Cable net orders second season of show

Ever wanted to spend the holidays with "world's first supermodel" Janice Dickinson? If your cable system carries the Oxygen network, you'll soon be able to do just that.

The channel has picked up a second season of its series "The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency" -- not surprisingly, since its run this summer made it the most successful original series in the six-year-old network's history. The new season, which starts production this week, will consist of eight episodes along with a holiday special, "Christmas with the Dickinsons."

The eight-episode order is down from season one's 10, but viewers will actually see more of the former "America's Next Top Model" judge and her diva-rific ways: Oxygen has decided to expand the show from 30 minutes to an hour each week.

"Janice's first season was a big hit. She is a one-of-a-kind personality and our audience couldn't get enough of her," says Debby Beece, head of programming and marketing at Oxygen. "Expanding the second season's format will give viewers the chance to get to know Janice even better."

"Christmas with the Dickinsons" is scheduled to premiere in December. Regular episodes -- which Oxygen promises will include the further growing pains of the agency and Dickinson confronting some disgruntled models from last season -- will roll out in January.

Dickinson in an executive producer of the series, along with Stuart Krasnow ("Average Joe") and Kevin Williams.