Monday, Sep. 28, 2009

• Jon and Kate have lost 62 percent of their viewers since August
  Jon and Kate Gosselin's post-separation "journey," which TLC has been following since early August, hasn't been interesting enough to keep viewers around, so they're fleeing,...
• Ken Burns' National Parks: America's Best Idea is more about people than places
  The documentaries I cover on reality blurred are those that, like the very best reality shows, tell the true, dramatic, entertaining stories of real people....
• A&E's Hoarders is the best depiction of mental illness on TV today
  A&E's reality series Hoarders ends its first season tonight at 10 p.m., having established itself as television's best illustration of mental illness. I've never liked...
• Vietnamese mud and ducks rescue Amazing Race 15 from its L.A., Japanese missteps
  The Amazing Race 15 was back and in fine form, at least once it reached its second hour, which came well into the 9:00 hour...

Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2009

• TAR 15's Garrett and Jessica are engaged, Eric and Lisa left post-elimination sequester
  Distressing and delusional post-episode news and comments from the four eliminated The Amazing Race 15 cast members: Garrett Paul and Jessica Stout are engaged, Jessica...
• Hills stars make between $90,000 and $100,000 an episode, report claims
  The Hills returns tonight without Lauren Conrad but with Kristin Cavallari, and that change is saving MTV $35,000 an episode. That's according to cast member...
• TLC drops Jon for Kate Plus Eight, because her "journey really resonates with our viewers"
  Jon Gosselin is being dropped from Jon and Kate Plus Eight, and TLC is relaunching the series as Kate Plus Eight on Nov. 2, the...
• Russell Hantz will be on Survivor 20, his brother says
  Survivor Samoa's Russell Hantz will be appearing on the 20th, all-star season of Survivor, according to his brother. In other words, the horrifyingly brilliant strategist...
• Jon Gosselin suspends divorce, admits "poor judgement," wants to be "partner in parenting"
  A few hours after TLC announced Jon was being dropped from the title of a remade Jon and Kate Plus Eight, Jon revealed he's suspending...
• Tsunami kills people in Samoa near Survivor locations, but remaining crew is safe
  A tsunami caused by an offshore earthquake hit Samoa and killed an unknown number of people in the areas near where Survivor filmed its 19th...
• Adam Lambert has the #1 album on Amazon without any promotion; Kris Allen is #63
  Adam Lambert's forthcoming debut album became the top-selling record on Amazon.com shortly after being listed on the site, despite its Nov. 24 release date and...

Wednesday, Sep. 30, 2009

• Stephanie Pratt, Audrina Patridge, Lo Bosworth are all leaving The Hills, Stephanie says
  Three cast members will leave MTV's The Hills at the end of this season, according to one of them. "I think Audrina, Lo and I...
• SYTYCD contestant's vagina exposed; Fox calls it "a crease in the young lady's panties"
  A contestant on So You Think You Can Dance last night exposed her vagina because she was not wearing underwear. Not since Marcus' penis showed...
• Did SYTYCD show a vagina or "flesh-toned dance gear," as new footage suggests?
  After footage of what appears to be a vagina appeared in last night's episode of So You Think You Can Dance, Fox responded with a...

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009

• The Hills loses 900,000 viewers without Lauren Conrad, but The City is up 43 percent
  The Tuesday return of MTV's two pseudo-reality shows brought bad news for one of them and good news for the other. Without Lauren Conrad, The...
• Flavor Flav wants to return to high school for his sixth reality series
  Flavor Flav, who turned 50 in March, wants to return to high school and be filmed for what would be his sixth reality series, but...
• TLC stops filming Jon and Kate's kids after Jon threatens to have crews arrested
  Jon posted a sign at his house that says "Notice: No film Crew or Production Staff from TLC is Permitted on This Property Under Penelty...
• Tsunami killed 148+ and leveled 70 Samoan villages, some near Survivor challenge beaches; Ponderosa resort destroyed
  The deadly tsunami that destroyed parts of Upolu, the island where Survivor Samoa and Survivor 20 were both filmed, killed at least 148 people, and...
• Bravo gives Bethenny Frankel, Christian Siriano, and Fabio Viviani their own reality series
  Three stars of Bravo reality series are getting their own docudrama reality shows. As expected, The Real Housewives of New York City's Bethenny Frankel will...

Friday, Oct. 2, 2009

• Jon and Kate made $22,500 per episode, about $1 million a year
  The Jon and Kate saga continued on CNN's Larry King Live last night, where Jon appeared with his attorney, where they revealed that Jon and...
• Jaison's stand against vile Ben's racism takes control from Russell; Ben says of Jaison, "you're not a slave"
  After starting a fire early in the third episode of Survivor Samoa, Ben told us, "without my help, these people will die." Clearly, Foa Foa's...
• Next week: David Carradine's closet haunting, plus new Dirty Jobs and Dragon's Den
  Here's what happened last week, and what to watch for next week: The Past This past week was all about Jon and Kate Plus Eight...

Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009

• Real Housewives' A.J. killed in Atlanta
  Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Ashley "A.J." Jewell, Kandi Burruss' former fiance, was killed in a fight outside a strip club bar last night....

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