reality blurred + archives + October 7 to October 13, 2007

Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007

America's Most Smartest Model debuts tonight on VH1
VH1 makes fun of models tonight at 9 p.m. ET when it debuts America's Most Smartest Model, which borrows from America's Next Top Model's nine-season-old...
Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell hang out together in a pool
If you've ever wondered how American Idol judge Simon Cowell and host Ryan Seacrest spend their off time, wonder no more: They swim together. It's...

I Love New York 2 debuts tonight
Culture takes one step further toward tonight as VH1 debuts I Love New York 2 at 10 p.m. ET. VH1's wonder boys go for more...
Bonaduce won't be prosecuted for "self-defense" because Jon Dalton "acted offensively"
Danny Bonaduce will not face charges for flipping dry-humping Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton over his head at the Fox Reality Channel awards last week. A...
Reality show producers aren't legally required "to stop a crime that's in the works"
How can reality show producers and camera crews stand back and film while the stars of their shows drive drunk or commit crimes of varying...
Hills producer: "it is a little fake" because "we definitely schedule out what we want to cover"
Tonight, The Hills takes a halfway point break and airs a recap (MTV's calling it a "cram session") of the third season's first half. On...
Survivor China betting suspended after "multiple accounts were linked" to CBS
A betting site suspended betting on Survivor China late last month because CBS employees have been betting on the show's outcome, and similar bets in...
Advertisers triple as Kid Nation ratings drop
While advertisers were supposedly okay with Kid Nation before it debuted, there were noticeably few advertisements during the show's first episode: just three, and it...

Meerkat Manor producer says they couldn't have saved Flower; fourth season filming now
My definition of reality TV involves shows that feature real people in real or artificial situations, not animals, even if they are anthropomorphized. But recent...
MTV's bisexual dating show A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila debuts tonight
Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, MTV kicks off reality TV's first bisexual dating show. A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila follows the MySpace friendwhore...
Jon Dalton sues Danny Bonaduce, Fox Reality Channel, producers, venue
If you imagined that the DA's decision to not prosecute Danny Bonaduce meant the end of the saga that begn with his on-stage encounter with...

MTV's Pageant Place debuts tonight
The winners of Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA live together for a year, and thus it was only a matter of time...
Survivor China is the most DVRed show, with 2.1 million DVR viewers
Survivor China's first episode "was the most DVR-recorded program for the week of Sept. 17-23, ... according to Nielsen Media Research's live plus 7-day ratings...
Bret Michaels will star in Rock of Love 2, which will air in "early 2008"
It's official: Rock of Love 2 will also star Bret Michaels, whose break-up with Jes made way for a second season. He is "ready to...
Wayne Newton eliminated from Dancing with the Stars; Samantha Harris returns next week
After winning two seasons in a row, Cheryl Burke has now lost Dancing with the Stars two seasons in a row, and she won't win...
I Love New York 2's Unsure may be a porn star
One of the cast members on I Love New York 2 may have previously starred on porn site. "FratMen.com's Jared looks an awful lot like"...
The Real World "could go on forever," creator says; Hollywood house is "a fantasy"
The Real World Hollywood will debut early next year, and as the 20th season of an aging series that's been eclipsed in drama and buzz...
Hills fakes scenes with Heidi and Spencer at LAX
Earlier this week, the executive producer of The Hills revealed that the show is "a little fake" because of the way they schedule what to...

Tom Bergeron wants celebs to "to cry like a baby ... "to see if it forces [Samantha] to lactate"
Dancing with the Stars host Tom Bergeron tends to stay on the cheesy side of wit during the show's broadcasts, but off-camera, he's a lot...
Bachelor Andy Baldwin going to Iraq in January, which "was a factor" in his break-up with Tessa
Andy Baldwin, the 10th Bachelor, will be deployed to Iraq in January, and that contributed to his break-up with Tessa. He is a physician in...
Living on the Edge, MTV UK's version of Laguna Beach, debuts Sunday
Laguna Beach's brand of wealthy, vapid teenagers doesn't seem like an easily-exported commodity, but MTV has found a location in the UK that will play...
Tim Gunn's Guide to Style's new episodes held until Project Runway returns
The episodes of Tim Gunn's Guide to Style that aired last week and this week were repeats, and the show won't broadcast new episodes for...
Real Housewives drops Jo and Slade; are they getting their own series?
When The Real Housewives of Orange County returns to Bravo next month for its third season, it will be without cast member Jo De La...

Discovery's Endurance: Fiji, Fox Reality's Search for the Next Elvira debut Saturday
Two reality shows debut Saturday, one a short-term competition and the other a full-season of a long-running show. Long before Kid Nation, there was Endurance,...
MTV calls faked Hills scene "a pickup shot"
Photos of The Hills producers and cast members faking a scene at LAX released Wednesday were not evidence that the series is fiction, according to...
American Idol tour fined $5,000 for 16 child labor law violations involving Sanjaya, Jordin
The company that produced the American Idol 6 tour has been fined $5,000 for 16 violations of New York's child labor laws. 19 Entertainment's tour...
Top Model's Jael goes naked at Burning Man
In late July, Top Model 8 contestant Jael Strauss sued over the release of revealing photos she'd taken. But she must not be all that...