reality blurred + archives + July 27 to August 2, 2008

week of July 27, 2008

Matt Grant and Shayne Lamas break up
The inevitable and predictable has occurred: Matt Grant and Shayne Lamas, who met on The Bachelor 12, have officially broken up. "We tried hard to...
CBS moves Big Brother results shows back to Thursdays
After moving Big Brother's results shows from Thursdays to Wednesdays for the winter edition, and keeping that schedule for season 10, CBS has decided to...
Next Food Network Star 4 accidentally reveals its winner online
The finale of Food Network's Next Food Network Star 4 airs tonight at 10 p.m. ET, but the winner was revealed on the show's web...
Emmys will be hosted by all five nominated reality show hosts
All five Emmy-nominated reality TV hosts--Tom Bergeron, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel, Jeff Probst, and Ryan Seacrest--will collectively host the Emmys on Sept. 18. In other...

Jessica is still working for Kathy Griffin
Jessica Zajicek, Kathy Griffin's original giggling assistant, is still working for the comedian and reality show star despite a report that she'd quit. "There's no...

Ryan Seacrest bitten by a shark
American Idol host, Emmy nominee, and Emmy co-host Ryan Seacrest was bitten by a shark over the weekend. He wasn't severely injured, although based upon...
Audrina Patridge discusses the differences between her real life and her fake Hills life
To support today's release of The Hills third season on DVD, Audrina Patridge talked to the L.A. Times, and ends up making the show seem...
America's Player returns for one week
America's Player, the relatively lame experiment from the show's eighth season last summer that let viewers decide how one player voted and how he should...
L.A. earthquake hits Big Brother house
The magintude-5.4 earthquake in Los Angeles today was felt at the Big Brother 10 house, which is located near Colfax and Ventura in Los Angeles,...

Atlanta Extreme Makeover home in foreclosure after owners used it as collateral for a loan
Over the past few days, the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition home outside of Atlanta that is now in foreclosure has gotten a lot of press,...
Tim Gunn wasn't paid for Project Runway's first season, made $2,500 an episode for season two
Tim Gunn was paid just $2,500 an episode for season two of Project Runway, but that's a lot more than the zero dollars he received...
Next Food Network Star 4 finale was the channel's most-watched show ever; Aaron's show debuts Sunday
Food Network's web site screw-up that revealed the show's winner days before the finale didn't hurt the final episode's ratings, as it became "the highest-rated,...
Jerry and Renny create montage magic
Until last Tuesday, I couldn't remember the last time I'd laughed out loud at something that happened on a Big Brother episode. For most of...
Matt says he didn't say Shayne could keep the ring he didn't pay for
Less than a week since they officially broke up, Matt Grant and Shayne Lamas have started publicly sniping at one another. First, Shayne told People...

Summer reality shows lead but don't dominate top 20
This summer, TV ratings "are up slightly, reversing years of declines, even as basic cable continues to grow with more original series," USA TODAY reports....
Top Chef 5 currently filming in New York
The fifth season of Top Chef has made itself at home in Brooklyn, and is currently in production. That means that there have been chef...
Reality shows with Ewan McGregor, Ludacris, Tommy Lee, Pamela Anderson all debut Sunday
On Sunday night, three new celebrity-focused series will debut, but only one appears to be the typical "celebreality" crap and nonsense that we've come to...
Hills producers work with paparazzi, plan each week in advance, admit doing retakes
Entertainment Weekly's cover story next week takes an in-depth look at the phenomenon that is The Hills, and what it takes to create the series....
Dan Quayle was asked but said no to Dancing with the Stars
Former vice president Dan Quayle was asked by the producers of Dancing with the Stars to be on the show's seventh season, but he said...
Project Runway's ratings increase 18 percent over last season; Shear Genius 2 up 129 percent
Even though Project Runway's producers are phoning it in--two of three challenges so far copied from previous seasons? really?--and the contestants seem less engaging and...