TV In Brief

Congratulations are in order for GERALDO RIVERA and his wife, ERICA LEVY. The talk show host-turned- Fox News reporter and the fifth Mrs. Rivera are expecting a baby -- his fifth, her first -- in August...

Looks like Showtime is high on Weeds. The Hollywood Reporter has ordered ten episodes of the MARY-LOUISE PARKER comedy about a suburban mother who starts selling marijuana to make a living after her husband dies unexpectedly. ELIZABETH PERKINS co-stars as the uptight PTA president and former Saturday Night Live-er KEVIN NEALON plays one of the town's city council members. No word on when the show will premiere...

TERI HATCHER, MARCIA CROSS, FELICITY HUFFMAN, EVA LONGORIA, and NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN of ABC's Desperate Housewives have taped an NBA-themed promo. The spot, which will air Christmas Day during the Miami Heat-Los Angeles Lakers game, will be controversy free...

The new season of Fox's 24 will kick off its fourth season with a two-day, four-hour event on Sunday and Monday, January 9th and 10th. The KIEFER SUTHERLAND drama will move to its regular time of 9:00 p.m., ET on Monday, January 17th...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday that the date of the 78th Academy Awards is being pushed back a week to accommodate the closing ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics. The new date will be Sunday, March 5, 2006. That change won't affect the date of the 77th Academy Awards, which is scheduled for Sunday, February 27, 2005...

HARRISON FORD is taking his act to Iraq. According to Variety, the star has signed on to play a key character in a film tentatively titled True Glory: The Battle for Fallujah. Double Feature is producing the film with backing from Universal...