Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007

• Dancing with the Stars moves to Mondays to avoid Idol; ABC has yet to select all of the cast
  When Dancing with the Stars 4 debuts in March, it won't compete against American Idol, as was rumored. Instead, ABC is moving the show to...
• Paula Abdul cancels interviews, blaming behavior on "technical difficulties" and her new reality show
  Paula Abdul's spokesperson says the American Idol judge was "absolutely not" on something during her most recent interview, which featured lots of word-slurring and swaying....

Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007

• Idol finalists share rooms, sleep in twin beds, are only allowed alcohol in cups
  Since American Idol 4, the show's finalists have lived in a "luxury apartment compound [that] includes a pool, a spa and concierge service," and according...
• Jennifer Hudson wins Golden Globe for best supporting actress
  American Idol 3 finalist Jennifer Hudson won the first Golden Globe award of the night last night for her work in Dreamgirls, a part that's...
• All-star Amazing Race teams revealed, were thrown "curveball after curveball"
  For The Amazing Race 11, producers "had to throw [the teams] curveball after curveball, because they all thought they knew what we were doing again,"...
• American Idol 6 debuts tonight
  Tonight, at 8 p.m. ET, American Idol 6 arrives, kicking off 24 hours of episodes over the next two months. The first four weeks will...
• Chefs not "allowed to say disparaging things about Padma"; new Bravo aftershow debuts after Top Chef
  New Top Chef 2 host Padma Lakshmi may have saved us from the horror that was Katie Lee Joel, but three of the cast members...
• SciFi casting superheros for Who Wants to be a Superhero 2; production starts in March
  Stan Lee will return to read awkwardly off a teleprompter for a second season of Who Wants to be a Superhero, and that means he...
• Bravo is "open to" a second season of Boy Meets Boy
  Boy Meets Boy, Bravo's 2003 gay dating series with a straight twist, could theoretically return to the network in the future. Bravo VP Frances Berwick...
• Kathy Griffin, Tim Gunn will guest star on Ugly Betty, which is sponsoring a dress design challenge
  Normally, reality show star guest appearances on TV shows aren't really newsworthy; there are just too many of them. But in the span of a...

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007

• FOX's When Women Rule the World will have "macho, chauvinistic guys" obeying women
  Just when it seemed like the days of FOX catering to the lowest common denominator were behind us, FOX has started production on a series...
• First episode of American Idol 6 was "sad and painful" and "a disappointment"
  Ryan Seacrest opened American Idol 6 by pretending we're all a big happy family, saying, "Together, we've created a phenomenon. Together, we've changed lives and...
• UK's celebrity Big Brother receives complaints over "racist behaviour"; three cast members have quit
  Houseguests "racist behaviour" on the latest edition of the UK's celebrity edition of Big Brother, which was won last year by a Paris Hilton impersonator,...
• ABC exec says she's "not hearing great ideas" for new reality shows
  ABC's Andrea Wong, who's in charge of reality shows and specials for the network, says there just aren't many good ideas for reality shows now....
• 37.3 million viewers watched American Idol 6's debut, its second-highest rated episode ever
  Despite less-than-positive reviews and reactions from critics, American Idol 6 was watched by more viewers than any other episode of the series ever, with the...
• The Hills' cast will create stories for virtual Hills game
  Laguna Beach spin-off The Hills returned to MTV Monday night for its second season, and like its cousin Laguna Beach, the show has been turned...
• MTV's Maui Fever debuts tonight
  MTV's latest attempt to clone Laguna Beach debuts tonight at 10:30 p.m. Maui Fever follows "several young Kaanapali, Maui locals who spend their days sunning...
• Bob and Jillian back together for Australia's Biggest Loser 2
  For The Biggest Loser 3, trainer Jillian Michaels was replaced by Kim Lyons. But Jillian is back working with Bob on Australia's second season of...
• Critic says Paula Abdul "seemed under the influence of something" during interviews
  Paula Abdul's pre-American Idol 6 publicity tour may have brought the show a lot of attention, helping to make the first episode the most highly...
• Survivor renewed for 15th and 16th seasons
  When Survivor Fiji debuts February 8, it will be the show's 14th season, but it won't be the last. CBS has just renewed the first...

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007

• Fired Apprentice Carey will sell swimsuits, "surprised" at Trump's gay questions
  On last Sunday's episode of The Apprentice 6, Donald Trump fired one of the two openly gay candidates (maybe that was yet another twist: two...
• Bachelor reject Sadie reportedly moving to New York to be with Prince Lorenzo
  Citing "a source close to" Bachelor 9 star Prince Lorenzo Borghese, Us Weekly reports that Lorenzo and the woman he chose on the show, Jennifer,...
• FOX moves up Hell's Kitchen 3's debut to March, airing on Thursdays
  While the first two seasons of Hell's Kitchen aired in the summer, FOX is moving the third season up to the spring. The show will...
• Blog tracks down MySpace pages of Idol auditioners
  It's 2007, which means everyone and their asshole has a MySpace page. That includes the people whose auditions for American Idol 6 aired on Tuesday...
• Queer Eye could be syndicated nationwide this fall; repeats will replace Megan Mullally in some cities
  Queer Eye was just officially cancelled by Bravo, but the series may be given a second life in syndication. Starting soon, the show will replace...
• American Idol down .4 million viewers from Tuesday but stays strong
  From Tuesday to Wednesday, American Idol 6 lost less than half a million viewers -- .4 million, to be exact -- which is down from...
• Producers vetoed Tom Colicchio's decision to send all the chefs home and let Marcel win
  On Wednesday's episode of Top Chef 2, Cliff was sent home after what he described as "a very stupid plan or joke" that involved "try[ing]...

Friday, Jan. 19, 2007

• Jeffrey Sebelia planned his challenge garments in advance, donated his car to charity
  Project Runway 3 winner Jeffrey Sebelia says he planned all of the garments he made during the show beforehand. In Elle, which features his spread...
• Hollywood-bound Idol was convicted of DUI, arrested for hit and run, says he "was young and dumb"
  The day after the second episode of American Idol 6 aired, the first news about one contestant's criminal past has been released. Thomas Daniels, who...
• Marguerite "God Warrior" Perrin returns to Trading Spouses tonight
  Trading Spouses' most famous cast member will return to the show for two weeks starting tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Marguerite Perrin flipped out and...
• Editing of Marcel's head-shaving attempt may have understated Elia's role
  Careful viewers of Top Chef 2's Wednesday episode, in which Cliff was sent home for restraining Marcel, have noticed that the events may have been...
• American Idol judges made fun of a Special Olympian
  Criticism that the American Idol 6 auditions have been crueler than usual has continued, and seems to be increasingly focused on two people who auditioned...
• New shows from A&E, ABC, The CW, GSN, Oxygen, SciFi, Style Network, and VH1 announced
  Television critics have been gathered for the past two weeks in Los Angeles, where the networks are presenting their new shows. Besides learning of the...
• Wes and Jodi win $150,000 each on The Duel after yet another sucky competition
  Over-enunciating Wes and athletic Jodi each won $150,000 on the finale of The Duel, the latest MTV Challenge. They defeated Svetlana and Brad, the other...
• Steve Irwin's final documentary, tribute air Sunday
  On Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET, Steve Irwin's final documentary, ironically titled Ocean's Deadliest, will air on Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel. Afterwards,...

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