week of January 29, 2006

Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006

• Has the Bachelor's choice been revealed?
  The Bachelor 8 is just a few episodes old, but Travis' selection may have already been revealed. Earlier this month, Travis and the woman in...
• Paris Hilton impersonator wins UK Celebrity Big Brother
  The winner of the UK's fourth celeb Big Brother is not a celebrity. Chantelle Houghton was charged with convincing the other celebrities--including Dennis Rodman, Traci...

Monday, Jan. 30, 2006

• Half of all teenage girls watched American Idol Tuesday
  Despite cautious predictions by producers and the network, American Idol 5 has been an unexpected success. As the New York Times puts it, "Nothing any...
• Laguna Beach editor says love triangle between LC, Kristin, and Stephen was faked
  An editor for Laguna Beach says that the love triangle between LC, Kristin, and Stephen was manufactured in the editing room, according to a Time...
• Amazing Race 9 teams announced
  The 11 couples who will race around the world (we hope) on The Amazing Race 9 have been announced. There are four sets of friends,...

Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006

• Are there any gay Survivor Panama cast members?
  What good are the biographies that CBS and other networks post online of their cast weeks or months before the shows debut? Can we really...
• Mark Burnett producing online series Gold Rush for AOL
  Shortly after Yahoo! announced that it would develop and broadcast The Runner, AOL announced a partnership with Mark Burnett, who will produce an online-only series...
• Exile Island's immunity idol can be used repeatedly, won't be played until after votes are cast
  Talking about Thursday's debut of Survivor Panama, Jeff Probst revealed that the immunity idol hidden on Exile Island--the remote location where one person will be...
• Oscar documentary nominees include March of the Penguins and Murderball
  As part of reality blurred's new coverage of quality, reality-like nonfiction TV and film documentaries, it makes sense to recognize those documentary films that were...

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006

• Skating with Celebrities improves on Arrested Development's ratings by 183 percent
  Skating with Celebrities may be dreadfully boring, and nowhere near as intelligent or funny as the show it replaced on Mondays (Arrested Development). But in...
• CBS.com will sell new Survivor episodes
  Three hours after Survivor Panama concludes on the Pacific coast, the network's web site will offer the full episode for sale for $1.99. The episodes...
• Man who says he had sex with Clay Aiken wasn't paid for his story, will tell all to Howard Stern
  John Paulus, who last week told the National Enquirer about an alleged sexual encounter with Clay Aiken in a North Carolina hotel room, will appear...

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006

• MTV's The Shop debuts tonight
  MTV enters a barbershop for its latest reality series, The Shop, which debuts tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET. Mr. Rooney's Barbershop is owned by Cory...
• Survivor Panama debuts tonight
  Survivor returns to some very familiar islands tonight when Survivor Panama debuts on CBS at 8 p.m. ET. Although we've seen the exact same locations...
• Bravo will air a Project Runway 2 reunion as ratings continue to rise
  The success of Project Runway 2 has led Bravo to order a one-hour cast reunion, just like last season. The reunion will air March 1,...
• Radio station's Ryan Seacrest interview was a bit and used an impersonator
  Update: As it turns out, the story I reported on below was based upon a fake interview. The Trentonian newspaper reported on it as if...

Friday, Feb. 3, 2006

• Simon Cowell teams with NBC for Las Vegas performer search
  Simon Cowell will produce yet another Idol knock-off show, bringing his total of new audience-voting talent shows to three. He's also planning American Inventor for...
• Austin auditioners were flown to San Francisco to audition in front of the judges
  The American Idol 5 auditions that aired Wednesday were supposed to have taken place in Austin. But in reality, the contestants--the good and the bad--were...
• WGAw says networks and producers are trying to intimidate reality show writers
  As part of its epic battle on behalf of reality show writers/editors/producers, the WGAw, has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing...
• Nashville Star 4 contestants revealed
  USA Network has announced the contestants who will compete during Nashville Star 4. Although the show has been known for drawing older contestants, the five...
• Project Runway's latest episode breaks records, beats The WB, UPN among 18-49s
  On Wednesday, 2.3 million people watched Project Runway 2, when Andrae Gonzolo was eliminated and managed not to sob--or at least not until he ran...
• Older women lose first on Survivor Panama
  Despite the "huge shift in how this game is played," as Jeff Probst called Survivor Panama's new twist, the new rules really didn't come into...
• NBC plans online-only talent search StarTomorrow
  Remember the days when FOX ripped off other networks? Now the other networks are catching on. For the second time in two days, NBC has...
• Domain names may reveal American Idol 5's top 48 contestants
  The top 48 American Idol 5 semi-finalists may have been revealed by URLs registered on the same day with the company that producers used. Livejournaler...

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