week of October 7, 2001

Monday, Oct. 8, 2001

• syndicated Weakest Link moves forward without Richard as host.
  syndicated Weakest Link moves forward without Richard as host. Richard Hatch hosted a pilot episode of Weakest Link that was being considered for the half-hour...
• a profile of Survivor's doctor.
  a profile of Survivor's doctor. The physician who was on-call when Michael fell in the fire serves as the medical director of Mark Burnett's Eco...
• Kathryn was "teary-eyed" over the players' reactions to "losing" their bags.
  Kathryn was "teary-eyed" over the players' reactions to "losing" their bags. On Friday's episode of The Mole 2, it was revealed that the contestant's bags...
• spoiler: a change on Survivor Africa.
  spoiler: a change on Survivor Africa. Futurizmo is reporting that it has confirmed a major but long rumored change to the structure of Survivor Africa's...

Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2001

• college offers reality TV course.
  college offers reality TV course. California State University at Northridge is offering a six-week class titled "So-Called Reality TV: Views from Producers, Contestants and Critics,"...
• game show will feature pop culture fans--including UK Big Brother fans.
  game show will feature pop culture fans--including UK Big Brother fans. If you watch the UK's Big Brother and know it inside and out, network...
• reality TV "still hot at" TV market.
  reality TV "still hot at" TV market. "At least 50 distributors are peddling reality and game shows" right now in Cannes, Variety reports. Among them,...

Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001

• handicapping the survival chances of "the most vapid, socially-challenged people on the planet."
  handicapping the survival chances of "the most vapid, socially-challenged people on the planet." Boob Toob handicaps, with tongue in cheek, the chances of each of...
• voting calls to South Africa Big Brother are not free, fans discover.
  voting calls to South Africa Big Brother are not free, fans discover. The 2.4 million phone calls made to South Africa's Big Brother to register...
• MTV will air Making the Band in Jan.
  MTV will air Making the Band in Jan. MTV has confirmed that it will air Making the Band's third season, which will follow O-Town as...
• next Challenge will mimic Survivor.
  next Challenge will mimic Survivor. Having previously added a voting-off element to Road Rules, Bunim-Murray has decided to borrow from Survivor just as Survivor borrowed...

Thursday, Oct. 11, 2001

• Big Brother cell phone service offered.
  Big Brother cell phone service offered. A £4.99 cell phone package offered by BT Cellnet offers "text alerts, gossip, icons and ring tones" related to...
• preview Popstars 2 online.
  preview Popstars 2 online. Popstars 2 debuts next Thursday night, but the show's web site has a look into the auditions. Photos from the first...
• Elimidate Deluxe debuts tonight.
  Elimidate Deluxe debuts tonight. If there's nothing else for you to watch on TV at 8 p.m. tonight (yeah, right), The WB is airing the...
• Survivor Africa debuts tonight.
  Survivor Africa debuts tonight. The third installment of CBS' marquee reality TV show debuts tonight. Survivor Africa airs at 8 p.m. ET, and finds 16...

Friday, Oct. 12, 2001

• Diane gets the honor of being the first person booted from Survivor Africa.
  Diane gets the honor of being the first person booted from Survivor Africa. Diane apparently missed the first two seasons of Survivor, because she managed...
• will The Mole 2 be cancelled--or moved to a different night?
  will The Mole 2 be cancelled--or moved to a different night? Conflicting reports suggest changes in store for the somewhat low-rated The Mole 2. While...
• CBS charging for online access to Survivor Africa "video packages."
  CBS charging for online access to Survivor Africa "video packages." If you want to watch clips from Survivor Africa, you're going to have to pay....

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