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Monday, Jun. 11, 2007

Viewers increase by 53 percent for third-season debut of Kathy Griffin's show
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List's third season premiere was watched by 1.023 million viewers, a 53 percent increase from the second season's 670,000,...
Reality VP Mike Darnell could leave FOX to start a production company at NBC
FOX's Mike Darnell, the vice president responsible for reality shows at the network, could leave for NBC, where he'd produce shows under his own production...
Live Big Brother 8 feed will air on Showtime
This summer, Big Brother 8's live feeds will move to pay cable, allowing those who stare at tiny windows on their computers for three months...
TV Guide Network's Making News: Texas Style debuts tonight
Tonight at 8 p.m., the TV Guide Network debuts its first-ever original reality series, Making News: Texas Style. The show follows "the KOSA news operation...
Paris Hilton says "I used to act dumb" but "that act is no longer cute"
From jail, where Paris Hilton returned on Friday, the star of The Simple Life said that she's done with her act. Paris told Barbara Walters...

Kathy Griffin's ex-husband Matt: it "pisses me off ... to have my character assassinated"
Matt Moline, Kathy Griffin's ex-husband and a cast member on the first two seasons of the show, has responded to Kathy's discussion of their relationship...
Host Adrianna says On the Lot "can't go wrong"
Adrianna Costa, the terribly awful host of On the Lot, is apparently not just a bad host, but also somewhat delusional. Despite the poor ratings,...
Jillian will return for The Biggest Loser 4
Trainer Jillian Michaels will be part of The Biggest Loser 4 this fall. She inexplicably left the show or was fired last season, but she...
Real World San Diego cast member Frankie Abernathy reportedly dies
Frankie Abernathy, a cast member on The Real World San Diego who left the show mid-season, has reportedly died of cystic fibrosis. (Update: Frankie's mother...
Frankie's mother confirms her daughter's death
The sad news that The Real World San Diego cast member Frankie Abernathy died has been confirmed by her mother. Frankie died Saturday night at...

Flavor of Love 2's Toastee the star of new sex tape
Jennifer "Toastee" Toof, who was rejected from Flavor of Love 2 for her career in nude modeling, is now the star of her own 40-minute...
Last Comic Standing 5 debuts tonight; American Inventor 2, continue
This is the summer of reality talent competitions; there are at least six American Idol rip-offs currently airing, and six Project Runway-style series will air...
Trump producing Lady or a Tramp for FOX
The future of The Apprentice may be unclear, but Donald Trump is already working on developing a new reality series, one that he may appear...
Kelly Clarkson: "I could give a crap about being a star"
Kelly Clarkson appears on the cover of Elle this month, and in the accompanying profile, the writer describes her preparing to "seduce the press with...
90210's Jennie Garth, Scary Spice joining Dancing with the Stars 5
Ian Ziering has recruited Jennie Garth, one of his former 90210 cast members, to join Dancing with the Stars 5, and one of the Spice...

On the Lot drops back down to 2.9 million viewers
Although ratings for On the Lot rebounded slightly last week to 3.1 million viewers, they dropped back down to 2.9 million, reaching the previous week's...
Only America's Got Talent was more popular than The Sopranos last week
The debut of America's Got Talent last week did what no other network show could do: it beat HBO's finale of The Sopranos in the...
Pirate Master ship uses a "ghost crew"
The first person kicked off of CBS' Pirate Master says that the show's cast isn't entirely responsible for making the ship sail safely. Instead, there's...
Fox Reality launches the Search for the Next Elvira
Elvira has found a home for the reality show that she was shopping, and it is the Fox Reality Channel. The network will launch the...
Bravo Media may force "confused" reality stars to be represented by its talent agency
Once a boutique network that produced quality television shows, Bravo is now becoming Bravo Media, a company with six separate divisions, one of which is...

Tom Colicchio says Top Chef 3 cast were "nominated" by real chefs; debut ratings up
The Wednesday debut of Top Chef 3 was watched by 2.024 million viewers, an increase of eight percent over last season's debut, according to Bravo....
Kelly Clarkson's summer tour cancelled because of low ticket sales
Kelly Clarkson's summer arena tour has been cancelled because of poor ticket sales. The CEO of the company promoting the tour, LiveNation's Michael Rapino, said...
Simple Life staff directed to "write something nice" to "show our support" for Paris Hilton
An executive at Bunim-Murray, the company that produces The Simple Life, sent a memo to staff members asking them to "show our support" in a...