Monday, Jul. 26, 2010

• This week: New reality series debut, old favorites return
  It's a big week for reality TV: Though we're just about six weeks away from fall premieres, a bunch of shows are kicking off new...
• NJ governor slams Jersey Shore, because its cast is full of New Yorkers
  New Jersey governor Chris Christie appeared on ABC's This Week, and was asked about MTV's Jersey Shore, which returns Thursday for its second season. He...
• Jeff Schroeder's web series starts: I'll "be myself and show what I know, which is not a lot"
  Almost three years after Amazing Race 2 winner Alex Boylan traveled around the world with no money, Big Brother 11 and Amazing Race 16 cast...
• Incest storyline wakes up sleepy Big Brother
  Big Brother 12's self-proclaimed "diabolical super-genius," Matt Hoffman, won Head of Household but didn't manage to do anything diabolical or genius, as his only game...
• Big Brother 12 will conclude after Survivor Nicaragua debuts
  Usually, Big Brother concludes before Survivor returns, but not this year: Survivor Nicaragua debuts Sept. 15 at 8, in its new Wednesday timeslot, and that...
• Survivor, TAR cast members molest animals at Sea World (slideshow)
  Survivor, Amazing Race, and even some Big Brother cast members gathered in Orlando this past weekend to continue their incestuous post-show interactions, help out a...
• Kelly Killoren Bensimon says Real Housewives is "bad improv," wants to stream her life live
  In an interview with Out, The Real Housewives of New York City star Kelly Killoren Bensimon has a lot to say. It sounds perfectly rational...
• Nigel Lythgoe returning to produce American Idol, and may replace all the judges
  So You Think You Can Dance executive producer and judge Nigel Lythgoe may return to his previous job as executive producer of American Idol for...

Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2010

• American Idol auditioner Ian Benardo sues for $300 million, claims anti-gay discrimination
  American Idol 6 auditioner and season nine finale performer/crasher Ian Benardo is suing the show for $300 million, claiming that he was the victim of...
• Justin Rego says he's been threatened with a lawsuit by The Bachelorette's lawyers
  Justin Rego, known as "Rated R," said that he didn't participate in Monday's The Bachelorette 6 reunion because he no longer trusts the show's producers,...

Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2010

• Survivor Nicaragua cast list leaks as CBS confirms tribes split by age
  Another leaked detail about Survivor Nicaragua has been confirmed: its tribes are split by age, with one tribe of people under 30 and another over...
• The Hills almost had a different ending
  A report says that The Hills' final scene, which acknowledged the show's scripted nature, was one of two options, and each of the show's two...
• Survivor Nicaragua cast photo released, minus faces, plus a preview of Tribal Council
  As part of the surprising amount of information being released pre-season, CBS sent the media a photo of Survivor Nicaragua's cast. Because the network has...
• Gordon Ramsay's new show does well, while Tony Robbins fails to inspire
  Fox's new Gordon Ramsay-fronted cooking competition MasterChef drew younger viewers, more than America's Got Talent, but the weak new NBC series Breakthrough with Tony Robbins...

Thursday, Jul. 29, 2010

• CBS' The Talk stars talk about the talk that Julie Chen got the job because of her husband
  Panelists on the new CBS daytime talk show--which is basically The View but with a panel of mothers, most of whom are also associated with...
• A dictionary for Big Brother 12's morons
  The Brigade's plan to "backdoor" Brendon or Rachel backfired on Big Brother 12, largely because the alliance of morons does not understand what "backdoor" means...
• SYTYCD's Lauren hospitalized for dehydration; Nigel Lythgoe already thinks he's on Idol
  After an episode in which all the remaining finalists actually danced, the Nigel Lythgoe-declared So You Think You Can Dance front-runner Lauren Froderman was hospitalized...
• Saboteur twist returning; Big Brother producer loves it, thinks Brendon, Rachel will marry
  The limp and rapidly deflated saboteur twist on Big Brother 12 will return in some form, and we'll learn exactly how on tonight's episode. The...
• Survivor Africa, Survivor Marquesas (finally) on DVD
  Seasons three and four of Survivor, which have long been missing from the available full-season DVD sets, are now available for pre-order on Amazon.com and...
• Lisa Wu Hartwell quits Real Housewives because producers wanted scripted drama
  The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Lisa Wu Hartwell won't return as a full-time cast member for the show's third season, though she will...
• Ellen DeGeneres quits American Idol
  Ellen DeGeneres has quit as an American Idol judge after one season, and Fox will apparently announce Simon Cowell's replacement--and perhaps an entirely new panel...

Friday, Jul. 30, 2010

• Kara DioGuardi fired, Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler join Randy Jackson as Idol judges
  After yesterday's announcement that Ellen DeGeneres quit American Idol, reports say Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler are joining the judging panel and Kara DioGuardi's...
• Andrew leaves Big Brother after spectacular speech; viewers voting on next saboteur
  Three weeks after its debut, Big Brother 12 finally got interesting, thanks to a big pre-eviction speech by Andrew that Julie Chen called "the best...
• Billy Bell's SYTYCD journey finally ends as Nigel Lythgoe wades into homophobia again
  Billy Bell was finally sent home on So You Think You Can Dance after being in the bottom three for five weeks in a row....
• Heidi Montag divorcing Spencer Pratt
  After just over a year of marriage, former Hills star Heidi Montag filed for divorce with her husband Spencer Pratt. Yes, 20 to 30 orgasms...
• Reality show host Emmy dropped from prime-time broadcast
  The Emmy for outstanding reality show host will not be presented during the prime-time awards ceremony, as it has been for its first two years....
• Snooki arrested after Jersey Shore returns with high ratings
  Jersey Shore star Nicole Polizzi, aka Snooki, was arrested and taken away by police in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, where the third season is currently...

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