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Monday, Jul. 26, 2004

hosts will return for Pop Idol 3, which is subtitled "The Next Generation."
hosts will return for Pop Idol 3, which is subtitled "The Next Generation." Returning for the third season of Pop Idol will be hosts Ant...
Amazing Race dad: stitches "popped out five minutes after we were on the airplane."
Amazing Race dad: stitches "popped out five minutes after we were on the airplane." The Amazing Race 5 was a spectacular trip, especially in its...
Jenna insists she didn't release sex tape.
Jenna insists she didn't release sex tape. In an exclusive interview, Jenna Lewis insists to Extra that she didn't release the sex tape that she...
Playing it Straight results revealed.
Playing it Straight results revealed. FOX pulled its who's-gay-and-who's-straight reality series Playing it Straight in the middle of its run, and said that the series...

new show stars: thoroughbred horses, Ewan McGregor, reunited families, sperm.
new show stars: thoroughbred horses, Ewan McGregor, reunited families, sperm. New reality series are being born so quickly, it's tough to keep up. Here are...
Rocco will testify today; manager says Chodorow "treated Rocco horribly."
Rocco will testify today; manager says Chodorow "treated Rocco horribly." The battle for The Restaurant didn't make engaging television, at least not according to the...
Amazing Race producer says popular contestant "Charla will be famous."
Amazing Race producer says popular contestant "Charla will be famous." The breakout star of The Amazing Race 5 appears to be 28-year-old Charla Faddoul, a...
survey finds Democrats like Extreme Makeover, undecideds like Fear Factor.
survey finds Democrats like Extreme Makeover, undecideds like Fear Factor. Democrats surveyed have different tastes in reality shows. Apparently timed for the Democratic National Convention,...

video of Big Brother 5's Scott and Jase examines their in-house interaction.
video of Big Brother 5's Scott and Jase examines their in-house interaction. Big Brother 5's straight guy pair Scott and Jase have an interesting friendship,...
Next Great Champ wraps after taping fake endings, announcing multiple winners.
Next Great Champ wraps after taping fake endings, announcing multiple winners. FOX and Endemol have wrapped production on their boxing series The Next Great Champ....
reality TV production costs are rising.
reality TV production costs are rising. Reporting on the rising costs of producing reality TV shows, The Wall Street Journal reveals the price per episode...
UPN's Amish in the City debuts tonight.
UPN's Amish in the City debuts tonight. UPN's mildly controversial series Amish in the City kicks off its 10-week run tonight with a two-hour debut...
producer says that Regency House Party might be the last House show filmed.
producer says that Regency House Party might be the last House show filmed. PBS will air Regency House Party in November in the States, but...

Gervase desperate to extend 15 minutes.
Gervase desperate to extend 15 minutes. Unaware that no one even remembers him any more, Gervase Peterson wants to recreate the "all kinds of craziness...
Corinne, Sean are Next Action Stars.
Corinne, Sean are Next Action Stars. NBC's Next Action Star ended its run last night after skipping an episode, and Corinne Van Ryck de Groot...
FOX will burn off remaining Casino eps.
FOX will burn off remaining Casino eps. Mark Burnett's The Casino won't return for a second season, and now FOX is burning off the remaining...
UPN will break white dating show trend, sort of, with next week's The Player.
UPN will break white dating show trend, sort of, with next week's The Player. On Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET, UPN will debut its first...
Apprentice 2 may have three-hour finale.
Apprentice 2 may have three-hour finale. The final episode of The Apprentice 2, featuring the live reveal of the winner, may air over three hours,...

Britney's fiancees' ex wants a series; Sean Hayes show will search for the next sitcom.
Britney's fiancees' ex wants a series; Sean Hayes show will search for the next sitcom. Two more well-known people are getting into the reality game....
Idol 3 runner-up Diana Degarmo falls down a flight of stairs during a concert.
Idol 3 runner-up Diana Degarmo falls down a flight of stairs during a concert. Diana Degarmo, the American Idol 3 runner-up, fell down a flight...
American Candidate debuts on Sunday.
American Candidate debuts on Sunday. Almost two and a half years after plans for a very different show on a different network were announced, American...
Amish in the City gives UPN its best Wed. ratings (5.4 million) since 2001.
Amish in the City gives UPN its best Wed. ratings (5.4 million) since 2001. On Wednesday, 5.4 million people tuned in to watch two hours...