reality blurred + archives + September 2 to September 8, 2001

week of September 2, 2001

Flickerstick begins tour tonight.
Flickerstick begins tour tonight. Flickerstick launches a tour of the south tonight in Monroe, La.,; the tour continues through Oct. 3. "VH1's no. 2 'Band'...
with Big Brother, "the SA Internet has finally come into its own."
with Big Brother, "the SA Internet has finally come into its own." iAfrica.com reports that the extremely popular South Africa Big Brother has given rise...
Murder in Small Town X ends tonight with earlier two-hour episode.
Murder in Small Town X ends tonight with earlier two-hour episode. FOX's Murder in Small Town X concludes with a two-hour episode tonight starting at...
MTV pressing charges against Real World Chicago protesters.
MTV pressing charges against Real World Chicago protesters. Eleven protesters--including Nate Thompson, who says he was arrested for writing "what is real?" on the sidewalk...

Angel wins Murder in Small Town X.
Angel wins Murder in Small Town X. The first hybrid nonfiction and fiction reality TV show, Murder in Small Town X, concluded last night, with...
special episode of Big Brother 2 finds Survivors in the house.
special episode of Big Brother 2 finds Survivors in the house. Gervase, Sue, Jeff, and Alicia were guests in the Big Brother 2 house Sunday,...
Lost debuts tonight.
Lost debuts tonight. Six strangers find themselves abandoned in pairs someplace around the world and must find their way back to the Statue of Liberty....
Amazing Race debuts tonight.
Amazing Race debuts tonight. Eleven pairs of friends, lovers and others will compete in Jerry Bruckheimer's The Amazing Race tonight at 9 p.m. ET on...

tabloid talks to Rich's ex.
tabloid talks to Rich's ex. The National Enquirer turns to a very objective and reliable source--Rich's ex-, the man who Rich has a restraining order...
ABC casting for The Bachelor, Rivals.
ABC casting for The Bachelor, Rivals. ABC is looking for cast members for two upcoming reality TV shows: The Bachelor, "in which one handsome, successful,...
actors' union says Soapstars is "insulting."
actors' union says Soapstars is "insulting." The actors' union Equity called Soapstars--a new reality TV show that debuted on Britain's ITV Monday--"an insulting affront to...
The Mole, Survivor brought their network's youngest audiences.
The Mole, Survivor brought their network's youngest audiences. Reality TV shows are bringing advertiser-coveted younger audiences to the networks. The numbers show that The...

Will votes Hardy out.
Will votes Hardy out. And then there were three: Will's single vote evicted Hardy from the Big Brother 2 house last night, leaving just Monica,...
The Amazing Race does slightly better than Lost.
The Amazing Race does slightly better than Lost. While the special episode of BB2 easily beat NBC's Lost--Big Brother 2had over 11 million viewers versus...
MTV could bring back Making the Band.
MTV could bring back Making the Band. A third season of Making the Band--still focusing on O-Town--is now a possibility, but on MTV instead of...