Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008

• Cher, Chastity Bono reportedly working on Coming Out With Cher And Chas reality series
  Cher and her gay daughter Chastity Bono are "starring as 'celebrity counsellors' to those struggling to find the courage to admit to their parents that...
• Serbian Big Brother cancelled after three cast members die
  Serbia's Big Brother was cancelled because of the death of three evicted cast members. Stevan Zečevic, Zorica Lazić and Elmir Kuduzović died in a car...
• Speedbumps fail to slow an Amazing Race 12 team but a bad U-turn causes them to stop
  The worst decision of The Amazing Race 12 led to the elimination of one team on Sunday's episode, which thanks to football, actually started airing...
• New York prep school students wanted for Gossip Girl reality show
  A network is casting for a reality show that will be modeled after The CW's drama Gossip Girl. TV Guide reports that, "on the Upper...
• TV Land will bring back High School Reunion in March
  In March, more than three years after its third season aired on The WB and more than a year after TV Land subtly announced its...
• Biggest Loser Couples debuts; competition component was originally minimized
  On the first day of 2008, NBC debuted The Biggest Loser 5, a season featuring couples. Once again, the show also brought back its game-within-a-game,...
• Tila Tequila will return for a second season of Shot of Love
  MTV has ordered a second season of A Shot of Love with Tila Tequila, and the series won't need to change its name, as it...
• One Miss American pageant finalist will be selected by viewers
  During the forthcoming TLC series Miss America: Reality Check, viewers will be able to vote for one of the cast members--the 50 pageant contestants--to be...

Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008

• Omarosa "enjoy[s] reality TV" because she can "control and create my character"
  One of the cast members on The Apprentice 7 whose presence is helping to stretch the definition of "celebrity" is season one cast member Omarosa...
• Celebrity Apprentice debuts tonight
  The Apprentice 7, the show's first-ever celebrity season, debuts tonight on NBC at 9 p.m. ET, after being moved around the schedule. It will feature...
• Nate Berkus will host Oprah's Big Give
  Designer and frequent Oprah guest Nate Berkus will host Winfrey's upcoming ABC reality series, Oprah's Big Give. The show's judges will be chef Jamie Oliver,...
• Survivor Micronesia cast of all-stars and superfans announced; Exile Island will return
  CBS officially announced the cast of Survivor Micronesia via Entertainment Weekly, and the 10 all-stars are the same people who've been rumored to be returning....
• Make Me a Supermodel announces its cast, including two viewer-selected models
  Bravo's first viewer-participation show, Make Me a Supermodel, aired its casting special Wednesday night (it repeats frequently over the next week), and viewers selected two...
• Challenges return to MTV with The Gauntlet 3
  Just when it seemed as though MTV had given up on the Challenge shows as The Real World's star fades, the network has announced a...

Friday, Jan. 4, 2008

• Celebrity Apprentice's debut is lame, with donations replacing drama
  The Apprentice 7 debuted last night, and proved itself to be a weird version of the old series. While many of the same elements remained,...
• Contender Norberto Bravo arrested for misdemeanor domestic violence assault
  Contender 2 fighter Norberto Bravo "was arrested on suspicion of beating his fiancee in front of the couple's 4-year-old son, Tucson police said Thursday," according...
• Miss America: Reality Check, Carson Kressley's How to Look Good Naked debut tonight
  Almost three years after the first announcement that the Miss America pageant would involve a reality series, Miss America: debuts tonight on TLC at 10...
• Taylor Hicks dropped from J Records
  Having dumped Ruben Studdard in December, J Records is now ditching another American Idol winner, Taylor Hicks. "Taylor is going to record his next album...
• 11 million watch Celebrity Apprentice, which was the top-rated 18-49 show of the night
  The debut of The Apprentice 7 was watched by 11 million people, and was the highest-rated show among viewers ages 18 to 49 for the...

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