Another Starr Report exclusive:

Former WWE superstar Chuck Palumbo will star in “Lords of the Car Hoards,” a new reality show premiering March 17 (10 p.m.) on Discovery Channel.

Palumbo will be joined on the show by hot-rod guru Rick Dore as they rebuild legendary cars by visiting “car hoarders” (people who collect classic automobiles). On each episode, Palumbo and Dore will offer car hoarders a deal: pick one dream car from their overcrowded car collection to rebuild — while covering the costs of the remake by parting with and selling other cars and car parts from their hoard.

Palumbo left the WWE in 2008 to chase his passion for cars and motorcycles; Dore has been building custom-made cars for over 20 years and has been inducted into several automotive halls of fame.

‘Ellen, ‘Live’ reap Oscar benefits

Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres’ daytime talk show, “Ellen,” got a huge post-Oscars bump Monday — averaging a 4.8 household rating, the best in its 11-year history, beating its previous best (a 3.8, which it earned back in 2004). It was also “Ellen’s” highest-rated episode in women 18-49 and women 25-54 since. DeGeneres’ guests Monday (4 p.m./Ch. 4) included newly minted Oscar winners Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong’o.

Meanwhile, the “Live with Kelly and Michael” annual “After Oscar Show” telecast on Monday was the show’s highest-rated episode since Nov. 18, 2011 — Regis Philbin’s last day on “Live.” The post-Oscars show, which aired live at 9 a.m. from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood — site of Sunday night’s Oscarcast — notched a 4.9 household rating, up 26 percent from last year’s “After Oscar Show” and was up 25 percent in women 25-54 (the key daytime demo).

ABC, by the way, has revised the numbers for Sunday night’s Oscar telecast to 43.7 million viewers, the show’s best viewership since 2000 (with host Billy Crystal).

In other awards-show news, Conan O’Brien will host the 2014 MTV Movie Awards, airing live from the Nokia Theatre in LA on Sunday, April 13. “After eight years of intense negotiations, I am honored to announce I am hosting MTV’s second most prestigious awards show,” O’Brien joked. Nominees will be announced 7 a.m. Thursday online at movieawards.mtv.com.

Last, but not least…

NBC’s Tom Brokaw will be honored for his public service Wednesday with the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award at The Jefferson Awards (noon-2 p.m. at The Pierre) . . . The 9th Annual New York’s Funniest Reporter Show will take place Sunday, July 20 at Gotham Comedy Club (W. 23rd Street) . . . This week’s obnoxiously big, waste-of-cardboard mailer: Syfy’s “Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge.” Straight into the recycling bin.