FINALLY

Basketball sitcom: Fiery college basketball coach Bob Knight has given his blessing to a proposed sitcom that CBS and Paramount are developing about his life. He would serve as a consultant.

Baseball doc: Spike TV has commissioned a 90-minute documentary for next year from producer Dan Klores. “Viva Baseball” will be a history of Latinos in baseball.

Cast change: In what was described as an amicable parting, the producers of the TV series “Monk” say actress Bitty Schram has departed the show, on which she played Sharona Fleming, Monk’s personal nurse.

New host: Mark McGrath, lead singer of the band Sugar Ray, will become co-host of the syndicated TV show “Extra” on Sept. 13.

In on the action: Donald Trump has his own reality show, “The Apprentice,” and now his ex-wife is getting into the game. Ivana Trump will host “Ivana Young Man,” a Fox program in which bachelors in their 20s compete for the affection of “a more mature, well-to-do lady.”