reality blurred + archives + August 3 to August 9, 2003

week of August 3, 2003

Paradise Hotel, "the Hindenburg of untested reality formulas," offers "two scintillating hours of tragicomedy per week."
Paradise Hotel offers "two scintillating hours of tragicomedy per week." "Paradise Hotel is the quintessential winning failure, the crowning disaster, the Hindenburg of untested reality...
Rob will get "second chance with Erin."
Rob will get "second chance with Erin." After being rejected on For Love or Money by Erin, Rob will show up on the Aug. 11...
Ruben sues shirt company 205 Flava.
Ruben sues shirt company 205 Flava. Ruben Studdard is suing the company whose shirts he wore during many of the early episodes of American Idol...
final American Idol 3 auditions will be held in Hawaii in late Sept.
final American Idol 3 auditions will be held in Hawaii in late Sept., early Oct. American Idol 3 will travel to Hawaii late in Sept....

Golf Channel will air reality TV show following 10 competing golfers.
Golf Channel will air reality TV show following 10 competing golfers. The Golf Channel will debut its first reality TV show on Oct. 7, tvtattle...
Jenna and Ethan are "inseparable."
Jenna and Ethan are "inseparable." Two of Survivor's winners have found love in each other: Survivor Amazon winner Jenna Morasca and Survivor Africa winner Ethan...
Leno will be on Queer Eye; last week's ep was Bravo's highest rated show ever.
Leno will be on Queer Eye; last week's ep was Bravo's highest rated show ever. Tonight Show host Jay Leno will be made over by...
Paradise Hotel will end premiere week, as will new Temptation Island 3.
Paradise Hotel will end premiere week, as will new Temptation Island 3. FOX will debut Temptation Island 3 on Aug. 28, but it will conclude...

professor: "reality television is the new tinderbox of sexual stereotypes."
professor: "reality television is the new tinderbox of sexual stereotypes." The Real World, Road Rules, and Sorority Life "reinforce the notion that women care first...
Real Roseanne Show debuts tonight.
Real Roseanne Show debuts tonight. The Real Roseanne Show, a 13-episode series following Roseanne Barr as she gets ready to produce a new show for...
Dat Phan is the Last Comic Standing.
Dat Phan is the Last Comic Standing. Dat Phan beat Ralphie May to become the Last Comic Standing; he gets an NBC talent contract, a...
205 Flava says it secretly paid Ruben $10,000 to wear their shirts on TV.
205 Flava says it secretly paid Ruben $10,000 to wear their shirts on TV. American Idol 2 winner Ruben Studdard received secret cash payments to...

critic: Greenlight "devalues filmmaking."
critic: Greenlight "devalues filmmaking." Project Greenlight 2 "devalues filmmaking itself, treating it, in a roundabout, subtle way, as an afterthought to hype–as the end product...
Andrew sells wine in Chicago suburbs; expert says it's "not worth its money."
Andrew sells wine in Chicago suburbs; expert says it's "not worth its money." The Bachelor 3 star Andrew Firestone has been hawking his family's wine...
Malawi parliament bans Big Brother Africa because of its "horrible pictures."
Malawi parliament bans Big Brother Africa because of its "horrible pictures." Big Brother Africa has been banned from the nation of Malawi after a vote...

Howard Stern settles Are You Hot suit.
Howard Stern settles Are You Hot suit. Howard Stern has dismissed his lawsuit against ABC, Telepictures, Mike Fleiss, and Scott Einziger because of similarities between...
Pop Idol 2 debuts Saturday.
Pop Idol 2 debuts Saturday. Although the US version has already burned through two seasons, the second Pop Idol series begins tomorrow--well over a year...
Showtime plans rap battle show.
Showtime plans rap battle show. In October, Showtime will air "a six-part series designed to discover the hottest new prospect in hip-hop," USA TODAY reports....