Monday, Feb. 27, 2006

• Last Comic Standing 4 casting starts today; one comic will be selected by viewers
  Last Comic Standing 4 begins its search for comics tonight with a stop at the Tempe Improv in Arizona. It then moves on to Austin,...
• Former gang members star in Guatemalan reality show Desafio 10
  Locking 10 wanted or jailed "former members of some of the most infamous gangs in the Americas" together in a house for two weeks while...
• Danny says Jodi hooked up with Alton and Adam on the same day
  The New York Daily News' Ben Widdicombe digs long and hard to find an item for his Gatecrasher column: he watched an two-month old interview...
• The Apprentice 5 debuts tonight
  Two years ago, the first season of The Apprentice was airing, and it was a hit. Now, not so much. For its fifth season, NBC...
• Bachelor 8 concludes tonight and a producer promises "a roller-coaster with several surprises"
  Oh Bachelor 8, how we have just begun to know you, and now you are concluding at 9 p.m. ET with a two-hour finale. Just...
• Drew wins Dancing with the Stars 2 and Jerry Rice surprisingly beats Stacy Keibler
  ABC might need to have another Dancing with the Stars dance-off, although this time, it'd probably be between second-place Jerry Rice and third-place Stacy Keibler....
• ABC cuts out Drew's ass-covering sodomy joke from Dancing's west coast broadcast
  On Thursday's penultimate episode of Dancing with the Stars 2, eventual winner Drew Lachey covered his ass, literally. But ABC cut that out of the...
• Fear Factor pulled until summer and may be cancelled
  Fear Factor is about halfway through its new season, which featured a new stunt team and plenty of themed episodes, but this season may be...

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006

• The Real World Key West debuts tonight
  Just under nine months ago, MTV basically denied my report that The Real World was heading to Key West. Tonight, The Real World Key West....
• The Amazing Race 9 debuts tonight
  Nine weeks have passed since the unmitagated disaster that was The Amazing Race 8, the family edition, concluded. CBS' previews for the show all but...
• Travis selects Sarah on The Bachelor 8's finale
  ER doctor Travis Stork had his pick of women from all over the country on The Bachelor 8, and he ended up with the one...
• Dancing 2 finale crushes the Olympics closing ceremonies, beats 20 other reality finales
  Despite the fact that it was obvious that Drew would win Dancing with the Stars 2 as soon as Stacy was revealed to have come...
• Travis and Sarah sketchily rumored to have broken up
  If there's anything Bachelor fans like more than watching a couple fall in love, it's watching that couple's relationship tear apart in public. And such...
• Apprentice 5 comes in fourth place, loses viewers as the hour goes on
  On its new night, The Apprentice did not do well on its first outing. The show came in fourth place in its hour, losing among...

Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2006

• The Amazing Race 9's leaves the country with teams who think they're funny
  Last season on The Amazing Race, we had fun mocking the teams and the crapitude of the actual show. The big question going into the...
• Travis and Sarah go into hiding, won't let their families talk to the media
  An unconfirmed, sketchy rumor that Bachelor 8 couple Travis and Sarah have broken up may not be so sketchy after all. First, Nashville's "Channel 2...
• Real World Key West cast's MySpace profiles revealed
  The Real World Key West debuted last night, so you may already be crushing on one or more of the cast members. Thanks to the...
• E-mail allegedly from Travis' brother-in-law says Travis and Sarah have broken up
  The fact that Travis and Sarah have completely disappeared from planet is probably the best evidence that their relationship didn't survive in the post-Bachelor months,...

Thursday, Mar. 2, 2006

• Track The Amazing Race 9 via Google Maps
  While tracking last season's route would have required a sticky note, it seems as though The Amazing Race 9 will again be circumnavigating the globe,...
• Project Runway shows up in People, Wired, and on Best Week Ever
  The fact that a fashion-based reality show has quickly become a hit on a cable network is one thing, but now Project Runway is saturating...
• What would you ask Donald Trump?
  Tomorrow, Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka, who will appear as a Carolyn sub on The Apprentice 5, will conduct a telephone press conference with...
• There and Back hits ratings high, is the third-highest rated 18-34 show on cable
  Ashley Parker Angel's weekly humiliation, also known as There and Back, is doing quite well. Last week's episode was the series' highest-rated yet, and was...
• Star Magazine publishes webcam photos of Clay Aiken, transcript of chat
  A month after The National Enquirer reported on a man's story that he'd had sex with Clay Aiken, another tabloid has published evidence that suggests...
• Anthony Clark replaces Jay Mohr as host of Last Comic Standing 4
  Last Comic Standing host Jay Mohr wasn't shy about commenting on the half-assed third season of the show and NBC's decision to cancel it. And...
• Roommate of the Titans star receiver says he and Bachelor 8's Sarah are "just friends"
  An e.mail message allegedly written by Travis' brother-in-law claimed that The Bachelor 8's "winner" Sarah Stone had broken up with Travis Stork and "might even...

Friday, Mar. 3, 2006

• Spring 2006 reality show debut schedule
  We're already well into 2006, and while American Idol 5 destroys the competition on network TV, the cable networks will be actively debuting new shows...
• Kristy Swanson wins Skating with Celebrities, and her partner
  Skating with Celebrities, FOX's shameless knock-off of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, ended last night, and the first Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kristy Swanson, won...
• American Idol 5 sends four more home; Ace is dating actress Essence Atkins
  American Idol 5 continues to drop contestants, losing four more last night. And considering the prevalence of losers this season, the faster the better. Ending...
• Laguna Beach resident says show has "violated" the community
  Residents of the real Laguna Beach are still bitching about the MTV series Laguna Beach. The same resident, Howard Hills, who bitched previously to the...
• Trump admits boardroom voiceovers, is "surprised" by candidates' stupidity, says the show may go to other cities
  The Apprentice teleconference with Donald and Ivanka Trump was held this morning. As usual, there were some insanely stupid questions asked by reporters, such as...
• Paula Abdul bypasses airport security shortly before going crazy on the results show
  Paula Abdul was back to her old form last night on American Idol 5. Succinctly and brilliantly summarizing her behavior--and even working in an awesome...

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