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EXCLUSIVE: Shaquille O'Neal has struck a deal with 50 Central producer Back Roads Entertainment to develop scripted and non-scripted TV series. The four-time NBA Champion, who played for six teams including Orlando Magic and LA Lakers across his 19-year career, and partner Michael Parris are looking to create, develop…

Shaquille O'Neal will give fans a look into his post-NBA season dealings in the upcoming TNT docuseries Shaq Life. The series takes viewers along with the four-time NBA champion for a look at his summer break business and entertainment dealings, TNT announced Wednesday. It will reveal how Shaq spends his time on DJ…

Following Shaquille O'Neal and Ken Jeong’s viral showdown on TBS’ rap battle series Drop the Mic, the network has reunited the duo for a new unscripted comedy project, Unqualified (working title), which has received a pilot order. It will follow O'Neal and Jeong as they take on different odd jobs, including patrolling…

Bringing some laughs to the Lumière stage at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity today, Conan O'Brien and Shaquille O'Neal talked about comedy, their brands and the relationship they have to their audiences. Just don't ask Shaq to stump for Spam. Basketball legend O'Neal, who co-hosts TNT's Inside The…

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live kicks off its annual Game Night primetime specials tonight with this sneak peek of its NBA edition of MeanTweets. Shaquille O’Neal, who gets called old and fat by one mean tweeter, is featured along with James Harden and DeAndre Jordan. You can see the entire MeanTweets bit on Jimmy Kimmel Live…

Meryl Hathaway (The Comeback) and Miles Fisher (Psych) have been tapped as female and male leads opposite Shaquille O’Neal on TruTV’s Shaq, Inc. and Matty Cardarople (Selfie), and Carl Anthony Payne (Martin) have also landed roles in the workplace comedy pilot that’s loosely based on the business empire of  O'Neal…

TruTV continues its push into original scripted programming with a pilot order to Shaq Inq. (working title), a workplace comedy loosely based on the business empire of Shaquille O'Neal. The former NBA star-turned-business mogul and occasional actor will topline and executive produce the project from Mandalay Sports Med…

The recently retired NBA star is the host of Upload With Shaquille O’Neal, on which he, comedians Gary Owen and Godfrey, and a special guest scour the Web for the funniest online videos. They also will create their own viral videos, pull pranks and give their takes on pop culture. TruTv has ordered 10 episodes of the…

TruTV‘s slate of development titles announced today include a Howie Mandel-produced game show set on an airplane and a funny-video pilot from the producers of America’s Funniest Home Videos and Tosh.0 starring Shaquille O’Neal and Gary Owen. There are four series on the production slate, including the cast-contingent…