Monday, Aug. 23, 2010

• RHONJ cast, crew banned from country club that hosted "staged" fight
  The venue that hosted The Real Housewives of New Jersey's big season two fight, between Teresa Guidice and a shrieking Danielle Staub with a weave-pulling...
• Jake Pavelka insists he and Vienna will "be friends"
  The Bachelor 14's Jake Pavelka thinks that he and Vienna Girardi will have a relationship in the future, despite their ugly, televised break-up and subsequent...
• Probst wins his third Emmy, while Survivor, Mia Michaels, Jamie Oliver also win Emmys
  At the Creative Arts Emmys were held Saturday night, Survivor's Jeff Probst won his third consecutive award for best reality show host, while Kathy Griffin's...
• HGTV's new Mark Burnett-produced Design Star ends, and "what a disaster" it was
  On HGTV's Design Star earlier this season, judge Vern Yip said of the losing team's design, "What a disaster!" The same could be said for...
• Fantasia admits trying to kill herself
  American Idol 3 winner Fantasia Barrino will release a new album tomorrow and appear on VH1's Behind the Music Tuesday, two weeks after trying to...
• X-Factor admits auto-tuning contestant, may have distorted other vocals, too
  Simon Cowell's The X Factor has admitted auto-tuning a contestant, and reports suggest the show might have also used Auto-Tune to modify the voices of...
• Andy Cohen assaulted, sort of, by a Housewife during reunion
  Next week's Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion features physical violence involving Teresa Guiduce, who throws both pillows and host Andy Cohen. During a brief...

Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010

• DWTS 11 cast reports: The Situation, Audrina Patridge, Brandy, Kurt Warner
  The cast for Dancing with the Stars 11 will be announced next Monday during The Bachelor Pad, but as usual, there are reports of people...
• The problem with Big Brother 12, or why I'm having trouble caring now
  Typically, seasons of Big Brother follow a predictable arc. The houseguests move in and have a calm week or two as they get to know...

Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010

• Jeff Probst will present an Emmy Sunday, returning from Nicaragua again
  Jeff Probst will present an Emmy this Sunday, a week and a day after leaving the Survivor Nicaragua production for a few hours to attend...
• Danielle Staub and the most awkward TV performance ever
  Real Housewives of New Jersey star Danielle Staub appeared on New York's PIX 11 yesterday to perform her single "Real Close," and holy shit. If...

Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010

• A sextuplet show for out-of-ideas TLC, a Hurt Locker series for G4
  Two new, and rather different, cable reality shows were announced this week: Another show following a family of sextuplets on TLC (surprise), and a real-life...
• Brendon proves he's Big Brother's only player, Britney's greed punishes us as Jessie returns
  If it wasn't for the return of Jessie Godderz, I would have been convinced that the Big Brother producers and houseguests were giving me the...
• Chris Harrison protecting Chris Lambton from pushy fans who don't "know what's right"
  The Bachelor host Chris Harrison confirmed that The Bachelorette rejectee Chris Lambton hasn't yet agreed to sign on, and although he holds out some hope,...
• DWTS cast rumors: Bristol Palin, Bachelorette's Ali, Roberto, David Hasselhoff; not Kirstie Alley
  With just a few days until the actual cast announcement, there's been a flurry of reports about potential Dancing with the Stars 11 cast members,...
• Little People, Big World ending after its upcoming, "dramatic" sixth season
  One of TLC's better series, Little People, Big World, will end its run after its upcoming sixth season concludes. The show followed Matt Roloff, Amy...
• American Idol producers: "we have never, nor would we ever, use Auto-Tuning"
  The producers of American Idol released a statement today promising that they've never distorted the vocals of contestants using Auto-Tune or other technology. That statement...

Friday, Aug. 27, 2010

• Big Brother fast-forwards the boredom, love-fest: Matt out (finally), Brendon leaves
  And so it is done: Matt Hoffman and Brendon Villegas, the most controversial Big Brother 12 houseguest and the most competitive houseguest, respectively, have been...
• Whale Wars delivers amazing TV again, illustrating real life better than most reality TV
  Defying the general trajectory of reality TV shows, Whale Wars has been getting better and better as a TV series as it ages. From its...
• Julie Chen confronts liar Matt about his wife's disease lie
  Julie Chen repeatedly asked evicted Big Brother 12 houseguest Matt Hoffman about his lie that his wife has melorheostosis, and got him to at least...
• Phil Keoghan explains why The Amazing Race shouldn't withdraw from the Emmys
  Prime-time Emmy awards will be handed out during the live telecast Sunday night, and if history is any guide, The Amazing Race will win its...

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