week of January 7, 2007

Monday, Jan. 8, 2007

• Lifetime debuts Gay, Straight, or Taken tonight
  Lifetime follows the path forged by Bravo (Boy Meets Boy) and FOX (Playing it Straight) when it debuts its own is-he-or-isn't-he-gay series Gay, Straight, or...
• The (White) Rapper Show debuts tonight on VH1
  Kevin Federline may not yet have his own reality series, but VH1 hints as to what that could look like with its new series ego...
• I Love New York debuts tonight; New York says she's really "looking for my one and only"
  VH1 spins off Flavor of Love tonight with the debut of I Love New York, the series formally known as Flavorette. The show debuts at...
• Jordan Knight learns of family death from an odd voiceover
  Last March, during production of The Surreal Life: Fame Games, the New York Daily News' Ben Widdicombe reported that Jordan Knight left the show for...
• Jewel says she was asked to be a cast member on the first season of The Real World
  Jewel is the new host of Nashville Star, but about 14 years ago, she had a chance to join the cast of the first modern...
• Idol will air online; is worth $2.5+ billion but adds an official candy, ice cream to make more money
  American Idol is "[c]onservatively valued at $2.5 billion as a franchise" and "already brings in $500 million a year in TV ad dollars, including a...
• Apprentice debuts to lowest audience yet, gets beat by Housewives, Without a Trace
  Delaying the start of the season until January, moving to L.A., firing Carolyn, letting America select a candidate, introducing new twists, and Trump's fighting with...

Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007

• Rolling Stone launches weekly writing contest based on reality show's challenges
  Rolling Stone magazine has launched a competition that parallels its new MTV reality show I'm from Rolling Stone. Every Monday, the magazine's web site will...
• Fired Apprentice candidate begging Trump; rejected candidate suing Trump
  Immediately after Donald Trump fired Martin Clarke on the first episode of The Apprentice 6, Martin said, "This is unheard of," as if Trump had...
• MTV reveals cast for Road Rules 2007: Viewers' Revenge
  Taking a cue from Microsoft, MTV has named the new season of its second reality show Road Rules 2007. The subtitle, Viewers' Revenge, identifies the...
• Sydney, Australia confirmed for next Real World
  As earlier reports suggested, the next season of MTV's flagship reality show will be taped in Australia. Production on The Real World Sydney will "begin...
• Trump re-hires Randal to run Youth Apprentice Program, be Trump Institute spokesperson
  Apprentice 4 winner Randal Pinkett is done working on Trump's Atlantic City casino, but Donald Trump has rehired him. In a press release, Trump said,...
• Fox Reality Channel joining Comcast, Time Warner cable systems
  The all-reality TV cable network "Fox Reality has new distribution agreements with the nation's top two cable system operators Comcast Cable and Time Warner Cable,"...

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007

• CBS debuts Armed and Famous tonight, one week after Erik Estrada fought with a stabbing victim
  CBS takes its reality series into the gutter tonight with the debut of Armed and Famous at 8 p.m. ET. A second episode airs tomorrow...
• Report says Kanye West will star in an HBO reality series, but he says it's a fictional comedy
  Kanye West will star in an HBO reality series that's being produced by Larry Charles, the director of the Borat movie and executive producer of...
• Paula: Simon is "like a big brother--or a lover"; they have "chemistry that you can't duplicate or describe"
  Paula Abdul says her often contentious relationship with Simon Cowell is often like that of "a big brother -- or a lover," she tells the...
• 24 hours of American Idol will air before the top 12 start performing in March
  Before the top 12 start performing, American Idol 6 will broadcast 24 hours of auditions, semifinal performances, and semifinal eliminations. One entire day. This year,...
• Robin Leach says to not be "suspicious" about audio that "was enhanced in post production"
  The somewhat insignificant conspiracy surrounding Jordan Knight's departure from The Surreal Life: Fame Games has just been fueled by the show's host. To recap, Jordan...

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007

• Nashville Star 5 debuts tonight, features finalists who are siblings
  USA Network kicks off the fifth season of Nashville Star at 10 p.m. ET with a 75-minute episode. Jewel steps in as the new host,...
• Home video footage shows Apprentice candidates, cameras, Ivanka during a task
  Ever wonder what it's like being one of the everyday people who gets to interact with an Apprentice team as they screw up yet another...
• Mariah Carey, Paul McCartney may guest on American Idol 6; X-Factor winner Leona Lewis will appear
  Two pop idols may follow in Prince's footsteps and appear on American Idol this season. Paul McCartney and Mariah Carey could appear, according to the...
• VH1 sets another record as 4.43 million people watched I Love New York's premiere
  The debut of I Love New York on Sunday set another record for VH1, proving that the decision to create a Flavor of Love spin-off...
• Mark Burnett will produce live MTV Movie Awards in June
  Mark Burnett, the executive producer of shows such as Survivor and The Apprentice will serve as the executive producer for MTV's 16th annual Movie Awards...

Friday, Jan. 12, 2007

• Mario Lopez joining Extra as co-host and correspondent, will host Miss America
  Mario Lopez may have been wandering the streets of Los Angeles on the night that he lost Dancing with the Stars 3 because he thought...
• Syndicated American Idol Rewind beats Rachel Ray, is more popular among men
  The syndicated version of American Idol, which debuted in September, "is the No. 3 new syndicated program of the season," Media Life Magazine reports. The...
• Survivor Fiji cast revealed, includes 10 people from California, eight from L.A.
  The cast of Survivor Fiji has been revealed, and once again, the cast is again a diverse group of people, unless you consider that eight...
• Paula Abdul sways back and forth, slurs her words in a TV interview
  If a TV interview Paula Abdul gave yesterday is any indication, this is going to be an awesome season of American Idol. Paula appeared on...
• Queer Eye cancelled; final season will air this summer
  Four years after it first debuted, Queer Eye will end its run, as Bravo has cancelled the show. The final 10 episodes will air this...
• Tim Gunn will be a "fashion therapist" on his new Bravo makeover series
  Tim Gunn may not yet be signed for Project Runway 4, but he is staying on Bravo. The network has given him his own series,...
• Bravo gives Paula Abdul her own series, Hey Paula!
  Paula Abdul now has a vehicle by which to entertain the public other than American Idol and local news shows. Bravo has ordered a docudrama...
• Bravo's president says "I think so" when asked if the show will return this year
  Bravo's president isn't quite sure if Project Runway will return for a fourth season this year. In an interview with the Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan,...

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