This may relieve some of our more vocal Crocker-haters in the comments: That Variety article that Dan just linked to isn’t actually telling you anything new.

In my profile of Chris Crocker back in May, I wrote about the development deal that Variety (and DListed) are now making sound new.

Over on YouTube, where Chris also posts, the total number of views for his videos long ago passed the one million mark. Among the people far away from Real Bitch Island who are tuning in: Cassie, the R&B star, who has a subscription to the Chris Crocker video stream on her YouTube page; Glenn Meehan, a Los Angeles producer who recently inked a deal with Chris to develop ideas for a TV show; and Matt Sunbulli, MTV’s “web correspondent,” who has requested a Chris Crocker video for the MTV website.

I’m not posting this to be huffy about Variety and DListed not having noticed my story, or not having noticed that particular line in my story—I don’t care, no big deal in the end, it’s just showbusiness. But I do want to clarify: There is some distance between having a development deal and actually having a TV show, and Crocker only has a development deal right now.

I just spoke to Meehan again, and he confirmed that nothing new has happened. “We’ve had him under a deal since you were up there with him,” Meehan told me. “It’s the same one.”

But, he added:

There could be news soon.