reality blurred + archives + February 1 to February 7, 2004

Sunday, Feb. 1, 2004

the Super Bowl vs. reality TV.
the Super Bowl vs. reality TV. Non-football fans who are into gay guys making over straight guys, home decorating, or fabulous celebrities living together are...
Survivor All-Stars debuts tonight immediately after the Super Bowl.
Survivor All-Stars debuts tonight immediately after the Super Bowl. After seven seasons and 112 cast members, the best--or the bitchiest--of the group reunite Sunday for...

FOX plans plastic surgery show.
FOX plans plastic surgery show. And they just keep coming: Next up from FOX is The Swan, in which 18 women "will get plastic surgery...
The Inferno Challenge begins tonight.
The Inferno Challenge begins tonight. Yet another battle between cast members from past seasons of The Real World and Road Rules debuts tonight. This one,...
host families casting begins soon for a cross-country road trip Simple Life 2.
host families casting begins soon for a cross-country road trip Simple Life 2. Invading the lives of one family was enough for The Simple Life,...
Model renewed for two more seasons.
Model renewed for two more seasons. Get ready for the next next next top model, and the next next next next top model, as UPN...
is "The Myth, The Singing and Dancing LEGEND--William Hung" a fake?
is "The Myth, The Singing and Dancing LEGEND--William Hung" a fake? Undoubtedly, the audition highlight of American Idol 3 was William Hung, the 20-year-old man-child...
Tina first out on Survivor All-Stars.
Tina first out on Survivor All-Stars. After doing everything in its power to drag out the post-game show and ram in a few hundred thousand...

Pop Idol might end if Simon leaves; Will Young watches Idol tapes when drunk.
Pop Idol might end if Simon leaves; Will Young watches Idol tapes when drunk. If Simon Cowell decides to focus on American Idol and bails...
33 million watched All-Stars debut.
33 million watched All-Stars debut. The first episode of Survivor All-Stars, which repeats tonight, was, as CBS brags, "the fourth highest rated episode of SURVIVOR...
fired Apprentice competitors go to a hotel and learn from Trump's advisors.
fired Apprentice competitors go to a hotel and learn from Trump's advisors. The cab that takes away pissed off Apprentice cast members after they've been...
in two new shows, men cross-dress, and gay men pretend to be straight.
in two new shows, men cross-dress, and gay men pretend to be straight. Two new shows play with the blurring lines of gender--or just screw...

Sean Duffy won't run for Congress, but is Wisconsin games' Honorary Athlete.
Sean Duffy won't run for Congress, but is Wisconsin games' Honorary Athlete. The Real World Boston cast member Sean Duffy won't be running for Congress....
A&E needs help titling show.
A&E needs help titling show. A&E is still feeling insecure about the title of its upcoming reality TV show set in a morturay home, so...
Berkley student William Hung: "It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing."
Berkley student William Hung: "It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing." American Idol 3 auditioner William Hung "has become UC Berkeley' newest...
Domino's polls people about "cheesy" reality TV to promote new product.
Domino's polls people about "cheesy" reality TV to promote new product. In perhaps the most egregiously shameless and utterly irrelevant marketing tie-in ever, Domino's Pizza...
Queer Eye may spawn a magazine.
Queer Eye may spawn a magazine. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's production company and the Fab Five's reps are looking to create a magazine....

MTV is pissed at MIA Kelly Osbourne.
MTV is pissed at MIA Kelly Osbourne.Kelly Osbourne is in trouble with MTV, which has "sternly reprimanded" her "for refusing to take part in the...
Mark Burnett says he wasn't "thrilled" about Richard's unexpected nudity.
Mark Burnett says he wasn't "thrilled" about Richard's unexpected nudity. Mark Burnett tells the AP that Richard Hatch's naked ass on Survivor All-Stars wasn't planned...
Greenlight 3 contest begins Monday.
Greenlight 3 contest begins Monday. The timeline for Project Greenlight 3 has been confirmed, and the contest begins Monday. Prospective directors and screenwriters will have...
Johnny Rotten quits I'm a Celebrity after calling audience "fucking cunts" live on air.
Johnny Rotten quits I'm a Celebrity after calling audience "fucking cunts" live on air. Once the favorite to win, Sex Pistol John Lydon has quit...
all 117 Idol finalists were screened; producer says they aren't "judgmental."
all 117 Idol finalists were screened; producer says they aren't "judgmental." American Idol 3 producers are practically taunting The Smoking Gun to uncover something about...

paranoid Tammy Faye didn't take off makeup, shower while on Surreal Life.
paranoid Tammy Faye didn't take off makeup, shower while on Surreal Life. Tammy Faye Messner was paranoid about what the cameras might catch during her...
men get cash, apology, but show with them and a transsexual will still air.
men get cash, apology, but show with them and a transsexual will still air. The six men who made out with and dated a man...
California school board cancels planned MTV reality show over breast incident.
California school board cancels planned MTV reality show over breast incident. And the fallout from MTV's role in the Super Bowl halftime show continues. Besides...
as teams merge, a woman is fired and NBC starts casting for The Apprentice 2.
as teams merge, a woman is fired and NBC starts casting for The Apprentice 2. NBC is casting for a second season of The Apprentice....