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AMC is bringing Hollywood to small town America with its new competition series, "Showville." Every week, the series visits a different city and pulls together a town talent show in just four days. Meanwhile, AMC's camera's follow the contestants at home and work to see how the contest (and possible stardom) affects their lives. Produced by Storyvision Entertainment, "Showville" is executive produced by Laurie Girion ("Cheerleader Nation," "Welcome to Sweetie Pies"). Also read: AMC's 'Small Town Security' Season 2 Preview: Still Nsfw (Exclusive Photos & Video) TheWrap has an exclusive sneak peek at a...

AMC is expanding its reality slate. The network has given the green light to a new unscripted reality series, Road Shows, which centers on small town talent competitions. The show is executive produced by creator Laurie Girion (Cheerleader Nation, Welcome to Sweetie Pies) and Storyvision Entertainment, and is distributed internationally by Sony Pictures Television. AMC also announced on Friday the renewal for a second season of Small Town Security, which centers on a small, family-run security and private investigation company. Both series are scheduled to premiere in the second quarter of 2013. Road Shows brings a little bit of

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How to Look Good Naked looks pretty good in Lifetime's view.

Naked, an unscripted series in which Carson Kressley teaches women of all sizes to love their bodies, became the female-targeted network's most-watched reality series premiere ever in the key adult demographics of 18-49 (868,000 viewers) and 18-34 (449,000) as well as among women 18-34 (344,000).

Overall, Naked averaged 1.8 million total viewers in its debut at 9 p.m. Friday, according to Nielsen Media Research.

By comparison, Lifetime's now-defunct unscripted series Cheerleader Nation -- which, like Naked, received a big promotional push -- debuted to 1.6 million viewers on a Sunday (March 12, 2006) and drew only 779,000 viewers when it moved to Fridays after three airings. Naked also improved on Nation's premiere numbers in 18-49 (858,000), 18-34 (403,000) and women 18-34 (291,000).

Following Naked were the premieres of the matchmaking series Matched in Manhattan (9:30 p.m.) and the party-planning programs Top This Party: Orange County (10 p.m.) and Top This Party: Las Vegas (10:30 p.m.). None of the three matched Naked's numbers, but Lifetime said they all improved on the network's women 18-34 performance by at least double-digit percentages compared with the same time periods a year ago.

Lifetime's new reality series Gay, Straight or Taken? averaged 1.3 million total viewers in its debut at 8 p.m. Monday, with a second episode at 8:30 p.m. drawing 1.6 million, the latter of which was on par with the premiere of Lifetime's now defunct reality show Cheerleader Nation in March. Following Gay, the Lifetime original movie To Be Fat Like Me, which aired at 9 p.m., averaged 3.7 million total viewers, above the 3.3 million average of all of Lifetime's original movies in 2006.