Even a caveman . . .

Those Geico "cavemen" may get their own television series. ABC said Friday it has ordered a pilot for a comedy, tentatively titled Cavemen, that features the characters used in a series of ads by the insurance company. In the potential series, the cavemen "struggle with prejudice on a daily basis as they strive to live the lives of normal thirtysomethings in 2007 Atlanta." The advertising copywriter who helped create the cavemen ads is writing the pilot, the studio said.

Celeb in you

TV networks and advertisers are increasingly adopting the YouTube model of viewer-created content. VH1, airing its third season of Web Junk 20, next month will premiere the Jack Black-hosted Acceptable TV, which attempts to fuse TV and Web. In February, Nickelodeon debuted ME:TV, featuring contributions from 10-year-olds. Last week TLC began a six-part documentary, My Life as a Child, where children were given cameras to videotape their lives.

Chatter

"Truthfully, this is a singing competition. I don't feel tonight reflects this."

Paula Abdul, American Idol judge, expressing disappointment about the early elimination of A.J. Tabaldo, who sang a rousing rendition of Nina Simone's Feeling Good last week.

Wired to cable

How extreme is catering as portrayed in Ace of Cakes, a weekly mini-documentary on the Food Network? Duff Goldman's employees at Charm City Cakes are more likely to shop for their tools at Home Depot (dowels and drills) than at Williams-Sonoma. The show airs Tuesdays.

Source: New York Times News Service