reality blurred + archives + September 23 to September 29, 2007

Sunday, Sep. 23, 2007

Ken Burns' The War debuts on PBS tonight
Ken Burns' The War, a 15-hour documentary about World War II, debuts tonight at 8 p.m. ET on PBS. It airs over seven nights: two...
Amber: Jews are "money-motivated," "very goal-oriented," and "very hard workers"
Any hope that the new week would bring a fresh start and absence of Big Brother 8 has been lost, as Amber has now decided...

ABC's Dancing with the Stars 5, The Bachelor 11 debut tonight
ABC brings back two of its reality staples tonight, debuting the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars and the (unbelievable) 11th season of The...
Biggest Loser renewed for a fifth season, which will include pairs of people
After two weeks of airing the show's fourth season, NBC has officially renewed The Biggest Loser for a fifth season, which will for the first...
CBS blurred Erik's boxer briefs "probably [because of] a wardrobe malfunction"
One of the most amusing parts about watching Survivor is trying to spot what the show's editors or network's censors decided to blur out. A...

Drew Lachey fills in for Samantha Harris as co-host of Dancing with the Stars
Samantha Harris' (apparently temporary) replacement on Dancing with the Stars 5 is the show's second-season winner, Drew Lachey. He was previously announced as the host...
Discovery airing edited episodes of Man vs. Wild
Last night, the Discovery Channel began airing edited, disclaimed episodes of Man vs. Wild that feature new voice overs by host Bear Grylls explaining what...

Jillian quit Biggest Loser because of the editing and the show's artificial drama
On last night's episode of The Biggest Loser 4, Jillian Michaels told her team, "I missed this job, you know, when I didn't do it...
FOX pulls low-rated Nashville until October
FOX's experiment with airing a docudrama, the Laguna Beach-esque series Nashville that was produced by the same people who created the MTV show, did not...
Bachelor couple Charlie O'Connell and Sarah Brice break up
And another Bachelor couple is over. Charlie O'Connell and Sarah Brice, who met on the seventh season of the series, officially broke up this past...
Trading Spouses star Ashley Perrin dies; is the daughter of "God warrior" Marguerite
Ashley Perrin, the daughter of infamous Trading Spouses cast member Marguerite Perrin, died Tuesday in a car crash. She was 25. Ashley "was alone in...

Top Model goes green, takes on smoking, but hypocritically
On the second episode of America's Next Top Model 9 last night, the girls were introduced to their transportation for the season, a limo bus...
Project Runway 4 will officially debut in November
About a month ago, Heidi Klum revealed on her web site that Project Runway 4 would debut Wednesday, Nov. 14. But Bravo quickly had Heidi...
Kid Nation cast kills two chickens at the suggestion of the manipulative producers
Kid Nation took precisely one episode to take the producers' relatively subtle guidance into what came off as outright exploitation. On the second episode, which...
Project Runway 4 cast announced
Following confirmation that Project Runway 4 will indeed debut on Nov. 14, the cast of the new season has been announced. While Bravo began by...

MTV airs True Life marathon Saturday
Tomorrow starting at 2 p.m. ET, MTV will air a marathon of its first-person documentary series True Life. The series, which previously has followed an...
Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne's criticism saves a woman's life
Normally, criticism on a reality TV talent show saves the public from pain, and the contestant from a life of further humiliation. But on his...