A&E is moving forward with a pilot for the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced procedural, Cooler Kings. Set in Honolulu, the story follows a former Honolulu cop out to avenge his lover’s death. He begins working with the"Cooler Kings," a set of detectives hoping to combat "the seedy side of Paradise," Variety says. No casting has been announced.

Party planner David Tutera, who memorably clashed with eventual Celebrity Apprentice winner Joan Rivers on Sunday’s finale, told Barbara Walters on her Sirius XM Radio show Monday that Rivers is "a monster." Tutera was tasked to work with Rivers to plan a charity auction, but he told Walters he quit in part because "Joan and Melissa [Rivers] were completely incapable of giving me their insight on how the party should look. They had zero direction…. In 23 years of being in business, I have never left anyone, no matter how difficult they are to work with. Her behavior towards any human being was so unacceptable to me. [She's] such a monster I cannot begin to even explain."

Tutera, who also hosts the WE-TV show My Fair Wedding, says Celebrity Apprentice producers "manipulated" the situation by telling him ahead of time that he was not to give Rivers any ideas of his own. "When I got into the room and [Joan's team] gave me no ideas," he said, "I was left to sort of stand there and defend myself." When Walters asked Tutera whether he would work for Rivers again, Tutera replied, "Absolutely over my dead body."

For the first time, directors and writers for regular comedy series like The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live will compete in separate Emmy categories from those for one-time TV specials like the Academy Awards, reports Variety. Traditionally, writers and directors had been grouped together in general "Variety, Music or Comedy Program" categories.

To avoid overwhelming the prime-time Emmy Awards with more prizes, the announcements for the newly split Variety, Music or Comedy Series and Special categories will alternate between the main telecast and the un-aired Creative Arts ceremony. Meanwhile, in March, the Television Academy cut the "individual performance" category from all Variety, Music or Comedy programs — instead, nominees for Best VMC Series and Best VMC Special will include the respective programs’ hosts along with the producers.

Fresh off her Celebrity Apprentice win, Joan Rivers will be participating in another TV program: TV Land’s How’d You Get So Rich? The 30-minute, six-episode series, which premieres Aug. 12, follows Rivers as she explores the homes belonging to millionaires like the inventor of BillyBob Teeth and the Obama coin peddler. Larry W. Jones, TV Land’s president, says the following in a press release: "There is no one more outrageous and hilarious than Joan Rivers to introduce America to multimillionaires who prove that there is no such thing as small ideas! How’d You Get So Rich? is the perfect escapist fantasy and in these tough times – an inspiration.  The guy who made a 5 chamber bubble wand is worth $50 million.  Why didn’t I think of that!”