reality blurred + archives + June 8 to June 14, 2003

Monday, Jun. 9, 2003

UK's Channel Five plans show featuring past reality TV contestants.
UK's Channel Five plans show featuring past reality TV contestants. The UK's Channel Five is planning to air Back to Reality, a show that will...
Canadian Idol debuts tonight.
Canadian Idol debuts tonight. The northern part of North America searches for its idol tonight when Canadian Idol debuts on CTV at 8 p.m. ET....
Bravo's Cirque du Soleil Fire Within begins repeating entire season today.
Bravo's Cirque du Soleil Fire Within begins repeating entire season today. Bravos's Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within, which debuted quietly earlier this spring, repeats its...
fraternity members charged with stealing fish; students protest at house.
fraternity members charged with stealing fish; students protest at house. The members of Delta Omega Chi who stole a fish from a UC Santa Cruz...
president of Palau says nation is the number one choice for the next Survivor.
president of Palau says nation is the number one choice for the next Survivor. Scouts for Survivor were expected to arrive yesterday in Palau, which...

Wedding Video satire of Real World featuring cast members on DVD today.
Wedding Video satire of Real World featuring cast members on DVD today. A parody of The Real World written and directed by Norman Korpi, a...
final Osbournes season debuts tonight.
final Osbournes season debuts tonight. A year ago, they were a cultural phenomenon. Today, The Osbournes return to MTV for their third and final season...
Last Comic Standing debuts tonight.
Last Comic Standing debuts tonight. NBC's Last Comic Standing, subtitled "The Search for the Funniest Person in America," debuts tonight at 9 p.m. ET with...
American Idol's Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Justin Guarini release CDs today.
American Idol's Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Justin Guarini release CDs today. American Idol 2's winner and runner-up go head to head in CD sales today,...
Jenna, Heidi will appear in Playboy.
Jenna, Heidi will appear in Playboy. The August edition of Playboy magazine will include a pictorial featuring both Survivor Amazon winner Jenna Morasca and her...
For Love or Money's Rob "expelled from...JAG training" for groping woman.
For Love or Money's Rob "expelled from...JAG training" for groping woman. Lawyer Rob Campos, the star of NBC's For Love or Money, had his "military...

Evan Marriott says "The 15 minutes is up" but says he's "in overtime."
Evan Marriott says "The 15 minutes is up" but says he's "in overtime." Joe Millionaire Evan Marriott says, of his fame, "The 15 minutes is...
Real Roseanne will air this August.
Real Roseanne will air this August. Roseanne Barr's new reality TV show will debut on ABC--not ABC Family, as previously expected--on August 6. Produced by...
residents don't want next Challenge to be filmed in Newport neighborhood.
residents don't want next Challenge to be filmed in Newport neighborhood. Plans for the next Real World/Road Rules Challenge have the show staying in the...
Celebrity Mole will return, as will Stephen Baldwin, Corbin Bernsen.
Celebrity Mole will return, as will Stephen Baldwin, Corbin Bernsen. Celebrity Mole will return later this year, and so will two of the first season's...

Last Comic Standing helps NBC win Tues.; American Juniors wins its hour.
Last Comic Standing helps NBC win Tues.; American Juniors wins its hour. NBC's Last Comic Standing "dominated from 9-11 p.m." with an average of 9.7...
law firm lets Rob go because "he has allowed himself to become ill perceived."
law firm lets Rob go because "he has allowed himself to become ill perceived." Saying that Rob "Campos' misconduct during his tenure as a Marine...
Road Rules' Donell facing charges for assaulting, battering teenage girlfriend.
Road Rules' Donell facing charges for assaulting, battering teenage girlfriend. Road Rules: South Pacific cast member Donell Langham "was arrested last July for assault and...

Survivor, Bachelor, Amazing Race cast members at AIDS event this weekend.
Survivor, Bachelor, Amazing Race cast members at AIDS event this weekend. Fifteen cast members from all six seasons of Survivor, Bachelor Aaron Buerge, and The...
Rob's statement: "I do plan to continue in the private practice of law."
Rob's statement: "I do plan to continue in the private practice of law." In a four-sentence statement released by NBC, For Love or Money's Rob...
Challenge won't tape in Newport.
Challenge won't tape in Newport. Because of an ordinance that limits the number of people living in a house to five, the 28 cast members...
cast revealed for FOX's Paradise Hotel, which may run indefinitely.
cast revealed for FOX's Paradise Hotel, which may run indefinitely. The first group of guests, the staff, and the host (the UK's Amanda Byram) of...

Cirque's Varekai debuts tonight.
Cirque's Varekai debuts tonight. The production that was chronicled from casting to completion on Bravo's Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within has its network TV debut...