reality blurred + archives + October 21 to October 27, 2001

Monday, Oct. 22, 2001

Michael: Ralph and Toni knew each other for five years before the show.
Michael: Ralph and Toni knew each other for five years before the show. Love Cruise's Michael answers questions about the show and reveals what happened...
Friends beats Survivor again.
Friends beats Survivor again. Survivor Africa was seen Thursday night by 19.6 million viewers, just under 6 million fewer than NBC's Friends. It was the...
The Runner on hold because of "today's environment."
The Runner on hold because of "today's environment." ABC has pulled The Runner, scheduled to debut this January, saying, "Today's environment would not be conducive...

Kaya wins The Weakest Link.
Kaya wins The Weakest Link. Temptation Island's Kaya was the winner on NBC's The Weakest Link last night, which should tell you something about his...
Road Rules defends its title, beating The Real World in a competition.
Road Rules defends its title, beating The Real World in a competition. The casts of Road Rules 10 and The Real World 10 faced in...
trust fund created for Angel's family.
trust fund created for Angel's family. The producers and creators of Murder in Small Town X--George Verschoor, Gordon Cassidy, and Robert Fisher, Jr.--have created The...

surfing and Star Wars: Brennan's site.
surfing and Star Wars: Brennan's site. One of the members of The Amazing Race's "best friends & lawyers" team has a personal web site. On...
editing of the Clarence incident is "yet another example of racial stereotypes."
editing of the Clarence incident is "yet another example of racial stereotypes." Chris Wright argues that the editing of the Clarence beans incident proves that...
Indian viewers are "savouring the taste of game and reality TV shows."
Indian viewers are "savouring the taste of game and reality TV shows." The cries that reality TV is dead aren't being heard in India, where...

UK Big Brother's Nasty Nick is dating The Sopranos' Edie Falco.
UK Big Brother's Nasty Nick is dating The Sopranos' Edie Falco. The most infamous former cast member from the UK's Big Brother, Nasty Nick, is...
CBS confirms Survivor 4 location.
CBS confirms Survivor 4 location.As was reported at the beginning of this month, Survivor 4 will be filmed on the island of Nuku Hiva, CBS...
Eco-Challenge underway--with a new subtitle, "The Expedition Race."
Eco-Challenge underway--with a new subtitle, "The Expedition Race." Survivor creator Mark Burnett's other show, Eco-Challenge, has begun its latest installment, this time in New Zealand....
anthrax threat affecting mailed reality television show applications.
anthrax threat affecting mailed reality television show applications. "[P]roducers of reality series and game shows began rethinking their decisions to ask contestants to apply by...

next Challenge includes two people from every season on two-person teams.
next Challenge includes two people from every season on two-person teams. Reality World TV reports that the Real World/Road Rules Challenge airing next year will...
Carl loses during a tie-breaking quiz, opts for more Gen-X criticism.
Carl loses during a tie-breaking quiz, opts for more Gen-X criticism. Samburu lost immunity and had to, for the first time, vote off one of...
is reality TV fading? if so, why?
is reality TV fading? if so, why? The Albuquerque Journal's Leanne Potts writes reality TV's obituary, unflinchingly calling the genre dead and blaming it entirely...

Real World Chicago cast to perform tonight; cast likely works for the city.
Real World Chicago cast to perform tonight; cast likely works for the city. LiquidGeneration is reporting that the cast of The Real World Chicago will...