundrums to be tested.