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Monday, May. 22, 2006

Dog the Bounty Hunter married Saturday, one day after his daughter died
Duane Chapman, star of A&E's Dog the Bounty Hunter, got married Saturday to his partner of 16 years, Beth Smith. The ceremony was filmed, and...
MTV will air Jennifer Lopez's Moves, which will follow the lives of six dancers
MTV has ordered Moves, a reality series about dancers from executive producer Jennifer Lopez. The series, which will debut late this year, is not a...
David Hasselhoff, Brandy, and Piers Morgan will judge NBC's America's Got Talent
As part of Simon Cowell's barrage of talent-based competitions, NBC will air America's Got Talent this summer. The show is a "search for the hottest...
Fear Factor will return in June
After unceremoniously pulling the show from the schedule in February, NBC will bring Fear Factor back this summer, at least for a short while. The...
Taylor and Katharine will perform different new songs, duets on Idol's star-studded finale episodes
On tomorrow night's American Idol 5 final performance episode, Katharine McPhee will perform first and Taylor will follow. He "won the coin toss and elected...

American Idol Season 5 Encores CD released today
While the American Idol 5 finalists' new singles debut tonight, their singles won't be in stores right away. To help us cope, RCA is releasing...
American Idol is watched in 154 countries
Although there are versions of Idol produced around the world, American Idol itself has, since the second season, been seen around the world. Idol is...
The Apprentice 5 is (surprisingly) down to its final two: Lee and Sean
Donald Trump fired both Roxanne and Allie on last night's episode of The Apprentice 5, and that leaves just two contestants left: Lee and Sean....
Ryan Seacrest's former flame Teri Hatcher has tickets to the Idol finale
After being unceremoniously dumped by Ryan Seacrest via the telephone shortly after they were photographed in public together, Teri Hatcher has not spoken to Ryan...
American Idol 5 finale begins tonight
American Idol 5 airs the first part of its finale tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Surprisingly, the performance show is only one hour long. Tomorrow...
Ryan Seacrest fell through a glass table at the Kodak Theatre
At the Kodak Theatre, where the American Idol 5 finale will take place tonight and tomorrow night, host Ryan Seacrest fell through a glass table...

UK Big Brother 7 houseguest has Tourette's; suicidal contestant walks out
The cast of crazy attention whores assembled by producers in the UK for that country's sixth version of Big Brother is even more crazy than...
Starting Over's third season ends today; NBC says its future will be decided soon
The third season of Starting Over concludes today. The reality series broke new ground, as it was a daily, syndicated show that had a revolving...
Top Chef concludes tonight
Bravo's Top Chef concludes tonight at 10 p.m. ET with the second of its two-part finale. Last week, crybaby caterer Dave was eliminated, leaving frequently-annoyed...
Apprentice concept lawsuit settled out of court
The man who sued in federal and state court claiming that the idea for Apprentice was his has settled both cases out of court. Mark...
KFC offers Idol 5 runner-up $10,000 to whore themselves for KFC Famous Bowls
From the department of Press Releases From Major Corporations That Sound Like Rejected Apprentice Tasks comes this unbelievably pathetic offer: KFC is offering the American...
Win a 15" flat-screen LCD TV thanks to Hell's Kitchen 2
Hell's Kitchen 2 debuts Monday, June 12 at 8 p.m. ET, and promises more chef abuse courtesy of Gordon Ramsay. And thanks to FOX, one...
American Idol 5 concludes tonight; DialIdol, Simon Cowell predict Taylor will win
American Idol 5 concludes its 18 week run tonight at 8 p.m. ET, when either Katharine McPhee or Taylor Hicks will be crowned the next...

Last Comic Standing 4 rejects will compete online in a separate contest
Last Comic Standing 4 is going to feature not one competition, but two separate competitions, one of which will take place almost entirely online. Comics...
Idol producers selected "My Destiny" and "Do I Make You Proud" from a pool of 150 songs
The two craptastic songs that American Idol 5 finalists Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee performed Tuesday night were, unbelievably, the best two songs in a...
The first Top Chef is Harold Dieterle
Harold Dieterle won Top Chef, and said he'll use the $100,000 in part to open a restaurant in New York City this fall. Tiffani Faison...
Taylor Hicks wins American Idol 5
Taylor Hicks has won American Idol 5, becoming the second male to claim the title, and at 29, the oldest. The results may have been...

Remembering the American Idol 5 finale's weirdest moments
Because FOX ran over time with the finale of American Idol 5, my DVR flipped over to record the Top Chef finale and kept recording...
Summer 2006 reality show debut schedule
It's time for summer, which is both a time for networks to bring back trashy favorites (Big Brother) and to try to create new hits...
Record 36.3 million watch Idol 5's finale; 42.9 million watched the last half-hour
Despite the sort of obvious conclusion, American Idol 5's two-hour finale spectacular was watched by 36.3 million people, the most-watched finale in five seasons, and...
Taylor faces "an uphill battle" to sell records
Although Taylor Hicks easily won American Idol 5, he now "faces a more difficult challenge ahead as he tries to make the leap from reality...
Survivor Vanuatu winner Chris Daugherty may lose his job for lying to get time off
Once they win Survivor, some people just can't stop lying. Richard Hatch is in prison after being convicted of lying, and now Survivor Vanuatu winner...