reality blurred + archives + March 21 to March 27, 2010

week of March 21, 2010

Tila Tequila says attention is "like a drug"; producer says "pure documentary ... wouldn't draw viewers"
Two profiles of people best known for their work with reality TV appeared in newspapers recently: one is about a producer working in the Midwest,...
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast identified
The cast members of the recently announced and fifth Real Housewives series have been identified by an E! News report, which confirms some previous rumors....

Apprentice celebs reveal quirks, from Blagojevich's balloon fetish to Bret Michaels' paranoia
In the preview for next week's Celebrity Apprentice 3, Sharon Osbourne says that Cyndi Lauper is "fabulously insane." She's right, but so is Sharon, and...
NBC refused to let Conan O'Brien appear on Idol Gives Back
Conan O'Brien won't appear on American Idol 9's Idol Gives Back special in about a month because NBC won't let him. In a story about...
Amazing Race recovers from a weak season as it dumps its weakest team, Jeff and Jordan
Compared to last week's lame drive, crawl, bike episode of The Amazing Race 16, last night's episode felt like it belonged to a completely different...
Miley Cyrus will mentor Idol finalists, who will sing Billboard #1s instead of teen idol songs
American Idol 9 changed the theme for tomorrow night's performance episode. Instead of performing songs by teen idols, they will instead perform Billboard #1 hits--although...

Donald Trump gets his ass kicked by TAR, Undercover Boss; Life reached 33.8 million
On Sunday, the showdown between three reality series seems to have a clear loser, and it's Donald Trump and his number-one show in the universe....
Kate Gosselin dances like a shopping cart, and Brooke Burke co-hosts like one, too
Despite lots of changes--a new rooftop opening sequence! a stage-side waiting room for the contestants creatively nicknamed "the celebriquarium"!--Dancing with the Stars remained basically the...
Jersey Shore starts airing internationally this week as ads encourage viewers to "get juiced"
The world will be introduced to a new kind of situation this week when Jersey Shore starts airing on MTV's international networks in more than...
HBO turning An American Family into a fictional film
The first true reality series, An American Family, will become a fictional HBO film called Cinema Verite. Gavin Polone is executive producing the film, which...
ABC's Thin Ice special dropped audience's vote because of "some sort of problem"
Friday and Sunday, ABC aired a two-episode special reality competition series called Thin Ice, and although it had a voting-related controversy, few people watched the...

Teen sues ABC for $100 million, claiming Wife Swap was staged to embarrass her
Alicia Guastaferro, who appeared on ABC's Wife Swap in 2008 and said things such as "I do feel sorry for people that are not gorgeous...
Miley Cyrus a surprisingly good mentor to the final 11, four of whom should go home now
The good news: American Idol 9 is starting to show some signs of life, with a few great performances, a couple good ones, and a...
High Society's Tinsley Mortimer: "People were never fed a line to say, ever"
The third episode of The CW's High Society airs tonight, preceded by the network's debut of Fly Girls, a docudrama that follows Virgin American flight...
Real World's Puck badly injured in car accident; was arrested for suspicion of DUI
Update: Puck admits, tries to justify drinking two shots before crash Notorious Real World San Francisco star Puck, aka David Rainey, has been hospitalized following...

Sanjaya Malakar ticketed for driving 110 mph
American Idol 6 finalist and I'm a Celebrity breakout star Sanjaya Malakar received a $411 speeding ticket for driving 110 miles per hour in I-405...
Paige Miles out, but American Idol 9 still sucks
And so the long, slow march to American Idol 9 being less awful has begun, as Paige Miles finally exited the show. There was no...
Tyson votes himself out of Survivor and, worse, saves Russell
I was prepared to hate this episode of Survivor Heroes vs Villains, which had a challenge that wasn't interesting to watch played three times in...
The Hills will actually end after its sixth season
After threatening/promising to go away more than once, MTV's The Hills will actually end its run after its sixth season airs starting April 27. "We...
Paula Abdul's name floated again, this time to judge CBS' new competition Got to Dance
Because prime-time network TV needs another live dance competition with a panel of judges, CBS will air its own version of the UK's Got to...
Jeff and Jordan still dating, say, "We should have been off the show two weeks earlier"
For all of you Jeff and Jordan apologists who've rewritten your clock faces to have 25 quarter-hour segments, and who freaked out at my suggestion...

Real Housewives of DC will air this summer and star Michaele and Tareq Salahi
Tareq and Michaele Salahi will be featured on Bravo's The Real Housewives of DC, which has finished production and will air this summer, according to...
TLC will air Sarah Palin's Alaska; Palin will receive around $250,000 per episode
TLC has acquired the reality show that Sarah Palin and Mark Burnett had been shopping to networks. Currently titled Sarah Palin's Alaska, it is described...
Heidi Montag will "now become a full time motion picture actress" and a screenwriter
With the news that MTV has cancelled/is ending The Hills, one of its stars has announced her post-fake life plans: Heidi Montag will become an...
SYTYCD changes: no top 20, partners change weekly but only one person will go home
Nigel Lythgoe has announced several major rule changes for So You Think You Can Dance's seventh season, which will not have a top 20; eliminate...
Next week: Rebel Monkeys take over, Pawn Stars returns, and Real World DC actually ends
Here are last week's stories you should read, and a summary of stuff that's coming up next week. The Past Last week was a week...

Puck admits, tries to justify drinking two shots before crash
The Real World San Francisco cast member Puck, aka David Rainey, has admitted drinking prior to the accident that left him and his 8-year-old son...