reality blurred + archives + May 28 to June 3, 2006

week of May 28, 2006

Fresh Meat Challenge debuts tonight
The 12th Challenge season begins tonight, and since the cancelled/on hiatus Road Rules no longer provides people to participate, producers had to look at other...

Ashley Parker Angel's Soundtrack to Your Life debuts at #5 on the Billboard 200
Ashley Parker Angel's Soundtrack to Your Life debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 chart. A press release issued by his record company says...
Last Comic Standing 4 debuts tonight
After a disastrous third season that led to the series losing its critical host, Last Comic Standing returns tonight four a fourth season at 8...
Four of the top 10 shows in 2005-2006 were reality TV
Final Nielsen numbers for the 2005-2006 TV season are in, and of the top 10 shows, four are reality TV shows. Actually, it's three, because...
Canadian Idol 4 debuted last night
Last night, CTV debuted the fourth season of Canadian Idol, apparently not realizing that it was a holiday on which we're supposed to solemnly remember...
Nicole Richie reportedly threatens Simple Life 4 because of Paris' antics; admits she's "too thin"
Nicole Richie was once Paris Hilton's sidekick, but now she's calling the shots, according to a report. Citing The Daily Star, Digital Spy says Nicole...

Olympic hockey player voted on to Apprentice 6 by viewers
Viewers voted online to select an Olympian as a candidate on The Apprentice 6, and the results are in. Angela Ruggiero will be a member...
Road Rules' Theo changes his name, makes it to the second Last Comic Standing round
On the two-hour debut of Last Comic Standing 4 last night, the show burned through all of its audition rounds. The show updated us on...
Lauren Conrad's The Hills debuts tonight on MTV
Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, Laguna Beach star Lauren Conrad gets her own show, The Hills. The series follows her move to LA to work...
Fear Factor's return pushed back a week, will feature confrontation between TAR's Jonathan and Joe Rogan
Fear Factor just got another nail in its already-decomposing coffin: The return of the series, once scheduled for March, has been pushed back another week....

Meat Loaf can't remember his finale duet with Katharine; Simon Cowell slams Prince
Meat Loaf's American Idol 5 finale duet with Katharine may have been a bit strange, but the performer himself doesn't remember any of it. That's...
Julie Chen admits: "I am the Chenbot!"
Making fun of Julie Chen's lifeless hosting abilities just got a lot less fun. That's because, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Julie says four...
Taylor Hicks signs with Arista/19; Katharine's first single will be Over the Rainbow
Taylor Hicks has officially "signed with show creator Simon Fuller's 19 Recordings Limited and Arista Records," according to Billboard. His single "Do I Make You...
Surreal Life 8 reportedly includes Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Phil Hellmuth, Peter Steele, Tina Jordan
A report yesterday suggested that wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage, poker player Phil Hellmuth, Type O Negative's Peter Steele, and Playmate Tina Jordan are members...
Bravo (finally) confirms July start, Sept. Fashion Week for Project Runway 3
As reality blurred first revealed back in April, Project Runway 3 is returning July 12. Bravo confirmed to me back then that it'd return in...

WE orders Dirty Dancing reality show; Oxygen plans Bad Girls Club
Two female-focused cable networks have ordered new reality series. WE has ordered a show based on Dirty Dancing, while Oxygen will help "bad girls" change...
Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth documentary now playing
An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary starring former vice president Al Gore, opened in New York and LA on last week, and opens a wider today....
The Simple Life 4 debuts Sunday on E!
On Sunday at 10 p.m. ET, E! airs The Simple Life 4, which is subtitled "'Til Death Do Us Part." The format directly rips off...
NBC ingeniously creates special Starting Over voice mail box to appease annoying fans
While daytime reality soap Starting Over is not yet officially cancelled, the show's future doesn't look promising. But fans of the show are "working hard...
Idol Go Home creator sues FOX and Idol producers for stealing his idea
The creator of Idol Go Home, a fantasy game for American Idol, has sued FOX, Fremantle Media, and American Idol Productions. Adam Pick alleges that...