Sunday, Feb. 18, 2001

• Fear's new season starts tonight with a visit to a haunted cement factory.
  Fear's new season starts tonight with a visit to a haunted cement factory. The new eight-episode season of Fear starts tonight. Six twenty-somethings will explore--in...

Monday, Feb. 19, 2001

• Britt starting her own e-commerce business.
  Britt starting her own e-commerce business. Yeah, good thinking, Britt; that'll certainly be a huge success....
• Courteney Cox watches Survivor.
  Courteney Cox watches Survivor. Discussing the Survivor versus Friends war with Entertainment Weekly online ("It's weird they would put it on against such a popular...
• Castaway marathon on BBC America today.
  Castaway marathon on BBC America today. The BBC's Castaway--about a group of 36 people stranded on an island for an entire year--reruns a whole days...
• Temptation Island's time slot will go to Boot Camp, not Love Cruise.
  Temptation Island's time slot will go to Boot Camp, not Love Cruise. Boot Camp, the eight-episode show about people who submit themselves to "Marine-style basic...
• season two ahead for Big Brother, probably for Temptation Island and The Mole.
  season two ahead for Big Brother, probably for Temptation Island and The Mole. Entertainment Weekly's Lynette Rice reports in the Feb. 23 issue that CBS...
• "It was actually a drugged, very tiny baby pig let loose by the crew."
  "It was actually a drugged, very tiny baby pig let loose by the crew." Without citing a source, Tim the Yowie Man, the Australian that...

Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2001

• Popstars group selected.
  Popstars group selected. Ivette, Rosanna, Nicole, Maile, and Ana are the Popstars that form an as-yet-unnamed group. Selected during Friday's episode, the group will now...
• reality TV shows push the "Bad Black Guy" stereotype.
  reality TV shows push the "Bad Black Guy" stereotype. Citing Temptation Island's Taheed, Big Brother's Will Mega, Survivor's Gervase and others, The Washington Post's Paul...
• web cam live in Real World house.
  web cam live in Real World house. The cast has moved in and filming has started for The Real World New York, and you can...
• CBS counter sues Stacey for $5 million, citing "breach of contract, extortion, defamation and disparagement."
  CBS counter sues Stacey for $5 million, citing "breach of contract, extortion, defamation and disparagement." CBS is fighting back against Survivor Stacey Stillman, who sued...

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001

• nurses want Tina to stop being called a "nurse."
  nurses want Tina to stop being called a "nurse." The American Nurses Association issued a press release earlier this month asking CBS to refer...
• Slate presents Temptation Island CliffsNotes.
  Slate presents Temptation Island CliffsNotes. As a service to those people who have spared themselves the trauma of watching Temptation Island up until now, Slate...
• spoiler: a final four Survivor revealed?
  spoiler: a final four Survivor revealed? (warning: story contains a possible spoiler; highlight the empty spot to read the spoiler.) The Boston Herald thinks it...
• most searched for Survivors are Kimmi, Elisabeth, Jerri and Amber.
  most searched for Survivors are Kimmi, Elisabeth, Jerri and Amber. The Lycos 50's Aaron Schatz reports today on which cast members of Survivor 2...
• CBS wants documentarian Arnold Shapriro to produce Big Brother.
  CBS wants documentarian Arnold Shapriro to produce Big Brother. The return of Big Brother may depend upon whether or not Arnold Shapriro, producer of Rescue...
• The Mole--and Anderson Cooper--will be back for a second season.
  The Mole--and Anderson Cooper--will be back for a second season. As was expected, ABC is definitely bringing back The Mole. The second series will be...
• Mark Burnett: "I was confident Survivor would be a cult phenomenon."
  Mark Burnett: "I was confident Survivor would be a cult phenomenon." The Chicago Tribune's TV critic, Steve Johnson, talks to Survivor creator Mark Burnett about...
• LA Times replaces "reality TV" with new descriptive names.
  LA Times replaces "reality TV" with new descriptive names. Resurrecting the old and tired (and wrong) "but they're not real!" argument, the LA Times will...

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2001

• why can't Keith cook rice?
  why can't Keith cook rice? This New York Times profile of Survivor 2's chef looks at his obsession with fame and his inability to...
• next Mole will include more players and a greater focus on them.
  next Mole will include more players and a greater focus on them. E! Online's report about the next season of The Mole quotes the co-creator...
• National Enquirer: Michael allegedly has a history of violence.
  National Enquirer: Michael allegedly has a history of violence. According to the National Enquirer (consider the source), Michael's violent behavior doesn't stop at stabbing...
• new reality TV show will combine actors and real people.
  new reality TV show will combine actors and real people. Like a televised murder mystery dinner theatre, a new eight-episode FOX show "will follow a...
• spoilers: challenges revealed.
  spoilers: challenges revealed. Based upon the Survivor day 14 and 15 production call sheets revealed by Peter Lance, SurvivorNews.net previews tonight's episode and makes...
• Survivor Deadpool forced to stop using parody logo by CBS.
  Survivor Deadpool forced to stop using parody logo by CBS. The Survivor Deadpool has "caved unequivocally to pressure from the CBS law department yesterday," the...

Friday, Feb. 23, 2001

• "will Temptation Island's Mandy and Billy go to hell?"
  "will Temptation Island's Mandy and Billy go to hell?" Yes....
• uncensored U8TV fight between Tre and Sandy online.
  uncensored U8TV fight between Tre and Sandy online. Didn't get your fill of interpersonal conflict from last night's fight between Kimmi and Alicia? Never fear....
• Ogakor finally wins a challenge and Kimmi finally walks.
  Ogakor finally wins a challenge and Kimmi finally walks. Yet another unanimous vote lead to Kucha tribe member Kimmi being voted out of the Outback...
• "Survivor has emerged as the undisputed winner of its Thursday showdown with Friends."
  "Survivor has emerged as the undisputed winner of its Thursday showdown with Friends." Early ratings show that Survivor beat NBC's Friends "by a convincing margin...

Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001

• Anderson Cooper: The Mole is "not something elementary like watching 10 people get along on an island."
  Anderson Cooper: The Mole is "not something elementary like watching 10 people get along on an island." Anderson Cooper explains that The Mole is...
• Mark Burnett is trying to sell a book.
  SURVIVOR%20%20CREATOR%20SHOPS%20A%20BOOK">Mark Burnett is trying to sell a book. Survivor's father is looking for a publisher to publish his proposed book Extreme Success: How to Survive...

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