reality blurred + archives + October 5 to October 11, 2008

week of October 5, 2008

America's Toughest Jobs' dismal ratings send it to Saturdays
After it airs an episode Friday night, NBC's reality competition America's Toughest Jobs will switch nights again, moving to Saturdays at 8 p.m. ET for...
Zombies invade UK Big Brother house for E4's Dead Set
The following is the most awesome, most engaging, most entertaining footage from a Big Brother house I've ever seen: That's a trailer for, as the...
Misty May-Treanor reportedly quits Dancing with the Stars after being injured Friday
Olympian Misty May-Treanor suffered an injury while rehearsing for Dancing with the Stars 7 on Friday, and has reportedly been forced to quit the competition...

Amazing Race begins another season of delayed episodes and familiar, if stupider, contestants
Last Sunday, The Amazing Race debuted, and something happened that just a few seasons ago would have been unthinkable: I didn't even start watching it...
thewb.com's web-only High Drama: Against All Oz follows high school drama production
Today, The WB debuts its first original reality series, High Drama: Against All Oz, which follows the impressive, not-quite-high school production of The Wizard of...

Hoopz wins I Love Money
The first season of I Love Money ended Sunday night, and Hoopz won the $250,000. She appeared on the first season of Flavor of Love...
Real Housewives of Atlanta debuts tonight
Bravo diversifies its prime-time lineup and its Real Housewives franchise tonight when it debuts The Real Housewives of Atlanta. The network says its five new...
ABC sued by Japanese broadcaster over Wipeout
ABC's successful summer reality competition Wipeout has attracted a lawsuit from the Tokyo Broadcasting System, which says the show rips off its series Takeshi's Castle,...
Misty May-Treanor out due to ruptured tendon as Dancing keeps up its shameless teasing
Misty May-Treanor has dropped out of Dancing with the Stars 7, and will have surgery tomorrow for a ruptured Achilles tendon--which the two-hour show got...
Project Runway 6 may be delayed until summer
Although production on Project Runway 6 is underway in Los Angeles, where new producers Bunim/Murray have taken over the show, the series may not air...

Kelly Wearstler on her "great outfits": "Fuck it, I'm just going to wear them"
Bravo's Top Design is well into its second season, and its changes have definitely improved the series, although it's still no Top Chef. The new...
David Archuleta signs with Azoff Management but will be co-managed by his dad
American Idol 7 runner-up David Archuleta will be managed by Azoff Management, which Entertainment Weekly reports is "the career-launching (and often sustaining) music powerhouse that...
Rocco DiSpirito's elimination delayed for one more week; May-Treanor's surgery successful
Just as the series has done when it lost previous contestants, Dancing with the Stars 7 did not eliminate anyone last night following Misty May-Treanor's...

Rehearsal footage could be used, judged if Dancing with the Stars competitor is injured
Dancing with the Stars has had an increasing number of injuries; there now seem to be more injuries than actual stars. But the show has...
Project Runway 5 has its final (annoying) three
A not-so-surprise surprise challenge on last night's penultimate episode of Project Runway 5 lead to the elimination of Jerrell Scott, leaving Kenley Collins, Leanne Marshall,...
An actor will recreate scenes from The Hills for a four-episode spin-off
MTV is planning two extensions to its already-extended Hills franchise: a special that includes "lost scenes" and another that includes an actor recreating scenes by...
Celebrity Rehab 2 trailer shows Jeff Conaway fighting with Gary Busey, calling 911
The most unexpectedly great and best new show of the year, VH1's Celebrity Rehab, returns two weeks from tonight, on Oct. 23 at 10 p.m....
Robo-hosts who get fed lines by producers include Ty Pennington, Tabatha Coffey
Bravo's Tabatha's Salon Takeover, which is essentially a salon version of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, concludes its run tonight. It's a competently produced, relatively engaging...
Whitney Port will move to New York on The City
The Hills star Whitney Port will get her own, long-rumored series early next year when MTV debuts The City, a pretty undescriptive title. The network...

Cheryl Burke on weight criticism: "I know I'm not fat"
Dancing with the Stars pro Cheryl Burke, who's won the competition twice, has recently been criticized for gaining weight (about five pounds) and is being...
Daisy will star in Rock of Love spin-off; CW spins off Top Model's Jay and J.
Both The CW and VH1 are spinning off shows using cast members from previous seasons of those shows, which is definitely the new trend in...
Tribe switch leaves Fang full of losers
Last week on Survivor Gabon, the Fang tribe won two back-to-back challenges, after losing every other challenge up to that point. This week, the Fang...