reality blurred + archives + November 27 to December 3, 2005

week of November 27, 2005

Chris and Adrianne's wedding will be the focus of My Fair Brady's second season
Surreal Life 4 spin-off My Fair Brady has been renewed for a second season. The first season was filmed early last summer and focused on...
Paula Abdul is "excited" about the "male talent" on American Idol 5
Paula Abdul has been busy promoting American Idol 5 and the release of the best and worst DVDs. She tells Zap2it.com that this upcoming season...
Talan and Kimberly Stewart break up and cancel their engagement after just 11 days
From the Damage Control wing of the Department of Quasi-Celebrities Who Hook Up for Attention comes news that Laguna Beach star Talan Torriero and Kimberly...
Kathy Griffin is reportedly back together with Matt
Here comes yet another story about a reality TV couple's relationship (what's going on?), but this is good news: After filing for divorce back in...
E! picks up The Simple Life 4
Paris and Nicole have found a new home for their crap series. The Simple Life 4 was dumped by FOX in October, but E! announced...

Laguna's Kristin will co-host UPN reality series; Laguna cast's friendships "rapidly dissolving"
Not to be outdone by LC, who scored her own spin-off series, Laguna Beach's Kristin Cavallari has landed a hosting gig on a new UPN...
Biggest Loser 2 concludes tonight; doctor says weight loss only comes from diet and exercise
The Biggest Loser 2 concludes tonight at 8 p.m. ET with a two-hour finale on NBC. Matt, Seth, and Suzy will be weighed in one...
American Idol renewed for four, maybe six more years; Simon Cowell will return
American Idol 5 will not be the last season of the show withe Simon Cowell, nor will it be the last season of the series....
Apprentice renewed for a sixth season, which will be filmed in LA
NBC has ordered a sixth season of The Apprentice, and for that season, the show will leave New York and be filmed in LA, or...

Amazing Race delays the conclusion of its most boring episode yet until next week
Next week's episode of The Amazing Race 8 looks fun, as the preview showed a cop (e.g., Satan's minion) pulling the Weavers over. But last...
Did TV Guide reveal Top Model's final two?
TV Guide generally does an exceptional job writing about television. Their interviews with reality TV stars on their web site are actually written by people...
Matt drops wins 157 pounds to win The Biggest Loser 2 and is actually the biggest (percentage) loser
Remember when, a few years ago, we were all surprised during the live Survivor Australia finale to see that Tina looked a lot younger with...
FOX keeps Idol 5 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
FOX will debut American Idol 5 on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 8 p.m. ET, with a one-hour results show airing Wednesday at 8, TV Week...
Philly police officers arrested for attacking cop guarding Real World house
The two Philadelphia police officers who allegedly attacked another officer who was guarding The Real World Philadelphia house "were arrested on aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy...

German Big Brother that was set to run indefinitely ends in February
Germany attempted its own version of The Truman Show with an indefinitely-running Big Brother, but the show's low ratings have led producers to end it...
Biggest Loser finale was the series' highest-rated episode yet
Tuesday's finale of The Biggest Loser 2 was the most-watched episode of the series yet. 15.9 million viewers tuned in, which is an increase of...
Why didn't FOX move Idol to Thursdays? Maybe because the results show sucks
FOX did not move American Idol 5's two episodes to Wednesdays and Thursdays, even though the network was expected to do so. Instead, the series...

Elle publishing special Project Runway magazine
In advance of Project Runway 2's debut next Wednesday, two new products are hitting stores. Earlier this week, the season one DVD was released. It...
Judd voted out of Survivor, man, and calls everyone "scumbags," man
Survivor Guatemala's dominant alliance has once again eaten one of its young, man. That person, man, was Judd, who's a doorman in New York City,...
Fox Reality will repeat Idol 4 and 5
The Fox Reality Channel has, perhaps unsurprisingly, picked up the rights to air American Idol 4 and American Idol 5. The fourth season's repeats will...
Alexis Stewart slept with an Apprentice cameraman
Alexis Stewart, Martha's version of Trump's Carolyn and also Martha's daughter, "admitted sleeping with a cameraman" during the production of The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. According...