reality blurred + archives + July 29 to August 4, 2001

Monday, Jul. 30, 2001

Shannon "now appears to have given up any introspection."
Shannon "now appears to have given up any introspection." Zap2it.com reports on Shannon's change of, well, everything; her meetings with the press post expulsion from...
report: there will not be a celebrity edition of Survivor.
report: there will not be a celebrity edition of Survivor. Days after 'NSync's Lance Bass confirmed that there'd be a celebrity Survivor, a report from...

reality TV versus the censors.
reality TV versus the censors. Inside.com reports on conflicts--or the lack thereof--between network's standards and practices divisions and reality TV show producers as reality TV...
if he could, Shapiro would limit web access; only 14,000 people signed up.
if he could, Shapiro would limit web access; only 14,000 people signed up. Big Brother 2's new executive producer isn't psyched about the live feeds...

Kenya responds to concerns over Survivor's impact on the environment.
Kenya responds to concerns over Survivor's impact on the environment. The Kenya Tourist Board says that the Survivor 3 production knows that taping in the...
"its critics are still in denial, but the numbers are there."
"its critics are still in denial, but the numbers are there." The New York Times' Bill Carter talks about the reality TV trend and what...

Big Brother pushed back to 9 p.m.
Big Brother pushed back to 9 p.m. The three weekly episodes of Big Brother 2 will now air at 9 p.m. ET, instead of 8...

"America's favourite reality diva bitch" shows up on Canada's U8TV.
"America's favourite reality diva bitch" shows up on Canada's U8TV. Jerri stopped by U8TV's loft last night to chat with lofter Mathieu about her appearance...
Mike booted; Hardy is HOH again.
Mike booted; Hardy is HOH again. Mike Boogie, er, Malin, er, Carri, was evicted from the Big Brother 2 by a vote of 4 to...
Charlotte wins UK Survivor, which ends with slightly better ratings.
Charlotte wins UK Survivor, which ends with slightly better ratings. On Wednesday, Charlotte Hobrough won £1m when the UK's Pulua Tiga version of Survivor concluded....
Manhunt starts tonight.
Manhunt starts tonight. UPN's Manhunt, which follows 13 people hunted by "[t]hree highly trained, highly conditioned relentless predators" and who get their heads shaved if...

MikeMalin.com: flattery at its finest.
MikeMalin.com: flattery at its finest. Mike's out in the real world now, where he'll find that some friends of his bought his domain name, mikemalin.com,...
another injury for Jeff Probst.
another injury for Jeff Probst. Jeff Probst was recently stung by a scorpion on the set of Survivor 3. But unlike the jellyfish sting he...