reality blurred + archives + December 2 to December 8, 2007

Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007

Body image series airs on BBC America; True Hollywood Story Investigates hazing
Two documentaries debuted this weekend that examine the ways in which people work to be accepted by others, regardless of the consequences. BBC America airs...
Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares makeovers have varied effects
FOX's Kitchen Nightmares has quickly become the one new fall reality series that I look forward to each week. That's despite the fact that its...

Lithuania offers Amazing Race the perfect opportunity for product placement
Buying airline tickets and driving are the "Tyra Mail!" of The Amazing Race. On every episode of Top Model, the girls scream, "Tyra Mail!" and...
NBC orders three Deadliest Catch-style reality shows
The production company behind the compelling and real reality series Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers will produce a two- or three-hour block of similar...
Big Brother 9 debuts Feb. 12; airs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Sundays
CBS has confirmed the debut date for the first-ever non-summer edition of Big Brother. The ninth season will debut Feb. 12, according to a CBS...

Blake Lewis' Audio Day Dream released today
Blake Lewis' debut album, A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream), which features songs in his new genre, will be released today. Earlier, Blake described the record as...
Helio and Julianne will appear on Dancing tour; Julianne repeats relationship denials
Dancing with the Stars 5 winner Helio Castroneves and his partner Julianne Hough will join the show's tour, but only for select, as-yet-unnanounced dates. "Helio...
Jessica Sierra used racist, anti-gay slurs after arrest and faces 11 years in prison
After American Idol 4 finalist Jessica Sierra's arrest on Saturday, she used racial and anti-gay slurs; vomited repeatedly, including in a police cruiser; and offered...

Heather went on Top Model so Asperger's wouldn't "define" her
America's Next Top Model 9 contestant Heather Kuzmich, who was eliminated last week, told The New York Times that she did the show because "[i]t...
Miss America contestants will first compete in a TLC reality series, Miss America: Reality Check
The long journey to turning Miss America into a reality show will end in a four-part TLC reality series this January. The network previously announced...
LARPer Dave and cheerleader Jasmine win Beauty and the Geek 4; CW casting for fifth season
The fourth season of Beauty and the Geek concluded last night, and Dave and Jasmine were selected by viewers as the winner of the $250,000...
Apprentice 7 still charging up to $2 million for product integration, but now NBC gets a cut
Even though it's a celebrity edition of the series, The Apprentice 7 will still feature product placement as part of the show's challenges, and "advertisers...
Maksim: "I am not quitting" Dancing with the Stars
After the fourth season finale, Maksim Chmerkovskiy said he was "moving on" but the Dancing with the Stars dancer now says, "I am not quitting...

A "mature audience version" of Paradise Hotel will air late nights on Fox Reality
MyNetworkTV and the Fox Reality Channel will each air their own versions of the same Paradise Hotel 2 episodes when the show debuts on Feb....
Kim Lyons won't be on Biggest Loser 5, but may return
EXCLUSIVE Kim Lyons, the trainer who replaced Jillian Michaels on The Biggest Loser during its third season, will not appear on the show's upcoming fifth...
Bravo renews Top Design and Shear Genuis, but fires Top Design's producers
Bravo has renewed Top Design and Shear Genius, the bastard offspring of Project Runway and Top Chef, but will make changes to the former. As...

ABC planning obstacle course competition Wipeout; hunters will chase contestants on SciFi's Run for Money
ABC and SciFi are developing two new competition-based reality series that are extremely similar to shows that aired a few years ago on other networks....
Six American Idol stars, including three winners, receive Grammy nominations
Seven American Idol alumni received Grammy nominations, including three for each fourth season winner Carrie Underwood and fifth season standout Chris Daughtry's band. The others...
Carrie Underwood needs friends, roommate, security to protect her from fans
Carrie Underwood, the winner of American Idol 4, can go to Target in the middle of the day, but is afraid of returning to her...
Real World Hollywood cast filmed during improv performance; contest winner may have left
The Real World Hollywood cast performed Wednesday at the Improv in Los Angeles, and they were filmed by both MTV cameras--indicating the show is still...