reality blurred + archives + October 12 to October 18, 2008

week of October 12, 2008

Rock of Love: Charm School, The Pickup Artist 2, The Chef Jeff Project, Gimme My Reality Show all debut
A slew of new shows debut this weekend, ranging from new competitions to series that give familiar, has-been reality stars the chance to again consume...
Kathy Griffin is talking to other networks about her show, which has not been renewed
Although Variety reported late last month that Bravo had renewed Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D-List, the comedian says that she has not yet...
Mark Burnett will update This is Your Life
This is Your Life, the radio turned television show that aired in the 1950s and early 1960s, is again being developed for TV, this time...
Extreme Makeover shoot involves "countless retakes"
Even as more houses constructed on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition suffer from financial problems--like one that's in foreclosure, while one in Orlando now has a...
ABC wants a "beautiful, charming, educated" 25- to 32-year-old woman for The Bachelorette 5
The Bachelorette has always given a reject from The Bachelor an opportunity to find her own partner. However, the network is now casting for a...

Bolivia brings girl fights, flying sports bras
Last night, I came up with a solution to CBS' constantly delayed start of The Amazing Race, which inevitably means I'll see some 60 Minutes...
Fox Reality Really awards: scripted, pointless
Someday, reality TV may get the recognition it deserves on an awards show, but that day has not yet arrived. Five talented hosts bungled their...
Emmys will create a category for reality TV judges
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences plans to create an Emmy for reality television show judges, according to its chair, John Shaffner. He "confirmed...
Beauty and the Geek may be revived on a new network
The CW put Beauty and the Geek on hiatus last spring, and has since cancelled it, following a very low-rated fifth season that began with...

Sex Change Hospital and Iditarod: Toughest Race on Earth both debut tonight
Two very different professions will be chronicled on two cable reality series that debut tonight. At 11 p.m. ET, WE tv debuts Sex Change Hospital,...
Aubrey O'Day, Danity Kane's fates to be revealed live tonight
The group formed on Making the Band 3, Danity Kane, may be no more after tonight's live finale of Making the Band 4--or we could...
Simon Cowell's $45 million salary leads to "jealousy"
Earlier this year, Forbes reported that Simon Cowell makes $72 million a year, of which $45 million is for each season of American Idol. The...

VH1 Love shows producer: "we keep doing the same show, we're just changing the title"
Sunday night's debut of Charm School represented, by my count, the 11th show in the series that started with Flavor of Love--and of course, that...
Bravo's final Project Runway episode airs tonight
More likely than not, Bravo will air its last new Project Runway episode ever tonight. It's the finale of Project Runway 5, and even if...
Aubrey O' Day, D. Woods out of Danity Kane
Aubrey O'Day and D. Woods, two of Danity Kane's five members, are out of the group. That was revealed during the live season finale of...
MTV extends Making the Band 4 season
MTV will air "bonus episodes" of Making the Band 4 that the network says "will pick-up where the last one left off." In other words,...
Supreme Court won't hear Hatch's appeal
Survivor winner Richard Hatch will remain in prison for another year, as the United States Supreme Court decided not to hear his appeal. His "appeal...

Aubrey's topless photos got her kicked out of Danity Kane, Dawn Richard says
Danity Kane member Dawn Richard said Aubrey O'Day was kicked out of the group not because of her attitude, as Diddy claimed, but because of...
Lauren Conrad tires of The Hills, reunites with Heidi, wants to lecture to college students
Lauren Conrad is getting tired of having her life taped for The Hills, perhaps because she just reconciled with Heidi Montag, but wants to start...
Project Runway 5 winner is Leanne Marshall
After its first-ever all-female final three, Project Runway has its second female winner in five seasons, and that designer is Leanne Marshall. She won Project...
Project Runway 5's finale ratings down from season four, but is the highest-rated season
Bravo has declared Project Runway 5's finale and Leanne Marshall's win was watched by "a whopping 7.158 total viewers," but that's how many people watched...

Kathy Griffin turned down Dancing with the Stars, wants her show to stay with NBC
Kathy Griffin--who's still fighting with Bravo over money for a new season of her show and called Elisabeth Hasselbeck "a fucking Survivor reject--fired her agent...
Tim Gunn initially refused to judge the finale
Project Runway 5 finale guest judge Tim Gunn initially turned down producers' offer to guest judge, but he knew that he might be judging before...
Dancing with the Stars recap will replace Opportunity Knocks
The first new fall TV show to be cancelled is ABC's hybrid game/reality show Opportunity Knocks, and ABC plans to replace it with a condensed...
GC would have stayed in the game if Sugar had been voted out
Besides Ace getting hit in the face during both challenges, and Marcus making out with Charlie's shoulder, the big news from Survivor Gabon's fifth episode...