'Secret Life' and 'Make It' return Jan. 4, Bill Maher renewed

"The Secret Life of the American Teenager" and "Make It or Break It" will get the ball rolling a few weeks before ABC Family gets its three-hour Monday drama block started.

The two dramas will make their second-half season premieres on Monday, Jan. 4, "Secret Life" at 8 p.m. ET/PT and then "Make It" at 9 p.m., the cable network announced Wednesday. They were previously scheduled to premiere a week later on Jan. 11.

"American Teenager" completes its second season with 12 all-new epiosdes, while "Make It," a family drama set in the world of competitive gymnastics, has 10 more to go for its freshman season.

Three weeks later, on Jan. 25, college drama "Greek" will join the party at the 10 p.m. slot to make the network's mega Monday programming block.

In other less-girly TV news ...

 - According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO has renewed its political talk show "Real Time With Bill Maher" for an eighth season. It will debut on Friday, Feb. 19th at 9 p.m., an hour earlier than its previous time slot.

-  NBC and the people behind the "Top Chef" franchise will launch "The United Plates of America." We kid you not. That's the name, well, working title anyway. We're scared/hopeful it sticks. As you may suspect, it's a culinary reality competition show in which the winner will launch their own chain of restaurants. THR called the prize "the biggest in reality show history."

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