MTV Networks has promoted programming veteran Lois Curren to president, entertainment and programming of the flagship network.

Lois Curren will oversee all development, production, program planning and scheduling for MTV. In Jan. 2006, Curren was jumped up to executive vp, MTV series entertainment, where she was charged with leading all of MTV long-form programming.

Curren has been a genuine sensation machine, overseeing such unscripted series such as The Osbournes and Newlyweds.
First list of shows in development is Scarred, a 10-epiosde series that will profile the people behind the Web’s most compelling viral videos. (MTV2 got a jump on this meme-based initiative two years ago when it launched The Andy Milonakis Show on the strength of a Web clip documenting the winningly infantile performer’s protest ballad, “The Super Bowl Is Gay.”)

Also on tap are: Room 401, an eight-episode offering from Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst Film and TV, which puts a supernatural twist on the actor’s original Punk’d template; Me & Mr. Jones, a half-hour doc series that sheds some light on the marriage of New York hip-hop artists Nas and Kelis; and The Kentucky Kid, an eight-episode strip that tails pro motorcycle racer Nicky Hayden in his quest to extend his reign as MotoGP world champion.