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week of November 14, 2010

This week: Amazing Race's life-changing decision, Survivor's camp surprise, Sarah Palin
And just like that, half of November is gone. What? Here's a look at next week and back at last week, when the big news...
Amazing Race error impacted multiple teams
The The Amazing Race 17 production error didn't just affect Nick and Vicki, who weren't eliminated and didn't have to perform a speed bump task...
What shocks the Survivor tribe? Episode listing reveals it
The preview for Survivor Nicaragua showed the merged tribe staring at something in horror. What was it? An injury? A flood? A dead body? Fabio...

Bravo stars Jeff Lewis, Kelly Cutrone going to daytime TV
Two Bravo docudrama stars will soon be appearing on daytime TV shows: Flipping Out's Jeff Lewis will co-host a Will & Grace-style daytime talk show...
Biggest Loser resume production today with scabs after crew walked out last week
Production on The Biggest Loser has been shut down for a week after the crew walked out in an attempt to unionize, but today production...
Clue-eating goat more endearing than couple Amazing Race suddenly wants us to love
The Amazing Race teased a life-changing decision on last night's episode, and that was a bit of a cheat. A decision is usually something that...
Will Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels cross picket lines today? She says: "no"
Biggest Loser trailer Jillian Michaels said she will not be crossing picket lines today on the show's set, where crew members are striking and producers...
Sarah Palin gives TLC its highest-rated debut ever; is her show dangerous or innocuous?
Sarah Palin's Alaska had TLC's highest-rated debut ever last night, as close to five million viewers tuned in to a show that cost the network...

NBC plans Survivor/Bachelor Pad hybrid
NBC is planning to air a series next summer that combines Survivor and The Bachelor spin-off Bachelor Pad, but also sounds a little bit like...
Survivor online casting competition returns: will you be the next Jimmy T?
Casting for the 2011-2012 seasons of Survivor will begin soon, as CBS has brought back the Sears online casting competition, which lets viewers vote to...
An Ellen DeGeneres publicist, not media, to blame for "weird" DWTS same-sex couple flap
Dancing with the Stars may have its first same-sex couple next season, with Portia de Rossi as its star half, and her wife, Ellen DeGeneres,...

Bristol Palin makes Dancing with the Stars finale. Stop acting surprised.
Ever since she was introduced as a "teen activist" on the premiere of Dancing with the Stars 11, Bristol Palin has been a joke of...
Top Chef Just Desserts secrets: "freak-out" about recipes, Seth's meltdown, more
Top Chef Just Desserts ends its first season tonight. While Top Chef Masters developed its own personality, this seemed more like a particularly great season...
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List won't be back
Kathy Griffin's awesome and Emmy-winning Bravo docudrama My Life on the D-List won't be returning, she said, although she suggested that she'd be willing to...
American Idol drops semi-finals, adds challenges for contestants
For its 10th season, American Idol is changing significantly: Besides adding mentor Jimmy Iovine and Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, who will judge with Randy...

Did Survivor promo spoil immunity challenge? Next real ep airs in two weeks, after clip show
The winner of the next Survivor Nicaragua immunity challenge was clearly identified in the preview for the show's next episode, as that person was shown...
Survivor Nicaragua literally on fire
There were literal flames last night and a spectacular flame-out on the part of the season's biggest apparent strategist: it was a fiery episode of...
Chase says editing faked his immunity challenge loss
On Survivor Nicaragua last night, Chase Rice was one of the last two people left in the endurance immunity challenge, at least until he let...
Yigit's win, asshole's loss keeps Top Chef Just Desserts sweet
Top Chef Just Desserts ended its first season with a great ending: Yigit Pura won the $100,000 prize, beating both Danielle Keene and Morgan Wilson,...
Discovery's reality shows draw the most men
A trio of Discovery Channel reality shows--Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, and Storm Chasers--draw more people with penises and testicles than any other nonfiction series on cable...

DWTS producer says voting isn't irregular this season, duplicate votes are removed
The executive producer of Dancing with the Stars, Conrad Green, has contradicted a report that said it's possible to vote hundreds of times using different...

Why The Real World keeps returning to the same cities
MTV's The Real World is currently filming its 25th season in Las Vegas. While its cast includes a gay porn star, it's perhaps more notable...
American Idol moves to Wed. (vs. Survivor) and Thurs. (with one-hour results shows, dammit)
After years of rumors that American Idol would move from its comfortable Tuesday and Wednesday night timeslots, the show is officially moving to Wednesdays and...