True Hollywood Story isn’t dead yet–this Saturday E!’s offering an “unauthorized” look at Renee Zellweger. It’s produced by Michael Lynn, the master of this genre, and one of the network’s few Emmy nominees.

And for the first time ever, you’ll hear how Renee and Kenny Chesney really hooked up! Of course, if we’d produced it, you’d see that scene acted out by Ken and a Bratz doll, in a haze of smoke.

THS has already covered the whole Texas Chainsaw Massacre oeuvre.

Saturday, March 1st from 6-7 PM Eastern/Pacific Time.

Virginia Heffernan of the NY Times reviews E!’s new spin-off from True Hollywood Story, Blvd. of Broken Dreams and compares it unfavorably to VH1′s Behind the Music. The show’s just not mean enough. However, Niki Taylor has slapped the network with a federal slander suit, alleging emotional distress. The suit, which also includes fraud, breach of contract and invasion of privacy, said that

E! falsely claimed that the show would focus on Taylor’s current life and professional endeavors, including her signature fragrance, clothing line, upcoming cosmetics line and charitable foundation

Instead (surprise, surprise) the network and its producer focused on Taylor’s past hardships and characterized her as a celebrity

who risked everything … and lost.

Nothing like a lawsuit to get an producer noticed. THS is basically cancelled, and EP Suzanne Ross needs to develop something, anything to either solidify her position on the quicksands of E!’s executive offices or have an original series on her resume when she leaves. Any show at E! has to do three things: make use of the existing footage, come in under budget, and not piss off anyone off. To quote Meatloaf:

Two out of three ain’t bad.