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Monday, Jan. 21, 2008

TK and Rachel win The Amazing Race 12
In the end, The Amazing Race 12 came down to the final Roadblock task. And ultimately, while there was tension as the teams tried to...
Paige Davis was "hurt" by her firing, which was "done in a relatively brutal way"
Being fired as host of Trading Spaces almost exactly three years ago was not easy for Paige Davis, who calls the experience "very bad," "brutal,...
Mole casting begins; production may begin in March
Casting for The Mole 3 has begun, with open calls and interviews scheduled for the beginning of February, and the series may start production as...
CBS releases film trailer for Survivor Micronesia
Last season, CBS promoted Survivor with behind-the-scenes videos shot by Jeff Probst. This season, they created this: The half film trailer, half Lenny Kravitz music...

Frontline's Growing Up Online documentary airs tonight
Tonight, PBS' Frontline examines the effects of growing up online in its documentary Growing Up Online, which debuts at 9 p.m. ET. PBS says that...
Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker debuts tonight
Like Flipping Out, Blow Out, and Work Out, before it, Bravo's newest docudrama follows a business owner who caters to wealthy clients. The Millionaire Matchmaker...
VH1 planning celebrity magician series, search for P Diddy's assistant
VH1 has announced two new celebrity-themed reality series. P Diddy will search for an assistant on one, while the other will feature celebrities doing magic....

Producer pitching World's Strongest Celebrity to networks
Just when it seemed like producers and networks had learned their lesson and had stopped beating certain reality subgenres to death, they prove that they...
Gauntlet III Challenge debuts tonight
Past cast members from The Real World and Road Rules who have now made appearing on Challenge shows their careers reunite again starting tonight for...
WGA drops reality TV organization demands but says organizing efforts "will continue"
The ongoing writers' strike has led to a concession from the Writers Guild of America the day before talks resumed: they are giving up their...
American Idol finds some apparently genuinely delusional people in San Diego
So far, the American Idol auditions have been boring and heartwarming, and seemed to mostly be populated with people who wanted to get on television....
Real World 21 casting for activists, "people who are passionate about the world," have "depth"
Although years have passed since anyone cared about The Real World, and The Hills now defines the network, MTV has renewed its once-groundbreaking series for...

Ryan Seacrest producing Denise Richards' reality show
Ryan Seacrest is producing a reality series about Denise Richards' life, a show that's been the focus of a court battle this week with her...
Bravo looking for a man to date a "rising starlet"
A casting agency has posted a casting notice for a future Bravo series, The Dating Project, a show that is looking for a man to...
Cast announced for Flavor of Love 3, the "final season"
Flavor Flav's will soon have his third chance at love via his VH1 reality series Flavor of Love, and VH1 has announced the women who...

CMT's Gone Country celebrity competition debuts tonight
CMT gets into the celebrity reality series game tonight at 8 p.m. ET with Gone Country, on which "John Rich, of the hit country duo...
Miss America Reality Check ends tonight, followed by live, HD pageant Saturday
Miss America: Reality Check, the reality series following the Miss America contestants, concludes its four-episode run tonight at 10 p.m. ET. That is "the latest...
Trading Spaces returns Saturday
Trading Spaces returns Saturday night at 10 p.m. ET on TLC for a ninth season. This is version 4.0 of the show, or perhaps a...
American Idol 7's top 24 revealed after Hollywood eliminations filmed this week
American Idol 7's Hollywood round eliminations were presumably filmed earlier this week, and now an insider has revealed a list of the show's top 24...