week of March 14, 2004

Sunday, Mar. 14, 2004

• new Reunion debuts tonight.
  new Reunion debuts tonight. The second High School Reunion debuts tonight on The WB at 9 p.m. ET. 17 former classmates from Round Rock High...

Monday, Mar. 15, 2004

• fish killing Fraternity Life 2 member pleads no contest; pledges also charged.
  fish killing Fraternity Life 2 member pleads no contest; pledges also charged. One of the two UCSC fraternity members charged with killing and grilling and...
• A&E orders 18 more episodes of Airline.
  A&E orders 18 more episodes of Airline. A second season of Airline is in the works. Once again, the show will follow the passengers and...
• Sugar Ray Leonard joins Contender team, while MGM shops Rocky series.
  Sugar Ray Leonard joins Contender team, while MGM shops Rocky series. Boxing may soon take over home makeover shows as the most overexposed reality TV...
• Christian couple lets amateur porn reality TV show videotape their first time.
  Christian couple lets amateur porn reality TV show videotape their first time. An amateur porn reality TV show called Project Bluelight "capture[s] the sex, the...
• Adam returns tonight on Average Joe 3.
  Adam returns tonight on Average Joe 3. Adam Mesh gets his revenge tonight when Average Joe: Adam Returns, the third season of the series, debuts...
• taping of Simple Life 2 road trip begins.
  taping of Simple Life 2 road trip begins. If you see a pink pickup truck, a camera crew and two plastic-looking ladies somewhere in America...

Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2004

• judge Pete Waterman says he will take a year-long break from Pop Idol.
  judge Pete Waterman says he will take a year-long break from Pop Idol. Once mentioned as a possible fourth judge on American Idol, Pop Idol...
• Fremantle Media pays $5 million to distribute The Apprentice worldwide.
  Fremantle Media pays $5 million to distribute The Apprentice worldwide. Fremantle Media won the rights to distribute The Apprentice's format and American episodes worldwide, offering...
• Heidi was "relieved" to be fired; Omarosa tells a blogger to "fuck off."
  Heidi was "relieved" to be fired; Omarosa tells a blogger to "fuck off." Heidi Bressler, the woman who most recently found herself on the other...
• Big Brother will return for fifth season.
  Big Brother will return for fifth season. Big Brother will be returning for a fifth season this summer, which is even more surprisingly than the...
• Top Model 2 orgy episode airs tonight.
  Top Model 2 orgy episode airs tonight. What once was the most highly anticipated episode of America's Next Top Model 2's season will air tonight,...
• Fantasia is the favorite of bettors and Simon; finalists regularly hook up together.
  Fantasia is the favorite of bettors and Simon; finalists regularly hook up together. The top 12 American Idol 3 finalists face off for the first...

Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2004

• lesbians dig the Fab Five, too.
  lesbians dig the Fab Five, too. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy has also become Queer Eye for the Lesbian. Writing in The Advocate, Anne...
• Eden producer "enjoy[s] playing God."
  Eden producer "enjoy[s] playing God." Monday, about 4.3 million watched Forever Eden, about 10 million fewer people than watched shows on NBC and CBS, and...
• Bachelor producers' Bob suit dismissed.
  Bachelor producers' Bob suit dismissed. The producers of The Bachelor had their lawsuit against their former star Bob Guiney thrown out of court. Claiming they...
• charity auctioning 48 meetings with producers to pitch reality TV show ideas.
  charity auctioning 48 meetings with producers to pitch reality TV show ideas. Convinced that you have the concept for the next American Idol written on...
• Jessica trades gaffes with W, while her sister Ashlee gets her own MTV show.
  Jessica trades gaffes with W, while her sister Ashlee gets her own MTV show. Jessica Simpson's dad is pimping out his other daughter to MTV....
• The Real World abandons Philadelphia.
  The Real World abandons Philadelphia. Three weeks before production on The Real World Philadelphia was to begin, Bunim-Murray is taking the show elsewhere. The production...

Thursday, Mar. 18, 2004

• people rally, sign petitions to get The Real World to return to Philadelphia.
  people rally, sign petitions to get The Real World to return to Philadelphia. Hundreds of Philadelphia residents who are simply crushed that The Real World...
• UK's Lit Idol applies format to books.
  UK's Lit Idol applies format to books. At the London Book Fair, organizers have created Lit Idol, a Pop Idol-like competition. They "asked unpublished writers...
• The Apprentice clip show airs tonight; one contestant is back at work.
  The Apprentice clip show airs tonight; one contestant is back at work. Mark Burnett pulls out the old clip show trick tonight, airing an episode...
• 36 couples living in cable cars for show.
  36 couples living in cable cars for show. Above Singapore, 36 couples are trying to win $30,000 by staying in a cable car for seven...
• Idol 3 gives FOX its largest Tuesday audience ever, while Leah takes a walk.
  Idol 3 gives FOX its largest Tuesday audience ever, while Leah takes a walk. Paula's wildcard selection was the first top 12 American Idol 3...
• Simple Life 2 production stops briefly for Paris' grandmother's funeral.
  Simple Life 2 production stops briefly for Paris' grandmother's funeral. Almost immediately after beginning, The Simple Life 2 production took a break when Paris went...

Friday, Mar. 19, 2004

• BBC's Home Movie allows 100 novice cast and crew members to make a film.
  BBC's Home Movie allows 100 novice cast and crew members to make a film. Reversing the format of Project Greenlight, the BBC's £4 million show...
• Omarosa says women called her names; company publicizes Nick's book request.
  Omarosa says women called her names; company publicizes Nick's book request. Despite denials from both Donald Trump and Mark Burnett, Omarosa says that Ereka did...
• fun with Playing it Straight gaydar.
  fun with Playing it Straight gaydar. FOX's Playing it Straight continues tonight, following Jackie's selection of two straight men last week, both of whom she...
• MTV sued by Osbournes' designer; Courtney Love, Sharon trade insults.
  MTV sued by Osbournes' designer; Courtney Love, Sharon trade insults. The company that decorated The Osbournes house and the set of Sharon's talk show's has...
• Tammy Faye has lung cancer.
  Tammy Faye has lung cancer. Tammy Faye Messner, most recently of The Surreal Life 2, told Larry King last night that she has inoperable lung...
• FTC kills American Idol phone scam.
  FTC kills American Idol phone scam. The FCC saves us from unwanted breasts, and the FTC saves us from stupid mistakes. People who called certain...
• thousands audition for Apprentice 2.
  thousands audition for Apprentice 2. The first open casting call for The Apprentice 2 took place in New York City yesterday, and "[n]early 2,000 potential...
• Trump tries to trademark "you're fired."
  Trump tries to trademark "you're fired." Days after Donald Trump asked Larry King, "How do you patent the words 'You're fired'?", The Smoking Gun reveals...

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