week of October 21, 2007

Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007

• L.A. Gang Unit members followed by A&E; celebrities will sing country on CMT
  Two cable networks announced new reality shows on Friday. CMT will air a singing competition that features celebrities, while A&E will follow the Los Angeles...
• Dancing with the Stars becomes a video game for Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2
  Dancing with the Stars will soon become a video game. Versions for the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2 come out Oct. 30, and a special...

Monday, Oct. 22, 2007

• Next Great American Band watched by only 3.6 million viewers
  The two-hour premiere of The Next Great American Band, which seemed set up to fail, is officially not the next American Idol. The show debuted...
• Bachelor's Chris Harrison, Extreme Makeover's Paige want to be on Dancing with the Stars
  The fifth season is still going strong but already quasi-celebrities are dropping their names to be cast for Dancing with the Stars 6. Tragically, these...
• NBC lawyers said no to casting Michael Lohan, Lindsay's father, for celebrity Apprentice
  Michael Lohan, Lindsay Lohan's father, was going to be a cast member on The Apprentice 7, the upcoming celebrity edition, but although Trump wanted him...
• Viva Laughlin's cancellation moves Amazing Race 12's debut up to Nov. 4
  The first cancellation of a new scripted series this television season is good news for The Amazing Race 12. Initially scheduled to return in 2008,...
• Real World's Kevin Powell running for Congress again
  Kevin Powell, a cast member on the first season The Real World, is running for Congress again. He also ran in 2006, challenging the incumbent...
• Anchorwoman's one episode helped station's ratings; TV Guide casting for second Making News
  The TV Guide Channel is in the process of selecting a local news station for a second season of its original reality series Making News....
• Niki Taylor, Tyson Beckford will host Bravo's Make Me a Supermodel
  Bravo has announced the hosts for its upcoming series Make me a Supermodel, the first Bravo series to air in real time and allow viewers...
• Mike Rowe's 150th Dirty Job airs Tuesday; says, "I'm not the host. I'm the guest"
  Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe says he's not actually the show's host. Instead, he defers that title to the men and women who appear on...
• Marie Osmond faints while performing live on Dancing with the Stars 5
  Marie Osmond passed out during her performance on Dancing with the Stars 5 last night, falling to the ground at the start of the judges'...

Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007

• BET's College Hill: The Interns debuts tonight
  BET debuts its fifth season of College Hill tonight, and with a subtitle of "interns," the series is moving away from The Real World model...
• FOX filming two back-to-back new seasons of Hell's Kitchen
  FOX has ordered two additional seasons of its summer reality hit Hell's Kitchen, and is "currently in production on back-to-back cycles," Variety reports. That fifth...

Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007

• NBC's Phenomenon, a competition between mentalists, debuts tonight
  Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, NBC debuts Phenomenon, a live competition between mentalists (i.e. magicians/illusionists) that's hosted and judged by Uri Geller and Criss Angel....
• Neil gains 17 pounds to "assassinate" Jillian's team on The Biggest Loser
  NBC's promises that The Biggest Loser 4's weigh-in last night would be the most! shocking! ever! actually turned out to be true, as Neil gained...
• WGA gives up on unionizing reality show story writers
  As a possible writers' strike approaches at the end of this month--which, depending upon its length, could mean a heavy new wave of reality TV--the...
• WGA: Variety's claim that they're done unionizing reality workers is "patently false"
  The WGAw has responded to Variety's assertion that the guild has given up trying to unionize reality show writers, saying in an e.mail message that...

Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007

• Marie Osmond says her fainting was caused by allergies and the fires, not her dress
  Marie Osmond fainted during Monday's live Dancing with the Stars 5 performance show because of her allergies and the fires in southern California, she guesses....
• Amazing Race 12 teams announced; average age is 32, older than season 10
  CBS has announced the teams for The Amazing Race 12 now that the show's debut has been moved up to next Sunday. While the 11...
• Hills guest star Gavin Beasley says the show is "totally set up" and involves "acting"
  More evidence has emerged proving that The Hills isn't exactly a documentary. After the fake airport shoot, which was dismissed by MTV as "a pickup...

Friday, Oct. 26, 2007

• The Bachelor 12 now casting for "beautiful ladies"
  If you want to date a man on TV and then break up with him a few weeks after your show goes off the air,...
• Amazing Race 12's "married ministers" are the show's first lesbian couple
  After 12 seasons, CBS's Amazing Race has its first lesbian couple. At ages 49 and 65, they are also this season's oldest team. CBS identifies...
• Most Smartest Model's Andre charged with sexual misconduct and harassment, was already out on bail for stalking
  Andre Birleanu, the arrogant and angry model on VH1's surprisingly dull show America's Most Smartest Model, was arrested Thursday and "charged with sexual misconduct and...

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