reality blurred + archives + September 28 to October 4, 2003

week of September 28, 2003

news about upcoming shows Making the Cut, The Residents, and American Pride.
news about future shows Making the Cut will follow opening of stylist Rodney Cutler's NYC salon. Cutler's TNT series The Residents will now air...
Joe Schmo is "riveting" because of Matt's "goodness"; is Matt an actor?
Joe Schmo is "riveting" because of Matt's "goodness"; is Matt an actor? Spike TV's The Joe Schmo Show, which features a cast of actors, producers,...
CBS picks up The Amazing Race 5.
CBS picks up The Amazing Race 5. As of the Emmys last Sunday, The Amazing Race 5 still hadn't been officially picked up by CBS,...
Gauntlet Challenge begins tonight.
Gauntlet Challenge begins tonight. MTV and Bunim Murray are churning out seasons of The Real World/Road Rules Challenge faster than Puck can blow a snot...

Fab Five may each get $10K an ep.
Fab Five may each get $10K an ep. From the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy negotiating table comes word that each of the Fab...
NBC renews The Restaurant; Rocco may or may not be a part of next season.
NBC renews The Restaurant; Rocco may or may not be a part of next season. NBC has ordered additional episodes of The Restaurant for midseason....

only one couples' relationship survived.
only one couples' relationship survived. Three of the four couples who tempted themselves on Temptation Island 3 saw their relationships end as a result of...
Paradise Hotel ends tonight; watch the finale with cast members in Arizona.
Paradise Hotel ends tonight; watch the finale with cast members in Arizona. Your two tickets to paradise expire tonight when FOX's Paradise Hotel ends tonight...
$100K Trading Spaces will be followed in Nov. by Changing Rooms crossover.
$100K Trading Spaces will be followed in Nov. by Changing Rooms crossover. Trading Spaces will give designers Doug Wilson and Laurie Hickson-Smith $50,000 each to...

proposed shows from MTV, Simon Cowell.
news about proposed shows MTV may film reality TV show Inside, following inmates in prison. Simon Cowell pitches fiction/reality hybrid talent competition show to FOX....
on final date with James, Wes says more went wrong than the fire.
on final date with James, more went wrong than the fire, Wes says. James and Wes' final date on Boy Meets Boy ended in flames,...
Chip and Reichen broke up Sunday.
Chip and Reichen broke up Sunday. The relationship between married couple and The Amazing Race 4 winners Reichen Lehmkuhl and Chip Arndt has, as of...
Keith and Charla win $250,000 each on Paradise Hotel, share money with Dave and Tara.
Keith and Charla win $250,000 each; Keith shares money, Charla doesn't. After Keith kicked Scott and Holly out of Paradise Hotel, every other cast member...

teen UK Big Brother will show sex.
teen UK Big Brother will show sex. While participating in a 10-day "educational" version of the UK's Big Brother this summer, two 18-year-olds had sex...
Ryan Malcolm sells 3,200 copies of his single at a Wal-Mart appearance.
Ryan Malcolm sells 3,200 copies of his single at a Wal-Mart appearance. At one Wal-Mart appearance, Canadian Idol winner Ryan Malcolm sold 3,200 copies of...
Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica renewed.
Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica renewed. Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica has become "the second-highest rated cable show after Sex and the City," according to TV Guide....