reality blurred + archives + August 5 to August 11, 2007

week of August 5, 2007

Trump says "everybody" wants to be on Apprentice 7
Donald Trump, never one to miss an opportunity to promote himself, contradict himself, or make himself look even more like an asshat, has responded to...
Dr. 90210 cast now includes Big Brother's Will Kirby
E!'s plastic surgery docudrama Dr. 90210 has a new, familiar cast member: Will Kirby, winner of Big Brother 2 and a cast member on Big...

Hey Paula lost more than half of its viewers over six episodes
Bravo's docudrama about Paula Abdul's life featured plenty of Paula insanity, but that was not enough to keep viewers engaged. The show, which concluded last...
VH1's Mission: Man Band, ABC's Fat March debut tonight
Tonight, VH1 formers a new boy band from members of old boy bands, and ABC forces fat people to walk across part of the country....
Banner puts America's Player in jeopardy as LNC alliance begins to crumble
Big Brother 8 crossed the threshold between interesting and riveting last night--and it was all because of a viewer (or viewers) who sent a banner...
Capsized Deadliest Catch boat now offers tours
The Aleutian Ballad, the ship knocked over by a wave during the second season of Discovery's Deadliest Catch, now offers tourists a chance to experience...
Emmy-nominated On the Lot cancelled in South Africa
FOX's unkillable On the Lot has finally been cancelled--but in South Africa, not in the United States. We're apparently going to get to keep watching...
HBO's White Light, Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki debuts tonight
Tonight, HBO debuts White Light, Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a documentary about the two atomic bombs dropped 62 years ago today...

Jay McCarroll is homeless; Bravo's reality stars struggle with fame
Although has a studio space with no kitchen or bathroom, Jay McCarroll, the winner of Project Runway, is homeless. "I haven't been living anywhere for...
Idol Gives Back, HBO's Addiction Project win Governors Award at the Emmys
American Idol's successful but chintsy telethon Idol Gives Back may have been low-rated, but the show is getting rewarded by the Academy of Television Arts...
ESPN renews The Contender for a third season; unedited fights will air on ESPN2
The new season debuts Sept. 4 at 10 p.m. ET and will be "the first to feature the full, uncut fights that will air on...
Big Brother 8 producers send cease-and-desist letter to banner pilot
A pilot who "was planning a flyover carrying a message that told the other players in the house that Eric is 'America's Player'" has received...
Jay McCarroll is not homeless
Project Runway winner Jay McCarroll told New York magazine for its story on Bravo fame that he's homeless, but he was apparently just kidding. Jay...

The Real World Sydney debuts tonight
For the 19th season of The Real World, MTV heads to Sydney, Australia, with a cast of seven Americans. The new season debuts at 10...
Amber says Jews are "money-hungry" "assholes"; Dick and Daniele align with Kail and Jen
The fallout from Eric's quasi-outing as America's Player continues in the Big Brother house, and it's taken an even more unpredictable twist: Dick and Daniele...
Bachelor 11 is Texas bar owner Brad Womack
ABC has announced the identity of the 11th star of The Bachelor, and he's a 34-year-old Texan bar owner. Brad Womack is a "self-made entrepreneur"...
Ice Road Truckers will reunite
Capitalizing on the success of its new series Ice Road Truckers, the History Channel will bring back the truckers for a two-episode reunion, and air...
Emmy's technical categories force reality shows to compete against documentaries
Awards given for reality TV programming are often "lumped in with the traditional documentaries at the Creative Arts Emmys, putting unscripted shows at a disadvantage,"...

Ryan Seacrest, Bunim-Murray will produce Kim Kardashian's E! "comedic reality series"
Paris Hilton's friend Kim Kardashian will star in a new "comedic reality series" for E!, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The as-yet-untitled series will be...
Big Brother has an eight-season history of racist, bigoted remarks
Responding to Big Brother 8 houseguest Amber Tomcavage's anti-Semitic rantings, Anti-Defamation League director Abraham Foxman told TMZ, "Anybody can say what they do -- but...
Woman goes into labor at American Idol auditions, names her baby "Idol"
At the auditions for American Idol 7 in Dallas Tuesday, a woman went into labor, went to the hospital, had her baby, and named him...
Heidi, Spencer banned from The Hills premiere; Heidi says she's "moving on"
The Hills returns for a third and final season Monday, but there was already drama surrounding the premiere party Wednesday night. Multiple sources told Us...

Eric stays after Amber explodes; producers try to protect Diary Room sessions
"America, your player is at risk," Julie Chen told us at the start of last night's episode of Big Brother 8, but that wasn't exactly...
Real World 20 will film in Hollywood; cast has "entertainment career goals"
For its 20th season, The Real World will return to a city it previously filmed in, just as it did for the 10th season. The...
Project Greenlight 3 director, writers working on two Feast sequels
Feast, the horror film that became the lowest-earning Project Greenlight film (it earned just $56,000 in the US), may spawn two sequels. Marcus Dunstan, who...
Summer reality show ratings lead to renewals
Summer reality TV shows are coming to a close over the next few weeks, and although I think they're largely the "equivalent of high-fructose corn...
Big Brother ratings up; CBS won't air Amber's "offensive" anti-Semitic remarks
America's Player Eric is still in the house after the show's highest-rated episode this summer, which was watched by 8.03 million viewers. That means the...
Kelly Clarkson's third album has only sold about half as many copies as her others
Kelly Clarkson's ongoing problems related to the release of her third album may or may not have affected sales, but after six weeks, the record...