reality blurred + archives + April 13 to April 19, 2008

week of April 13, 2008

Footage from Last Comic Standing 6 auditions online; auditions will include NBC stars
Raw footage from Last Comic Standing 6's auditions has appeared on YouTube in advance of its May 22 debut. Comedy blog Dead-Frog found the footage,...
Thousands of idiots still misdial American Idol's phone numbers
Years ago, deceptive marketers took advantage of idiots who dialed the wrong phone numbers to vote for American Idol contestants, and the producers sued to...
Viva Hollywood telenova competition debuts tonight on VH1
After tonight's 90-minute finale of Rock of Love 2 tonight, VH1 will debut a new talent competition, Viva Hollywood, at 10:30 p.m. ET. It will...
Nina Garcia has left Elle magazine
Project Runway judge Nina Garcia is out from her job as fashion director at Elle magazine, leaving her future as a judge on the show's...

High school newspaper reality series The Paper debuts tonight on MTV
Tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET, MTV debuts The Paper, a reality series that follows the staff of The Circuit, the student newspaper at the country's...
John Travolta surprises Oprah with news about her own reality show
Oprah Winfrey's ABC reality show may be named after her, but Oprah apparently has no idea what's going on Oprah's Big Give. Luckily, she has...
Survivor 17 will be shot in high definition
Survivor will finally be shot in high definition starting with its 17th season, which tapes this summer. "CBS announced the production upgrade at the National...
Bret Michaels says Ambre is "is really nice and cool"; will "never say never" about third season
On last night's finale of Rock of Love 2, Bret Michaels chose 37-year-old actress and TV show host Ambre over 25-year-old crazy Daisy, but he's...
Models of the Runway spin-off will follow Project Runway's models, air on Lifetime
The Project Runway spin-off that the Weinstein Company sold to Lifetime (along with the show's sixth season) will follow the models who wear the designers...

Deion Sanders' and NOFX's shows debut; Deadliest Catch and Work Out return
Tonight, two shows conclude their seasons: NBC's The Biggest Loser 5 and Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York City. But it's also a busy...
Trainers aren't paid for Biggest Loser product placement; Jillian rejected Nabisco
The Biggest Loser 5 concludes tonight with a two-hour finale, which will begin at 8 p.m. ET with the results of the first-ever viewer vote,...
Uncensored Real World footage available on new site
In advance of the premiere of The Real World Hollywood, MTV has launched Real World Dailies, a site that features "exclusive uncensored videos daily and...
Top Design 2 bumps Todd Oldham to mentor, adds a new host, but keeps its terrible judges
Bravo's reinvention and makeover of its interior decorator competition series Top Design has resulted in the show getting a new host and producers, but keeping...

Bravo plans two Real Housewives spin-offs, four new series
Bravo announced its slate of new and returning shows on Tuesday, and although they include a July debut of Project Runway 5, its president insists...
20th season of The Real World debuts tonight
The Real World Hollywood, the 20th season of the reality series that kicked off all of the madness that currently occupies our TV sets, debuts...
The Biggest Loser has its first female winner as Ali wins the couples season
A woman won The Biggest Loser for the first time in the show's history, as Ali took home the $250,000 prize. She was also the...
Simon Cowell says finalists lack personality as American Idol has its lowest Tuesday ratings yet
The finalists on American Idol 7 are all lacking personality, according to Simon Cowell, who has apparently reached the conclusion that the rest of America...
Daisy and Heather fight at Rock of Love 2 reunion
This Sunday at 9, VH1 will air a reunion of the Rock of Love 2 women and Bret Michaels. And let's just say runner-up Daisy...
Tom Colicchio says Bravo has received complaints about Top Chef 4's profanity
In a weird little coda at the end of Top Chef 4 last week, the contestants erupted into a fight, sort of, that was difficult...

HOH competition uses a trick question, unfair questions
Watching the latest Big Brother 9 elimination, I was struck once again by how little I cared about what happened to anyone, and how unbelievable...
Kristy Lee Cook goes home as American Idol's producers get cruel with David Archuleta
There was not another surprising result on American Idol 7 last night. Instead, Kristy Lee Cook went home, after landing in the bottom three for...
Results show is the lowest-rated in two years, down 20 percent in 18-49 compared to last year
The drawn-out and bloated results episode of American Idol 7 that featured Mariah Carey, Elliot Yamin, stupid viewer questions, and this year's final-7 attempt at...

Deadliest Catch admits using pick-up shots and combining footage, has Discovery's best debut ever
The Discovery Channel has acknowledged that the first episode of Deadliest Catch's fourth season, which was the highest-rated debut in the network's history (3.5 million...
One of Survivor Micronesia's most dominant players is blindsided by the tribe
And that, my friends, is why Survivor remains the best competitive reality series on the air and is still a popular, top-15 show after eight...