reality blurred + archives + July 10 to July 16, 2011

week of July 10, 2011

Angry neighbors get concessions from producers of Real World San Diego
Producers for The Real World have agreed to some concessions after angry neighbors who live near the new house in San Diego made demands at...

reality blurred is now 11 years old
On Saturday, July 9, 2011, reality blurred officially turned 11 years old, but I'm celebrating today because it's also 7/11 free Slurpee day, and because...
Dick Donato offers no details about his exit but apologizes to CBS, producers, Daniele, fans
Late Sunday night, after a lot of teasing, Dick Donato posted a more than nine-minute video to explain his departure from the house. While he...
New kids, all-stars, The Regulators: Big Brother strategy and delusion has already begun
As could have been predicted, Big Brother 13 started off as old versus new, or as the houseguests call them, all-stars versus newbies, and episode...
Sugar attempted suicide after being voted off Survivor Heroes vs. Villains
Jessica "Sugar" Kiper attempted suicide after being voted off of Survivor Heroes vs. Villains, she said last night as she joined the cast of Celebrity...
Design Star returns with new producers: Mark Burnett replaced by Food Network Star's producers
HGTV's Design Star returns tonight, and there's good news for those of us who think last season was an unmitigated disaster: For the third time...

Jake Gyllenhaal had no safety line pulling himself across a rope on Man vs. Wild
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal joined Bear Grylls in Iceland on Man vs. Wild last night, and besides gutting a rotten sheep with his bare hands, peeing...
MasterChef edited episodes to remove fake crowd shot, revealing actual crowd
Fox's MasterChef edited a faked crowd shots out of at least two episodes that used it. Producers apologized after it was revealed that they enhanced...
In season six, Design Star finally fixes its judging: hallelujah
The first episode of Design Star's sixth season ended with a surprise: the show has finally started showing the judges' deliberation, so we know why...

X Factor preview: the hype continues with a well-produced ad
Last night during the all-star game, Fox debuted a well-hyped trailer that is meant to hype the already hyped fall premiere of The X Factor....
Jeff Schroeder goes on a homophobic rant prompted by Harry Potter's Dumbledore
Two seasons ago, when he first appeared on Big Brother, Jeff Shroeder used gay slurs in a fight with another houseguest. Last night, Jeff called...
Why CBS' predictable statement about Jeff's homophobia is bullshit
CBS has issued its predictable and absolutely bullshit statement about Jeff Schroeder's homophobic rant in the Big Brother house last night. It said:"Big Brother is...

Without Bethenny, Real Housewives of New York City got even better
The Real Housewives of New York City's fourth season concludes next week*, and remarkably, it has gotten even better. In fact, it's become a perfect...
Cat Deeley, SYTYCD, Hoarders finally nominated for Emmys
The Emmy nominees were announced this morning, and there was surprising and excellent news in the major reality TV categories: After years of being snubbed,...

Top 10, all-stars for SYTYCD announced
So You Think You Can Dance eliminated two more dancers last night--Ryan Ramirez and Alexander Fost--and arrived at its top 10, who will compete with...
No power shift in the Big Brother house leaves more time for Rachel to demasculanate Brendon
An audience of automatons dutifully staring straight ahead, Julie Chen wearing a pantsuit that matches the color of her cards, and a drama-free challenge: Yes,...