reality blurred + archives + January 5 to January 11, 2003

week of January 5, 2003

reality TV shows renewed more often than dramas and comedies.
reality TV shows renewed more often than dramas and comedies. With six new reality TV shows debuting this week, reality TV's staying power is obvious....
Gen says fellow designer "Vern is very safe" and "very predictable."
Gen says fellow designer "Vern is very safe" and "very predictable." Responding to a comment about the popularity of fellow Trading Spaces designer Vern Yip,...
Battle of the Sexes Reak World/Road Rules Challenge debuts tonight.
Battle of the Sexes Reak World/Road Rules Challenge debuts tonight. For the next round of competition between MTV reality TV show alumni with nothing else...
Joe Millionaire debuts tonight.
Joe Millionaire debuts tonight. Twenty women who think they're on a show like The Bachelor will enter a version of hell tonight as FOX debuts...
documentary about Lance Loud, An American Family episode air tonight.
documentary about Lance Loud, An American Family episode air tonight. Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond followed the Loud family for the 1973 PBS series An...

Kathy Griffin: "Jesus Christ, I've had beer bashes with bigger celebrities."
Kathy Griffin: "Jesus Christ, I've had beer bashes with bigger celebrities." Of her six fellow Celebrity Mole Hawaii cast members, Kathy Griffin says that she...
vote: Anna Nicole worst show; Bachelor 4th worst; Osbournes 13th best.
critics: Anna Nicole #1 worst show, Bachelor 4th; Osbournes 13th best. The Anna Nicole Show was voted the worst TV show of the summer/fall 2002...
Making the Band 2 group member Dylan John is "a twice-convicted felon."
Making the Band 2 group member Dylan John is "a twice-convicted felon." Dylan John was one of the six people selected for the final hip-hop...
Joe Millionaire's Evan is a model.
Joe Millionaire's Evan is a model. FOX may be passing the star of Joe Millionaire off as a construction worker, but he's done professional modeling....

Battle of the Sexes drama continues as cast members tell their stories online.
Battle of the Sexes drama continues as cast members tell their stories online. The first episode of The Real World/Road Rules Battle of the Sexes...
18.6 million watched Joe Millionaire debut, 42 percent were men; Bachelor producer comments about similarities.
18.6 million watched Joe Millionaire debut, 42 percent were men; Bachelor producer comments about similarities. Nearly 19 million people watched the Monday debut of Joe...
The Bachelorette debuts tonight.
The Bachelorette debuts tonight. Trista's in control starting tonight on The Bachelorette, debuting tonight at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. She was dumped by Alex...
Celebrity Mole Hawaii debuts tonight.
Celebrity Mole Hawaii debuts tonight. Anderson Cooper is out, as is Europe as a location, as are unknown players. But The Mole survives in the...

Kathy "persuaded the producers to let the contestants keep the money."
Kathy "persuaded the producers to let the contestants keep the money." On most celebrity reality TV shows, the money won goes to charity, but not...
group protests "offensive" Real Beverly Hillbillies with advertisements.
group protests "offensive" Real Beverly Hillbillies with advertisements. CBS is still developing The Real Beverly Hillbillies, a show that will take a real rural family...
even more "integrated marketing" planned for American Idol 2.
even more "integrated marketing" planned for American Idol 2. If you don't drink Coca-Cola products, drive a Ford, and use AT&T Wireless after watching American...
The Surreal Life debuts tonight.
The Surreal Life debuts tonight. Seven celebrities try to live together in a house for 10 days as The WB debuts The Surreal Life tonight...

The Jock's dad: "there's some stuff ... a parent just doesn't want to know."
The Jock's dad: "there's some stuff ... a parent just doesn't want to know." Maurice Possley is the father of Dan Possley, better known now...
why did Jerri show up so late? and other Surreal Life questions.
why did Jerri show up so late? and other Surreal Life questions. There were lingering questions after last night's premiere of The Surreal Life. For...
Bachelorette beats West Wing; ABC "pleased" with Mole's second place.
Bachelorette beats West Wing; ABC "pleased" with Mole's second place. The debut of ABC's The Bachelorette Wednesday beat NBC's The West Wing by 3.4 million...