Monday, Jun. 16, 2008

• 1.1 million watch Bravo's self-serving A-List Awards
  Last Thursday night, 1.127 million viewers watched Bravo's first shot at an awards show, the A-List Awards, which were hosted by Kathy Griffin. In a...
• Psychic Kids debuts, Intervention returns tonight
  Tonight, A&E extends two of its reality franchises. At 9 p.m. ET, Intervention returns for its fifth season following users who've hit rock bottom and...
• John de Mol offering cash, producing roles for reality TV show ideas on Talapa Creative
  If you've ever had an idea for a reality show and haven't known what to do with it, Big Brother's creator is now accepting pitches...
• Top Chef tour starts Saturday as Bravo expands the show's brand
  With Project Runway moving away to Lifetime, Bravo is going full-throttle with its development of the Top Chef brand. In other words, anything Bravo can...
• Heidi Klum makes around $1.6 million a year for Project Runway, which is getting a "facelift"
  When Project Runway 6 debuts on Lifetime in November, it will look different, according to its host. Lifetime has insisted that the show will stay...
• Allison Grodner promises Big Brother 10 cast is "wildest group yet" with "extreme personalities"
  Big Brother 10 selected its finalists late last month, according to casting director Robyn Kass, and now the show's executive producer insists that the new...
• Spencer Pratt says he gets $100,000 "minimum" for appearances; Letterman calls him a "dope"
  Spencer Pratt appeared on David Letterman's show Friday night for some reason, perhaps because it was the 13th and he's a pop culture demon. The...
• Vonzell Solomon detained for having a gun at airport security, home sold in foreclosure
  Vonzell Solomon's home sold in foreclosure less than a week after she carried a gun through airport security. A year after her home caught fire...

Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2008

• Frontline's look at the Young and Restless in China debuts tonight
  Tonight, Frontline presents a two-hour look at Chinese people in their 20s and 30s, Young and Restless in China. It's supposed to air from 9...
• America's Got Talent 3, Flipping Out, and Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood debut tonight
  Another wave of summer reality TV shows starts tonight, from a summer staple talent show to a docudrama about a crazed man. America's Got Talent...
• VH1 casting for Scream Queens competition; winner gets horror movie role
  VH1 is currently casting for a fall show called Scream Queens, a competition that will reward its winner with "a 'breakout role,' as the ingénue,...
• Date with Constantine Maroulis currently being auctioned for $2,000
  He may be a self-declared "fucking artist," but American Idol 4 finalist Constantine Maroulis remains very popular with his fans. (A year or so ago,...
• Joey: "I failed to realize that Real World is known for getting bombed all the time"
  Real World Hollywood cast member Joey Kovar checked himself into rehab earlier during the season, and although he returned, he decided to leave the house...
• Omarosa leads list of top 10 reality villains
  TV Guide has named the top 10 reality TV villains, and it's led by Omarosa. While some of those in the magazine's list definitely deserve...

Wednesday, Jun. 18, 2008

• Reality TV watchers are bigger whores online, research found
  People who watch lots of reality TV shows are big whores online, sharing more information about themselves and gathering friends they don't know, according to...
• Black Gold debuts on truTV tonight, the next of the Deadliest Catch clones
  With Discovery's Deadliest Catch and History's Ice Road Truckers, producer Thom Beers has defined a new subgenre of reality TV, one that's perhaps more real...
• Live studio audience members wanted for Big Brother 10's Wednesday episodes
  Big Brother 10 is searching for live studio audience members for six live eviction episodes, starting with the show's very first Wednesday episode. Audiences Unlimited...

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