Sunday, Jun. 27, 2010

• High Drama returns to follow another student production of The Wizard of Oz
  Two years after airing High Drama: Against All Oz, an online-only reality series that followed a high school's production of the Wizard of Oz (which...
• Big Brother's pre-season routine revealed
  Big Brother 4 winner Jun Song, who's still as obnoxious as ever, even in print, walked through her pre-show experience in an interview with TV...
• Restrepo, which follows Afghanistan platoon for a year, has best per-theater opening
  Although it only aired on two screens in New York and L.A., the new documentary Restrepo had the best per-theater opening of new movies this...

Monday, Jun. 28, 2010

• Bret Michaels meeting with American Idol producers about becoming its fourth judge
  Celebrity Apprentice 3 winner Bret Michaels is a step closer to replacing Simon Cowell on American Idol: He'll meet with producers soon to discuss joining...
• Ali learns of Justin's infidelity as The Bachelorette ramps up its orchestrated drama
  On tonight's episode of The Bachelorette 6, Ali Fedotowsky learns that one of her suitors, Justin "Rated R" Rego, has a girlfriend. (It's the Wes...
• The City is not cancelled, Whitney Port says
  Whitney Port has taken to the internet to assure worried fans that her fake MTV reality series, The City, has not been cancelled. Fashionista reported...

Tuesday, Jun. 29, 2010

• Reality shows kids usually unprotected by child labor laws due to lack of rules, confusion
  Kids are increasingly part of reality TV shows that star adults, and The Los Angeles Times investigated their participation, and "found that dozens of kids...
• Lifetime expands Project Runway 8 episodes to 90 minutes
  Project Runway's eighth season is currently in production in New York City, and when it debuts July 29, Lifetime will air 90-minute episodes of the...
• Forbes' most powerful: Cowell ($80 million), DeGeneres ($55m), Trump ($50m), Seacrest ($41m), Klum ($16m)
  Forbes has published its list of the 100 "richest and most powerful actors, actresses and musicians," and it includes three of American Idol's cast members,...
• Big Brother 12's twist: a saboteur (or basically just America's Player renamed)
  Big Brother 12's twist has been revealed, and it's a variation of one we've seen before. One contestant will be a saboteur, and will "disrupt...
• Glee reality series will air on Oxygen
  Fox and Glee producer Ryan Murphy cancelled plans for a Glee reality show that would have aired on Fox late this summer, but now Oxygen...
• The Hills turns 100 tonight before dying next month; Kristen dating a camera operator
  Tonight's episode of The Hills is its 100th, and that arrives just two weeks before the series finale. On that occasion, MTV looks at its...
• Larry King retiring, says Ryan Seacrest should replace him
  Larry King is ending his CNN talk show and retiring this fall, he announced in a statement, and he also said that American Idol host...

Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2010

• Justin denies cheating, doing Bachelorette for fame, but Chris Harrison says there's "proof"
  After being publicly shamed on The Bachelorette Monday, Justin Rego denied having a girlfriend or doing the show for fame instead of love, which is...
• Susan Sarandon producing ping-pong reality show; Rob Lowe producing DC-set docudrama
  Two actors are getting into the reality TV game, but as producers, not cast members. Susan Sarandon is producing a series that follows ping pong...
• Big Brother 12 cast announced, includes an Orthodox Jew; house has a Miami theme
  The cast of Big Brother 12 was announced on The Early Show this morning, and there are 13 cast members again, although one is America's...
• What if Big Brother's only non-white cast member turns out to be the saboteur?
  Looking at the Big Brother 12 cast, you'd think that this season's twist is to have the whitest, least racially diverse cast ever, because there's...

Thursday, Jul. 1, 2010

• Real World creator identifies three reasons why the show isn't as awful as it seems
  The Real World New Orleans 2 debuted last night on MTV, and tries to bring the series from its lowest ratings ever slump by returning...
• Magazine report challenges Bachelorette finale spoilers
  A celebrity tabloid magazine's cover story directly challenges spoilers about the outcome of The Bachelorette 6. While Reality Steve reported that he had "overwhelming evidence...
• Tontine Massacre movie preview live today, but it's disappointing
  The promised seven-minute preview of the Tontine mockumentary Tontine Massacre is live until midnight tonight on the film's web site (watch it below), and while...
• Regular Apprentice will air Thursdays this fall
  The return of the non-celebrity Apprentice will air Thursdays at 10 p.m. this fall. In that timeslot, where it replaces the scripted drama Love Bites,...
• Congressional candidate Sean Duffy doing well, but still has to defend Real World actions
  Sean Duffy, a candidate for Congress who calls himself "pro-life, pro-traditional-marriage, pro-gun, pro-Second Amendment," is doing well in his campaign, but still has to deal...
• Hotel that says it'll host Survivor "guests visiting the contestants" is open to the public
  A hotel in Nicaragua that says it will house "guests visiting the contestants" is also open to the public during taping for the 21st and...

Friday, Jul. 2, 2010

• Twilight in Forks explores how films, books, fans impact Twilight's real setting
  When they're not standing in line to watch The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Twilight fans do more than swoon over Robert Pattinson's sparkling abs, Kristen Stewart's...
• Next week: SYTYCD changes up its format after weekend shows take a break for the 4th
  If Memorial Day marks the start of summer and Labor Day is the end of summer, then July 4 is pretty much mid-summer. And it's...

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