reality blurred + archives + September 9 to September 15, 2007

Sunday, Sep. 9, 2007

James Gandolfini-hosted documentary Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq debuts tonight
Sopranos star James Gandolfini returns to HBO tonight to host Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq, a documentary that features interviews with wounded Iraq veterans....
Kathy Griffin and Planet Earth win Emmys
Kathy Griffin has won an Emmy. Specifically, her Bravo series Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, was named the most outstanding reality program. The...

Dick and Daniele nominated after Dick receives a coded letter from his son
After Thursday's smoochy couple-elimination episode of Big Brother 8, the houseguests played another HOH competition, Jameka's first in a long while. However, she lost to...
Survivor China will include kidnapping, starvation, a visit to the Great Wall
Previewing the upcoming Survivor China season, Jeff Probst says that there will be more hunger than usual, kidnapping of tribe members, and visits to landmarks...
Bravo casting for dance competition Step it Up, from Project Runway's producers
Bravo is now casting for yet another competition series that follows talented people who practice a craft. Following in So You Think You Can Dance's...

Biggest Loser 4 debuts tonight; NBC casting for fifth season
The Biggest Loser returns for a fourth season tonight at 8 p.m. ET with a two-hour premiere. The show has a new host, Alison Sweeney,...
Survivor's Jonny Fairplay and Top Model's Michelle accidentally get pregnant
Another reality TV couple is producing a child, although this time, it was the result of birth control failure, not advance planning. America's Next Top...
Emmys will censor Kathy Griffin's "suck it, Jesus" speech
Even though Kathy Griffin won her first Emmy over the weekend, she'll still have something to talk about in her act. That's because when the...
Food Network casting for a fourth season of Next Food Network Star
After the third-season finale earning the network's highest-ever ratings, The Next Food Network Star has been renewed for a fourth season. Casting begins today with...
Andy Baldwin photographed cuddling with model Sepideh Haftgoli
After officially breaking their engagement more than a month ago, Bachelor 10 couple Andy Baldwin and Tessa Horst said they "are very much in love...

Jameka out as Dick and Daniele's reconciliation storyline comes together
At the start of Big Brother 8's third-to-last episode, Julie Chen read off her script, "Who would have guessed 74 days ago that estranged father...
SYTYCD 2's Lacey Schwimmer and Hok Konishi are dating
Lacey Schwimmer and Hok Konishi, two contestants from So You Think You Can Dance 3, are dating. Lacey confirmed their relationship to Access Hollywood, although...
Top Chef 2's Josie beaten in anti-gay attack
Another Top Chef 2 contestant has been attacked. Josie Smith-Malave was leaving a Long Island bar during Labor Day, when she "was beaten by attackers...
Jeff Probst tours Survivor China's base camp
In advance of the Survivor China debut, CBS has released a home video shot by Jeff Probst that offers a tour of something we've never...

HGTV says Kim's friendship with InStyle editor is not a problem
Voting concluded yesterday for HGTV Design Star 2, and the winner will be revealed Sunday night. Considering that finalist Todd Davis did everything he possibly...
71 percent of Americans think there's too much reality TV, down from 80 percent
Forgetting for a moment that 33 percent of Americans "believe Saddam was personally involved in the 9/11 attacks," or that "55% believe erroneously that the...
Survivor's Dream Team of 20-somethings tests challenges, gets rewarded with beer
CBS is gradually releasing a series of videos shot and narrated by Survivor host Jeff Probst, who takes us behind the scenes of the production...

Heidi: "I'm still happy to be on this show with" Lauren
Heidi Montag says that despite her feud with Lauren Conrad, she likes being on the show--which is kind of obvious, considering that she wouldn't be...
Dick and Daniele (and the producers) get their "fairy tale ending" and evict Zach
Julie Chen opened the quasi-penultimate episode of Big Brother 8 with a question nearly identical to the one she asked Tuesday: "Who would have thought...
Gordon Ramsay didn't really burn his balls
Gordon Ramsay's story about burning his testicle while cooking was not, as it turns out, true. While I speculated that it might just be a...
Homeless man arrested in attack on Top Chef 2's Josie
A homeless man was arrested in connection with the anti-gay attack on Top Chef 2 contestant Josie. "Matthew W. Walli was in a group of...
FOX debuts docusoap Nashville tonight
A network normally known for a different kind of reality TV--American Idol and similar competitions, or ridiculously awful shows like Joe Millionaire--follows MTV's lead tonight...