week of July 6, 2008

Monday, Jul. 7, 2008

• Child psychiatrists want NBC's Baby Borrowers cancelled
  The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry wants NBC to cancel its fascinating and compelling new reality series The Baby Borrowers because of the...
• What I'm watching: Competitions to find cable networks new stars
  One of the questions I'm asked most often goes something like this: "Do you really watch all of those shows?" The question is usually asked...
• Report: Celebrity Rehab may spin-off Sober Living
  With the new group of celebrities out of Celebrity Rehab, they're faced with whether or not to spend time in a sober living facility. According...
• Janet Jackson, celebrities who want another show, single moms all get reality shows
  Newly announced reality series include some original ideas, but also some that cover familiar territory, like yet another music competition (because there aren't enough of...
• Cast members are "not here to make friends"
  If there's any question that contestants from different reality TV shows across networks and sub-genres often come from the same mold, this hysterical three-minute collection...
• Britain's Missing Top Model is a UK competition between disabled models
  Last Tuesday, the BBC debuted Britain's Missing Top Model, a reality competition that is like Top Model, except it features disabled people. The eight models...
• Top 50 American Idol 7 contestants can audition for season eight unless they made the top 24
  For its eighth season, American Idol will let a greater number of rejects from last season return than from previous seasons. "Contestants from the Top...
• Big Brother 10 cast includes a 75-year-old
  The cast of Big Brother 10 will be officially unveiled on The Early Show Tuesday morning, so Julie Chen and company can have an audience...

Tuesday, Jul. 8, 2008

• DeAnna rejects a bachelor's proposal but accepts the other man's
  Over seven months after DeAnna Pappas was rejected by Brad Womack, she got to break a heart of her own, rejecting one marriage proposal but...
• More people watched Bachelorette reunion than the actual finale
  The Bachelorette 4's finale last night, during which DeAnna Pappas accepted Jesse' marriage proposal, was watched by an average of 9.5 million viewers. Just under...
• Julie Chen calls new cast "Big Brother in its purest form"
  CBS officially announced the cast of Big Brother 10 this morning, confirming the cast list that was published online. Host Julie Chen says in a...
• Conrad Riggs sues Mark Burnett for $70 million
  Conrad Riggs, the co-executive producer with Mark Burnett on shows such as The Apprentice and The Contender, in addition to crappier shows like The Casino...

Wednesday, Jul. 9, 2008

• Reality stars "consider it an honor" to be on The Soup
  In perhaps the least surprising news ever, the reality stars mocked on E!'s weekly wrap-up show The Soup aren't humiliated or ashamed, but sometimes beg...
• Open casting calls dropped for Project Runway 6, which extended its deadline for non-New Yorkers
  For Project Runway 6, Lifetime and the Weinstein Company are abandoning open casting calls, which the show used its first five seasons, and instead inviting...
• Christina Machamer wins Hell's Kitchen 4
  Hell's Kitchen 4 concluded with Gordon Ramsay naming Christina Machamer as his executive chef for his new Los Angeles restaurant with a $250,000 pay day....
• Bravo says it is trying to "protect the secrecy" of Project Runway 5 by ignoring it before the debut
  It's one week until Project Runway 5 debuts, and essentially all we know is that the show is debuting, thanks to some lame promos featuring...
• Lorenzo Lamas approves of Matt Grant; Mikalah Gordon defends Sean Young's sanity
  Lorenzo Lamas has a lot to say about his daughter's experience on The Bachelor 12 and subsequent engagement to Matt Grant. So much that he...

Thursday, Jul. 10, 2008

• Tila Tequila walks off the set of her reunion
  The reunion for A Shot of Love with Tila Tequila 2's reunion aired Monday, and although it was preceded by another reunion full of juvenile...
• Greatest American Dog debuts tonight
  The summer's second dog-themed reality competition debuts tonight as CBS kicks off Greatest American Dog at 8 p.m. ET (the first was the cheap, metaphor-heavy...
• Fourth season is Hell's Kitchen's highest-rated yet
  Tuesday's conclusion of Hell's Kitchen 4, when Christina was selected by Gordon Ramsay as the person who sucked the least, was watched by 8.8 million...
• Animal Planet moves into edgier, compelling territory with Whale Wars, Grizzly Man Diaries
  Animal Planet's recent efforts to rebrand have produced series like Groomer Has It which, well, didn't really have it. But a slate of new series...
• Lance Bass rumored to be on Dancing with the Stars 7, may have a male partner
  The cast of Dancing with the Stars 7 may include former 'NSync member, and former Reichen Lehmkuhl boyfriend, Lance Bass. The New York Daily News'...
• DeAnna and Jesse will marry in May 2009
  Now that a large number of people know that they're engaged, DeAnna Pappas and Jesse Csincsak have announced that they're getting married in less than...

Friday, Jul. 11, 2008

• Generation Kill, HBO's fictional mini-series based on a non-fiction book, debuts Sunday
  HBO's miniseries Generation Kill debuts Sunday at 9 p.m. ET, and will air for seven weeks, following a Marine battalion as they prepare to enter...
• 10th season of Big Brother debuts Sunday
  On Sunday, CBS' human litter box reality show Big Brother will debut its 10th season at 8 p.m. ET. The show also airs Tuesdays at...
• Mole 2's Bill says Mole producers "are coming out with a campaign to keep the mole from being executed"
  The actual mole from The Mole 2 has posted to his blog that the season that's currently airing is in danger of being cancelled by...
• Versus acquires Contender, will film it in Singapore and air Contender Muay Thai
  The Contender, which was cancelled by ESPN after two seasons, has found a third home: Versus, the network formerly known as OLN. For the fourth...
• Design Star's Mikey Verdugo did gay porn, is an openly gay police officer
  Design Star contestant Mikey Verdugo, the 34-year-old who works as a police officer in Florida, appeared years ago in a gay porn bondage video. Perhaps...

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