Monday, Oct. 20, 2003

• Nashville locations are closed sets.
  Nashville locations are closed sets. Trading Spaces is taping three episodes in and around Nashville, but the sets are closed and a reporter for The...
• The Next Joe M debuts tonight.
  The Next Joe M debuts tonight. Public relations with European nations gets tested tonight as FOX debuts Joe Millionaire 2, a.k.a. The Next Joe Millionaire:...
• Vanilla Ice, Tammy Faye, Ron Jeremy, Erik Estrada cast in Surreal Life 2.
  Vanilla Ice, Tammy Faye, Ron Jeremy, Erik Estrada cast in Surreal Life 2. Another late '80s, early '90s rapper is reportedly going to participate in...

Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003

• Joe Schmo's preempted tonight.
  Joe Schmo's preempted tonight. Although last week's episode of The Joe Schmo Show concluded right before the winner of the fictitious "Lap of Luxury" show...
• Newlyweds concludes tonight.
  Newlyweds concludes tonight. Unless you attend an Ivy League school or unless she chooses other venues in which to humiliate herself, you'll have to wait...
• third High School Reunion to air.
  third High School Reunion to air. The second season of High School Reunion has yet to air, but The WB has ordered a third season...
• Queer Eye for the Straight Girl may be a reality; Fab Five dealing with Pepsi.
  Queer Eye for the Straight Girl may be a reality; Fab Five dealing with Pepsi. The first spin-off of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy...

Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2003

• Charla: "I can handle anything now."
  Charla: "I can handle anything now." In a mostly substance-less interview with the Pioneer Press--which doesn't even ask Paradise Hotel winner Charla Pihlstrom why she...
• Chicken of the Sea wants Jessica Simpson to be its spokesperson.
  Chicken of the Sea wants Jessica Simpson to be its spokesperson. Ignorance may be profitable: Chicken of the Sea, the tuna company that Jessica was...
• FOX "disappointed" with Next Joe M.
  FOX "disappointed" with Next Joe M. The debut of The Next Joe Millionaire flopped, placing sixth in the time slot with only 6.6 million viewers....

Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003

• Average Joe is "the anti-Bachelor."
  Average Joe is "the anti-Bachelor." Because there are aren't enough shows with the word Joe in the title, NBC will debut the six-episode series Average...
• Surreal Life 2 may be extended past six episodes; many celebs wanted in.
  Surreal Life 2 may be extended past six episodes; many celebs wanted in. Six celebrities are currently in the Hollywood Hills taping day four of...
• Nashville Star 2 will replace most judges, debut in early March 2004.
  Nashville Star 2 will replace most judges, debut in early March 2004. With the exception of Tracy Gershon, the judges for Nashville Star 2 are...
• Clay Aiken's record is number one.
  Clay Aiken's record is number one. Selling three times as many copies as Kelly Clarkson's album did in its first week, Clay Aiken's Measure of...

Friday, Oct. 24, 2003

• UK I'm a Celebrity blamed for "acts of deliberate cruelty towards animals."
  UK I'm a Celebrity blamed for "acts of deliberate cruelty towards animals." The latest season of the UK's I'm a Celebrity--Get Me Out of Here,...
• ABC's reality TV awards cancelled because other nets wouldn't participate.
  ABC's reality TV awards cancelled because other nets wouldn't participate. ABC planned to tape a reality TV show awards ceremony Nov. 23, but the show,...
• Trista, Ryan will wed in Palm Springs.
  Trista, Ryan will wed in Palm Springs. Plans for The Bachelorette wedding between Trista and Ryan to take place in Colorado are off, as Trista...

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