Sunday, Jul. 12, 2009

• HBO's summer documentary series includes Prom Night in Mississippi, Boy Interrupted
  Besides light, fun reality TV, summer has also become a time for incredible documentaries that tell stories about people both famous and unknown, thanks in...
• Randal Pinkett may be New Jersey lt. governor candidate; Sean Duffy running for Congress
  Apprentice 4 winner Randal Pinkett is on the short list to become the New Jersey's Democratic candidate for lieutenant governer, while Real World Boston alum...
• Heroes and villains all-stars, return to Samoa both confirmed for Survivor 20
  Update: CBS confirmed and gave details on the all-star 20th season during the conclusion of Survivor Samoa. Details of Survivor 20's not-so-secret twist and location...

Monday, Jul. 13, 2009

• HOH Jessie's ego now as grotesquely large as his body as he makes two dumb nominations
  We have our first nominations of the Big Brother 11 season, and as delivered by HOH Jessie, they made little sense. Because his clique of...
• Seacrest gets $45 million to host Idol for three more years
  Ryan Seacrest has officially signed a $45 million contract that will keep him hosting American Idol for $15 million a season. That "is believed to...
• Judge says Hatch can't do Survivor 20
  Unsurprisingly, a judge has denied Richard Hatch's request to participate in the 20th, all-star season of Survivor. "Judge William E. Smith on Friday issued an...
• Lifetime reuniting Project Runway designers for all-star competition
  Project Runway 6's late August debut on Lifetime will be preceded by an all-star competition featuring former contestants--a special competition that was rumored more than...
• Students recreate Super Mario Bros. on India's Got Talent
  They may not be the next international sensation like Susan Boyle, but a group of students in India auditioned for India's Got Talent with an...
• Kris Allen dumps "No Boundaries" on tour; handful of nutjobs protest Adam Lambert
  News from the American Idol 8 tour: The awful coronation song "No Boundaries," co-written by new judge Kara DioGuardi, has been dumped from winner Kris...
• Simon Cowell not yet signed to Idol, but Ryan Seacrest is confident everyone will be back
  Responding to a report that he was offered $144 million to renew his contract with American Idol, Simon Cowell said he has not yet signed...
• Braden Bacha uses a racial slur during fight
  Big Brother 11 has joined the CBS reality seres' long and sordid history of horrifically racist and otherwise awful houseguest comments, as Braden Bacha used...

Tuesday, Jul. 14, 2009

• Jeff Schroeder uses gay slurs on Big Brother
  Update: On season 13, two years after this incident, Jeff Schroeder went on a homophobic rant. In addition to Braden Bacha's use of an ethnic...
• Discovery renews Pitchmen with Billy Mays' son, Anthony Sullivan "developing" season two
  The Discovery Channel has renewed its reality series Pitchmen for a second season despite the recent death of its star Billy Mays. The network also...
• Kathy Griffin will be the first Emmy winner to host the Schmemmys/Creative Arts Emmys
  Two-time Emmy winner Kathy Griffin will host the Creative Arts Emmys, becoming the first Emmy-winner to do so. That's the ceremony that takes place a...

Wednesday, Jul. 15, 2009

• Win a three-month SuperPass to watch Big Brother online
  If you want to see the drama and the horror live as it happens in the Big Brother 11 house, but you've yet to subscribe...
• Lydia saved, Braden nominated as editors ignore Big Brother 11's ugliness
  The strategizing and fighting have officially begun on the Big Brother 11, at least so far as the prime-time series is concerned, and it, as...
• Sanjaya and Holly Montag are not dating
  About the only interesting thing to come out of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here was the relationship between Sanjaya Malakar and Holly Montag,...
• Jessie and Lydia make out; Michele comes out as bisexual
  Some minor developments in the Big Brother 11 house yesterday: Lydia and Jessie apparently made out in a blanket fort, while scientist Michele came out...
• Wes encounters angry fans, cancelled shows
  Bachelorette 5 star Wes' actual evilness or fictional villainy has had consequences in his life: venues are cancelling his gigs, convinced no one will show,...

Thursday, Jul. 16, 2009

• Twitter reality show competition pitch published
  Twitter received a proposal for a reality show called Final Tweet from an unknown production company, as internal Twitter documents (that TechCrunch acquired and is...
• Toby Young promises "be a little more measured" on Top Chef 6
  Acerbic Top Chef judge Toby Young has responded to criticism of his criticism by promising he'll tone down his judging for the show's sixth season....
• O.C. adds Housewives fan Alexis Bellino; Bravo casting for new NYC women
  Bravo has confirmed it has renewed and is casting for The Real Housewives of New York City, looking for either new or possibly replacement housewives,...
• J. K. Rowling: A Year in the Life is "an intimate, personal encounter" with Harry Potter's creator
  Tapping into the general bloodlust for anything and everything Harry Potter, ABC will air a British documentary tonight about the book/franchise's creator that looks at...
• Emmys: Phil Keoghan gets nominated with Padma and Tom; Survivor ignored again
  The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced its second slate of nominees for best reality show host, and they have finally righted an...
• How did Idol director Bruce Gowers get nominated for an Emmy? and other reality-related Emmy injustices
  Complaining about Emmy nominations is an unstated requirement of being a TV critic, whether that's complaining about snubs or about the way the Academy ignores...
• Live blog: Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens debut and Big Brother After Dark
  Join me tonight at 11:45 p.m. ET for a live blog as we celebrate reality blurred's nine year anniversary by watching the midnight debut of...

Friday, Jul. 17, 2009

• Phil Keoghan "honored," glad to not "be home still scraping my wall ... in my underpants."
  Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan was finally nominated for an Emmy, and he has characteristic good humor about it. He told the AP that last...
• Bethenny Frankel may leave Housewives for her own show
  The Real Housewives of New York City star and former Apprentice star Bethenny Frankel may leave the Bravo show for her own series. The show...
• Real World DC camera operator apologizes for harassing news crew
  A camera operator for The Real World DC who interrupted a local affiliate's interview with a fan outside of the house has apologized for his...
• Jordan Lloyd uses, apologizes for gay slurs on Big Brother 11
  Watching the Showtime 2 version of the Big Brother 11 live feeds during the live blog/chat, we witnessed some live: waitress Jordan Lloyd used a...
• Braden evicted after tie despite producers' pathetic sanitizing of his bigotry
  Big Brother 11's first eviction had the right conclusion--Braden was evicted--but the rest of the episode was an exercise in the producers' cowardice and pathetic...
• Julie Chen challenges a dismissive Braden about his bad Big Brother 11 behavior
  Just like the producers' editing of the raw footage into a sanitized version of actual events in the Big Brother 11 house, ">Julie Chen's interview...
• Paula Abdul's manager says Paula won't return to Idol and is "hurt" and "angry," considering other shows
  Paula Abdul's manager says his client won't return for American Idol 9 because she "doesn't even have a proposal for a new contract from FremantleMedia...

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