reality blurred + archives + June 8 to June 14, 2008

week of June 8, 2008

Amy Finley said no to a second season of her Food show in part due to blogger "attacks"
Amy Finley, the winner of Next Food Network Star 3, got her own show, but turned down an offer to produce more episodes. The Gourmet...
NBC debuts Nashville Star 6 tonight
USA Network's music competition Nashville Star moves to NBC for its sixth season, which debuts at 9 p.m. ET. The new season is hosted by...
Rumored cast for Celebrity Rehab 2 includes Nikki McKibbin, Aaron Carter, Heidi Fleiss
VH1 renewed its hit, horrifying series Celebrity Rehab, and the second season is apparently starting production this week. Until VH1 officially announces the cast, or...

Cool School documentary tells the story of L.A.'s influential, artist-launching Ferus Gallery
Tonight, PBS' Independent Lens debuts The Cool School, a documentary that follows the nine-year life of Los Angeles' Ferus Gallery. It airs at whatever time...
One Mole player threatens to kill another and "not leave any forensic evidence"
By the end of The Mole 3's second episode, I'd figured out what's preventing me from being completely absorbed by this season, in the way...
Brody Jenner will use MTV's Bromance competition to find a new guy for his entourage
Hills star Brody Jenner has been shopping another reality series (that heavily scripted Fox series Princes of Malibu didn't work out so well), and now...
Rodney King, Gary Busey, Jeff Conaway, Nikki McKibbin, Tawny Kitaen reportedly check in to Celebrity Rehab
Celebrity Rehab 2 started production yesterday, and the cast reportedly includes beating victim Rodney King, American Idol's Nikki McKibbin, cocaine-possessing Surreal Life 6 cast member...

Profiled: 1960 US Open golfers, Jim McKay, and parents of gay kids
Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, HBO debuts Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends Of The 1960 U.S. Open, a documentary that follows Ben Hogan,...
Padma gains 12 to 15 pounds during Top Chef's season, which tapes in 20 days
Top Chef 4 concludes tonight at 10 p.m. ET, and has its best odds yet of selecting its first female winner. Richard Blais, Lisa Fernandes,...
Nashville Star up 214 percent but down for NBC; The Mole loses 16 percent of its viewers
Reality TV isn't doing too well on Monday nights, getting trounced by repeats--repeats!--of shitty shows like CSI: Miami and Two and a Half Men. Nashville...
Celebrity Circus debuts tonight
The latest show in the parade of pseudo-celebrity series comes to NBC tonight as the network debuts Celebrity Circus at 9:30 p.m. ET. As always,...
Bravo spins off Top Chef Junior, a cooking competition for teenagers
The continued success of Top Chef has led Bravo to order two new cooking-themed shows, including a spin-off of Top Chef called Top Chef Junior....

My Life on the D-List returns for a fourth season
Kathy Griffin returns to Bravo tonight for the fourth season of My Life on the D-List, which debuts at 9 p.m. ET. Afterwards, at 10,...
Stephanie Izard wins Top Chef 4
Top Chef has its first female winner in three seasons: Stephanie Izard. "You've proven time and time again that when think we have you all...
Tila Tequila: gay marriage legal "because of me"
Tila Tequila, who is apparently still interesting enough to be interviewed by celebrity magazines, credits herself and her joke of an MTV reality show with...
Bravo moves Project Runway to 9 p.m. for its July 16 debut
Project Runway 5 has a debut date, and it's July 16. For its final season on Bravo, the show is being moved to 9 p.m.,...
Canadian network announces Rock of Love 3
A Canadian TV network has announced the third season of Bret Michael's VH1 reality show search for love, even though Bret and season two winner...

Matt moves out but is still engaged to Shayne
Bachelor 12 Matt Grant has moved out of Shayne Lamas' house into his own condo in California, although he insists they're still together. "I had...
Top Chef 4 finale leads cable, Celebrity Circus leads networks among viewers 18-49
Two reality shows that aired in the 10 p.m. hour on Wednesday did well for their respective NBC Universal-owned networks, particularly in the key demographic...
Musicians' union sues producers for rerecording music on American Idol Rewind
The American Federation of Musicians has sued American Idol's producers for re-recording music on the syndicated American Idol Rewind show instead of paying the original...