reality blurred + archives + June 12 to June 18, 2005

Monday, Jun. 13, 2005

viewers try for their own reality series on MTV; VH1 series focuses on models' agents.
MTV is bringing back its celeb series Meet the Barkers, and giving those desperate for their own reality series a chance to win their own...
Operatunity opera series debuts tonight.
PBS tonight begins airing a British reality series that searches for an opera singer. Operatunity is "a nationwide search to find someone with no operatic...
Chris goes to Kentucky with "police and media escorts."
Have you ever wondered what it'd be like to taste fame? To live the life that just a relatively few people get to live? Ever...
Paris Hilton says she'll go away in two years; Hiltons think Kathy's show "does sound a little obnoxious."
The Hilton family, which spawned Paris and her less-obnoxious sister Nicky, might actually be sort of grounded. As evidence, Newsweek reveals that they, like the...
Bravo will air All-Star Reality Reunion with more than 50 stars.
Bravo will bring together "[m]ore than 50 reality TV stars [who] will dish out all the dirt from 20 reality shows," the network said. The...

Britney and Kevin: Chaotic concludes tonight.
Britney and Kevin: Chaotic concludes its rapid run tonight an hour earlier at 8 p.m. ET. Titled "Veil of Secrecy," the episode will, UPN says,...
HBO or ESPN could pick up The Contender; Burnett says he wants more than "a TV deal."
Although Mark Burnett previously said that he expected to be announcing a new home for The Contender a few weeks ago, he says it's taking...
Corey Clark says he and his Idol "supporters have agreed to participate in a Fox probe."
Just eight days before the release of his self-titled album, Corey Clark's people have issued another press release, announcing that he's reversed his decision to...
ice-skating celebrities, Bobby Trendy, wannabe music moguls get reality shows.
New reality shows are popping up everywhere. First up, the shameless copycats at FOX are copying ABC's successful Dancing with the Stars with their Skating...
MTV confirms "that Key West is definitely a possible location" for next Real World.
As reality blurred first reported last week, The Real World Key West seems to be a go. Following up on my report from last week,...

What UPN's Britney and Kevin taught us.
UPN's Britney and Kevin: Chaotic is now over, and somehow, life must go on. USA TODAY's Alison Maxwell recaps the stunning revelations you missed if...
Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days debuts tonight.
Super Size Me Morgan Spurlock subjects other people to 30 days of their own personal hell on his new FX series 30 Days, which debuts...
instead of advertising, company "saw more value in getting their products on the show."
Just as other companies provide products to be placed on the show, Owens Corning provides "its signature pink insulation along with roofing shingles, vinyl siding...
Jackson family wants its own reality series.
As if they haven't already taken up enough of our time and space on the airwaves, where they've essentially already had a decades-long reality series,...

Outback House debut in Australia leads to complaints about animal cruelty.
Australia's ABC debuted Outback House on Sunday, that network's version of 1900 House. The series follows 16 people on "a 10,000-acre, 19th-Century sheep station cut...
reality TV shows led in product placement.
If a company climbed into bed with producers of a TV show and dangled their product in front of your eyes sometime during the first...
Austin cast members were forced to buy their own liquor.
With just under a week to go until the debut of The Real World Austin, the AP looks at the new season and the series....

Leroy Wells, Idol 4's "incomprehensible contestant," charged with attempted murder
Even those who just appear on the audition episodes of American Idol can't escape the enduring spotlight. For example: Leroy Wells, previously known as the...
American Eagle supplied clothes to Austin cast; "nymph" cast member talks about her experience.
If the cast The Real World Austin cast members look like they just walked off the set of a catalog photo shoot for a cheap...
Krisily was offered but turned down The Bachelorette.
The Bachelor 7's loser--actually, considering it was Neanderthal Charlie doing the choosing, she was clearly the winner--Krisily Kennedy was apparently offered her own version of...
Bo says he wanted to lose Idol because he's "not a pop person."
After enduring weeks upon weeks of interaction with Ryan Seacrest, among other things, Bo Bice now says that he's glad he lost the show, despite...