week of August 5, 2001

Sunday, Aug. 5, 2001

• The Real Cannonball Run 2001 debuts tonight on USA Network.
  The Real Cannonball Run 2001 debuts tonight on USA Network. USA revives the cross-country race tonight with The Real Cannonball Run 2001, which follows "six...

Monday, Aug. 6, 2001

• Arnold Shapiro: "We're not ashamed" about Big Brother 2.
  Arnold Shapiro: "We're not ashamed" about Big Brother 2. Discussing his new MTV documentary-style Flipped, which debuts tonight and follows two people who switch lives...
• Real says 25,000 people signed up for the Big Brother 2 feeds.
  Real says 25,000 people signed up for the Big Brother 2 feeds. Although an earlier story said that just 14,000 people had signed up for...
• more Real World protestors: "get the hell out of our neighborhood."
  more Real World protestors: "get the hell out of our neighborhood." More protests were held at The Real World Chicago house on Friday. As Liquid...
• low ratings for dramas and other fictional shows mean more reality TV.
  low ratings for dramas and other fictional shows mean more reality TV. Repeats of dramas and comedies have lead the networks to see a 13...

Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001

• ESPN casting Beg, Borrow and B.S.
  ESPN casting Beg, Borrow and B.S. ESPN is seeking cast members for its forthcoming Beg, Borrow and B.S., a reality TV show that appears to...
• HBO's Hard Knocks is "must-see after just one episode."
  HBO's Hard Knocks is "must-see after just one episode." The six-episode Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Baltimore Ravens debuted on HBO last Wednesday, and...
• Romania's Temptation Island a hit.
  Romania's Temptation Island a hit. Romania's first reality TV show is a version of Temptation Island, which airs daily in the country and has earned...
• Krista "initially lied to the show's producers" about arrest for battery.
  Krista "initially lied to the show's producers" about arrest for battery. As she confessed to on Big Brother 2 live feeds, Krista was arrested in...

Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001

• catch up with the Murder in Small Town X Dossier weblog.
  catch up with the Murder in Small Town X Dossier weblog. Having trouble following what's happening on Murder in Small Town X--especially now that it...
• Cannonball Run's hearse and monster truck are both up for auction.
  Cannonball Run's hearse and monster truck are both up for auction. Want to drive the hearse that Survivor's Susan Hawk and Jeff Varner are driving...
• Krista's family history no longer private as tabloids pick up the story.
  Krista's family history no longer private as tabloids pick up the story. "The very public present life of Krista Stegal soon will engulf her very...
• Michael will not run for Senate.
  Michael will not run for Senate. Citing both his family ("raising a good Christian family where the father is home is more important than any...
• Hardy was arrested for DUI.
  Hardy was arrested for DUI. In 1999, Hardy was arrested "in York, Pennsylvania for driving under the influence. Hill, 31, had a blood alcohol level...

Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001

• Cannonball Run's Jane was on Chains of Love.
  Cannonball Run's Jane was on Chains of Love. RealityTVfans.com has discovered that one of the members of team Third Wheel on The Real Cannonball Run...
• Amazing Race contestants revealed.
  Amazing Race contestants revealed. The 11 teams of two that will compete in The Amazing Race starting on Sept. 5 include two grandparents who've been...
• Big Brother's ratings are up.
  Big Brother's ratings are up. Tuesday's new 9 p.m. time slot saw Big Brother 2 "capturing its hour by all key measures for the first...

Friday, Aug. 10, 2001

• Eden's Crush performing at free Chicago concert tonight.
  Eden's Crush performing at free Chicago concert tonight. The Popstars group will headline the annual Rock the River concert, performing at 8:45 p.m. tonight in...
• Real World Chicago cast members get their own jobs--at a pizza place.
  Real World Chicago cast members get their own jobs--at a pizza place. An gossip column item in the Chicago Tribune suggests that The Real World...
• Budapest's first reality TV show, Bár, a hit, but not controversial.
  Budapest's first reality TV show, Bár, a hit, but not controversial. Budapest's foray into reality TV ended recently after 10 weeks which saw 11 people...
• Kent out; Nicole is new HOH.
  Kent out; Nicole is new HOH. Even Bunky voted for Kent, casting him from the Big Brother 2 house with a vote of 4 to...
• Hip Hop with Pop win The Real Cannonball Run 2001.
  Hip Hop with Pop win The Real Cannonball Run 2001. The frat bastards--er, Alpha Gamma Grandma--came in last place, defeated easily by both Hip Hop...

Saturday, Aug. 11, 2001

• where are they now?
  where are they now? Us Weekly's Aug. 20 issue includes a wrap-up of updates about past reality TV show participants. Highlights: Boot Camp's Jennifer Whitlow...
• Bands on the Run marathon today.
  Bands on the Run marathon today. VH1 is showing seven episodes of Bands on the Run in a quasi-marathon today from 2 until 9:30 p.m....

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