week of September 30, 2001

Monday, Oct. 1, 2001

• FOX airs another episode of Love Cruise tonight.
  FOX airs another episode of Love Cruise tonight. Employing a rather bizarre strategy of airing episodes on random evenings, FOX is pumping out another episode...
• Nidia and Maven win Tough Enough.
  Nidia and Maven win Tough Enough. Thursday's finale of WWF Tough Enough found Maven and Nidia winning the grand prize: "guaranteed World Wrestling Federation contracts."...
• Endemol producing The Master Plan.
  Endemol producing The Master Plan. From the production company that brought you Big Brother comes The Master Plan, a show that will follow five people...
• reality TV show ratings down; some shows won't return for second seasons.
  reality TV show ratings down; some shows won't return for second seasons. Big Brother 2's ratings may have been outstanding, but as Variety reports, other...

Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2001

• spoiler report: cast member may have been hospitalized during filming.
  spoiler report: cast member may have been hospitalized during filming. In what could be the first spoiler of Survivor Africa, SurvivorNews.net reports that one of...
• outbursts by two Big Brother South Africa house guests were "inappropriate and absolutely unacceptable."
  outbursts by two Big Brother South Africa house guests were "inappropriate and absolutely unacceptable." South Africa's Big Brother house has been the site of conflict...
• producer: "There is no monotony of landscape in The Amazing Race."
  producer: "There is no monotony of landscape in The Amazing Race." So says The Amazing Race's executive producer Betram van Munster, who tells this week's...
• Pontiac's new Aztek ad campaign will play like a reality TV show.
  Pontiac's new Aztek ad campaign will play like a reality TV show. Pontiac's new ads for the Aztek--remember it from Survivor 2?--follow groups of people...
• WB sues over Lost in the USA.
  WB sues over Lost in the USA. The WB is suing Artists Television Group over the Bunim-Murray produced Lost in the USA, which was cancelled...

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2001

• "wither reality TV?"
  "wither reality TV?" This essay asks whether or not TV--including reality TV, which many people are now declaring dead based upon a low-rated show or...
• CBS settles Big Brother name suit.
  CBS settles Big Brother name suit. The lawsuit alleging that CBS' Big Brother infringed upon George Orwell's book "1984" was settled late last week. Details...
• Amazing Race cast was filmed in front of blue screens for the opening titles.
  Amazing Race cast was filmed in front of blue screens for the opening titles. Ever wonder how the opening sequence and other packaging for The...
• Lost concludes tonight.
  Lost concludes tonight. The first three-episode story arc of NBC's Lost ends tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Whether or not the show's second three-episode story...

Thursday, Oct. 4, 2001

• "a house-building version of Big Brother" is being planned.
  "a house-building version of Big Brother" is being planned. The UK's Sportsworld Media is producing Under Construction, a reality TV show that finds 12 couples...
• Carla and Lando win Lost.
  Carla and Lando win Lost. Courtland and Joe made it to Moscow but quit, and Celeste and Tami eventually made it back to New York,...
• Countdown to Africa airs tonight.
  Countdown to Africa airs tonight. CBS airs Countdown to Africa tonight at 8 p.m. ET, a preview of Survivor Africa that will feature cast members...

Friday, Oct. 5, 2001

• today is the last day to apply for The Real World 12 and Road Rules 11.
  today is the last day to apply for The Real World 12 and Road Rules 11. Although there may be future open casting calls, today's...
• Tina: this lifestyle is "definitely not anything I would choose for myself."
  Tina: this lifestyle is "definitely not anything I would choose for myself." Although she's hosting shows this week on HGTV, Survivor 2 winner Tina Wesson's...
• Mole 2 players were warned to remove important items from their bags.
  Mole 2 players were warned to remove important items from their bags. Last week's debut of The Mole 2 saw the players losing a difficult...
• report: Survivor 4 will be filmed on French Polynesia's Nuku Hiva.
  report: Survivor 4 will be filmed on French Polynesia's Nuku Hiva. Survivor 4 crews are already checking out the terrain on the French Polynesian island...

Saturday, Oct. 6, 2001

• Real World marathon today.
  Real World marathon today. Catch up with The Real World 10 from noon to 6 p.m. ET today as MTV airs the half-way marathon. (Only...

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