week of October 26, 2003

Monday, Oct. 27, 2003

• Doug helps students; Ty is 38.
  Doug helps students; Ty is 38. Doug Wilson took a break from Trading Spaces to help students design a space at his alma mater, the...
• Bob: intimacy is "the only way to make sure you're making that right decision."
  Bob: intimacy is "the only way to make sure you're making that right decision." As a result of his intimacy with some of the women...
• James and Wes, an actor, broke up.
  James and Wes, an actor, broke up. Boy Meets Boy's James Getzlaff and Wes Culwell have broken up, "in the grand tradition of gay reality...

Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003

• Nashville Star's Buddy Jewel mobbed in daughter's school cafeteria.
  Nashville Star's Buddy Jewel mobbed in daughter's school cafeteria. Although a win on Nashville Star "hasn't affected his three kids much," Buddy Jewel was nearly...
• Joe Schmo Show concludes tonight.
  Joe Schmo Show concludes tonight. Last week's The Joe Schmo Show was preempted by the GQ Awards, but the show officially ends tonight with a...

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003

• Matt wins $100,000, prizes.
  Matt wins $100,000, prizes. Rumors of a twist aside, The Joe Schmo Show turned out to be exactly what it said it was: a real-life...
• Joe Millionaire 2 lost 600,000 viewers, down 65% from last season.
  Joe Millionaire 2 lost 840,000 viewers, down 65% from last season. The second episode of The Next Joe Millionaire fared even worse than the first,...
• Jessica's sister Ashley getting her own show, is "very fascinated" by Newlyweds.
  Jessica's sister Ashlee getting her own show; Jessica gets $3 million merch deal. Get ready for another Simpson's life to be chronicled on TV: "MTV...

Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003

• Joe Schmo finale beats UPN, WB.
  Joe Schmo finale beats UPN, WB. With 3.4 million viewers, the first hour of The Joe Schmo Show finale "was the highest-rated episode of an...
• CNN shows up for Surreal Life 2.
  CNN shows up for Surreal Life 2. In a story that contains a number of spoilers about an activity that will be featured on The...
• Donell pleads guilty to assaulting 17-year-old girlfriend, gets probation.
  Donell pleads guilty to assaulting 17-year-old girlfriend, gets probation. After being "arrested for outstanding warrants stemming, in part, from his failure to show up for...
• ad for new Fab Five prompts speculation that originals will be replaced.
  ad for new Fab Five prompts speculation that originals will be replaced. An advertisement in the LA cragislist asks for "fabulous Gay men for original...

Friday, Oct. 31, 2003

• ad for new Fab Five was "a prank"; cast will get $8K an episode for season two.
  ad for new Fab Five was "a prank"; cast will get $8K an episode for season two. The ad that asks for isn't looking to...
• Australia dumps "classically neurotic New Yorker" Rocco's The Restaurant.
  Australia dumps "classically neurotic New Yorker" Rocco's The Restaurant. Australia's Ten aired a single episode of The Restaurant before yanking the series the next day...
• booted tribe members return, win, so two will rejoin the game; Osten quits.
  booted tribe members return, win, so two will rejoin the game; Osten quits. In a major twist, the six booted Survivor Pearl Islands tribe members...

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