week of January 4, 2004

Monday, Jan. 5, 2004

• top searches in reality TV 2003.
  top searches in reality TV 2003. It may be 2004, but the 2003 year-end lists are still coming. Most recently, major search engines announced what...
• the adult industry embraces reality TV.
  the adult industry embraces reality TV. The adult industry has two new reality-TV related offerings, both spotted by Fleshbot. (Some of the links here are...
• Real World San Diego cast announced; archive offers list of Real World songs.
  Real World San Diego cast announced; archive offers list of Real World songs. In preparation for tomorrow evening's debut of The Real World San Diego,...
• Average Joe 2 Hawaii: debuts tonight.
  Average Joe 2 Hawaii: debuts tonight. Kicking off a week of premieres of new (and second-act) reality TV shows, NBC tries again with Average Joe...
• A&E's Airline debuts tonight, focuses on Southwest's crew and passengers.
  A&E's Airline debuts tonight, focuses on Southwest's crew and passengers. Passengers, staff, and crew members of Southwest Airlines are the focus of A&E's new reality...

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004

• Colonial House will debut in May.
  Colonial House will debut in May. PBS and Thirteen/WNET's next US-produced time capsule reality series will debut in May. Colonial House will air over four...
• Ryan Seacrest plans to be the next Merv Griffin, Dick Clark; is definitely not gay.
  Ryan Seacrest plans to be the next Merv Griffin, Dick Clark; is definitely not gay. Ryan Seacrest, age 29, has a "plan to empire-build his...
• Meredith is more real than TV-friendly Trista; Estella won't talk to Bob again.
  Meredith is more real than TV-friendly Trista; Estella won't talk to Bob again. The host of The Bachelorette 2 says that the new star, Meredith...
• Kelly Clarkson reportedly "abruptly left the set of World Idol after losing."
  Kelly Clarkson reportedly "abruptly left the set of World Idol after losing." Going into the competition, Kelly Clarkson was the favorite to win World Idol;...
• Big Brother named one of "20 programmes that changed our world."
  Big Brother named one of the "20 programmes that changed our world." Along with the Apollo moon landing, Live Aid, and reports on JFK's assassination,...
• Real World San Diego debuts tonight.
  Real World San Diego debuts tonight. The fourteenth season of MTV's signature show debuts tonight when The Real World San Diego airs at 10 p.m....

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004

• Real World will show Robin's arrest.
  Real World will show Robin's arrest. The big news on last night's premiere of The Real World San Diego wasn't the drunken almost make-out between...
• Ozzy was in a coma for 8 days; Sharon would have killed herself if he died.
  Ozzy was in coma for 8 days; Sharon would have killed herself if he died. In his first interview since his ATV accident, published in...
• Queer Eye sold to more than 30 nations.
  Queer Eye sold to more than 30 nations. NBC and Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is invading more than 30 countries worldwide. Of...
• Celebrity Mole Yucatan debuts tonight.
  Celebrity Mole Yucatan debuts tonight. Celebrity Mole Yucatan debuts tonight at 10 p.m. ET on ABC, exactly one year to the day that the first...
• Subway is Out of Home Dining Sponsor for Idol 3; PBS wants sponsors.
  Subway is Out of Home Dining Sponsor for Idol 3; PBS wants sponsors. American Idol 3 will feature all of your favorite sponsors from last...

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004

• Chris Moore returns for Greenlight 3; producers want "genre" film, like horror.
  Chris Moore returns for Greenlight 3; producers want "genre" film, like horror. Although said he wasn't coming back, Chris Moore will indeed be a part...
• Shattered follows 10 people competing while staying awake for a week.
  Shattered follows 10 people competing while staying awake for a week.Channel 4's latest reality TV show is following 10 people as they try to stay...
• Singapore will host first Asian Idol.
  Singapore will host first Asian Idol. The first Asian edition of Idol will be hosted by Singapore. MediaCorp TV's Channel 5 will produce and air...
• Top Model 2 shows model's ball.
  Top Model 2 shows model's ball. A photo on page 72 of the current Us Weekly illustrates a story about America's Next Top Model 2,...
• The Apprentice debuts tonight.
  The Apprentice debuts tonight. Mark Burnett and Donald Trump team up for The Apprentice, which debuts tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBC. Over 15...
• The Simple Life reunion will air next Tuesday, followed by Wednesday finale.
  The Simple Life reunion will air next Tuesday, followed by Wednesday finale. Paris and Nicole are heading back to Arkansas, but not for another season...

Friday, Jan. 9, 2004

• DVDs you may have missed: PBS Houses, Playboy's Girls of Reality TV.
  DVDs you may have missed: PBS Houses, Playboy's Girls of Reality TV. Networks have been busy churning out DVDs of their reality TV series as...
• Last Comic Standing will return.
  Last Comic Standing will return. Last Comic Standing is coming back to NBC for a second season. Starting next week and continuing through the end...
• Meredith "not really sure" whether or not she'll let her wedding be filmed.
  Meredith "not really sure" whether or not she'll let her wedding be filmed. Although Meredith Phillips, star of The Bachelorette 2, tells TV Guide that...
• All-Star Survivors announced Monday.
  All-Star Survivors announced Monday. CBS will officially unveil the 18 Survivor All-Stars participants on Monday during The Early Show. Helpfully, CBS' press release says that...
• The Surreal Life 2 debuts Sunday.
  The Surreal Life 2 debuts Sunday. Six more B- and C-list (and, in the case of The Real World Las Vegas' Trishelle, F-list) celebrities give...
• vampire, voodoo priestess, others will live with regular people on Sci Fi show.
  vampire, voodoo priestess, others will live with regular people on Sci Fi show. Five people with alternative lifestyles--a blood-drinking vampire, a voodoo priestess, a Wiccan,...
• Showtime's American Candidate will follow mock presidential campaign.
  Showtime's American Candidate will follow mock presidential campaign. The nearly two-year saga that was the build-up to American Candidate is finally over, as Showtime has...

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