week of February 11, 2007

Monday, Feb. 12, 2007

• Survivor Fiji debuts with the series' lowest ratings yet, but beats Ugly Betty, The Office
  Survivor Fiji's debut on Thursday was watched by 16.7 million viewers, representing the series' lowest-rated premiere ever. Last fall, 17.7 million people watched the Survivor...
• Carrie Underwood wins Grammys for best new artist, female country vocal performance
  Carrie Underwood has followed her CMA award and her Billboard awards with two Grammy awards. She was named the year's best new artist and was...
• Ilan and his mother respond to criticism and blame the editing of Top Chef 2
  Top Chef 2 winner Ilan Hall is apparently so despised by "presumptuous and cruel" viewers that both he and his mother wrote defenses of his...

Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007

• The Bachelor 10 currently in production in Los Angeles
  The next season of ABC's The Bachelor is currently in production in Los Angeles, The New York Daily News' Ben Widdicombe reports. His "spy" says,...
• Tonya Cooley starring in Cinemax soft core porn movie "Lost in Ecstasy"
  The Real World Chicago's Tonya Cooley is taking her acting career to the next level, appearing in a soft-core porn film on Cinemax. Although she...
• Paula Abdul says she's "squeaky clean" and "[has] never done recreational drugs"
  You know how people tend to repeat things when they're drunk? They say the same thing over and over, perhaps hoping that others will either...

Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007

• Heather Mills may join Dancing with the Stars cast, report says
  A report in a UK newspaper claims that Heather Mills, the ex-wife of Paul McCartney, will join the cast of Dancing with the Stars 4....
• Road Rules "twist" drops one of viewers' two votes
  The new season of Road Rules is subtitled "Viewers' Revenge," and as part of that, viewers have been "nominating a cast member to send into...
• Hollywood group cut to 40 by the judges with the sound of fake applause and cheering
  A singer who signed a seven-album deal with David Foster and the woman who sung alongside Justin Timberlake at the Grammys were both among the...

Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007

• Top Design's third-act problems: the judges and the worst reality TV catchphrase ever
  After three episodes, Top Design is shaping up to be an interesting talent competition, and a semi-worthy replacement for Project Runway. It benefits from a...
• American Idol unveils its top 24, an older and less southern group
  "Now, it's up to you, America," Ryan Seacrest said at the conclusion of last night's abbreviated Hollywood round. Almost a month after the show debuted,...

Friday, Feb. 16, 2007

• New York would do another VH1 show following her and her new man
  I Love New York doesn't conclude until April, but already its star is talking about yet another spin-off to the franchise, starring her and her...
• High school student reveals Hell's Kitchen 3 challenge details; HK1's Michael may guest
  A teenager who "attends a high school where five [Hell's Kitchen 3]contestants landed for a Top Chef-like cooking challenge" posted about his experiences, but then...
• All-star Amazing Race debuts Sunday
  The 11th season of The Amazing Race debuts Sunday at 8 p.m. ET, and it will feature 22 familiar cast members from the show's first...
• Michael Jackson will not appear on American Idol
  American Idol's executive producer categorically denied rumors and speculation, reported as fact by some publications, that Michael Jackson would appear on the show this season....
• Beauty and the Geek 3 finale watched by 4.2 million, its biggest audience yet
  The finale of Beauty and the Geek 3 aired Wednesday, and Megan and Scooter won $250,000. They were awarded the money by the eliminated beauties...
• Starbucks giving away t-shirts designed by Project Runway's Mychael Knight
  Starbucks is giving away t-shirts that feature a design by Project Runway 3 finalist Mychael Knight. (By the way, that's the way he actually spells...
• Elimination Station online show will follow Amazing Race 11's contestants in sequester
  The all-star contestants who are eliminated from The Amazing Race 11 will face another twist after they're evicted and sent to sequester: They'll be followed...
• High school senior revealed Idol's top 24 early by talking to contestants, researching
  An 18-year-old high school senior correctly predicted the top 24 semi-finalists last week, long before the final Hollywood round episode of American Idol 6 aired....

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