reality blurred + archives + July 17 to July 23, 2011

week of July 17, 2011

Canadian Cash Cab kills pedestrian
A 61-year-old pedestrian was killed by the Canadian Cash Cab car, although it wasn't filming at the time, but was instead being driven to storage...

As Sea Shepherd searches for a ship lost in a storm, Whale Wars delivers exceptional TV
Whale Wars broke from its typical narrative arc on Friday night to air an episode entirely focused on the Sea Shepherd vessel Steve Irwin joining...
Terribly edited Big Brother episode resurrects Keith, gets twist wrong, explains little
Say what you will about the editing of Big Brother--it's formulaic, it's juvenile, it misrepresents what actually happens either by oversimplification or by omission--but the...
Sugar explains post-Survivor suicide attempt, JT's betrayal
Jessica "Sugar" Kiper has explained more about what she revealed last week on Celebrity Rehab: her attempted suicide after being voted out of Survivor Heroes...
Famous Food flops, VH1 moves it and its awful reality stars to a new night
The reality series that brought together a bunch of unlikable reality show cast members to open a restaurant that no one wants to go to,...

Bear Grylls "shaken" by fake storm created using wind machines
Man vs. Wild's has already been revealed to be frequently staged. And while there is some real danger, Bear Grylls' complaint about the intensity of...
Behind the scenes of Hoarders: Randyland
Half of last night's episode of Hoarders profiled Randy Senna, the proprietor of Randyland in Wildwood, New Jersey. (The other half profiled Vicki, a hoarder...

Hacking scandal finds its way to America's Got Talent
The increasingly dramatic hacking scandal that led Rupert Murdoch to close his 168-year-old News of the World newspaper and has resulted in several arrests found...
Paris Hilton's Oxygen show tanks; Paris walks out on interview, says she plays a "character"
Paris Hilton's latest reality series, The World According to Paris, has lost almost half its viewers since debuting June 1. Coupled with the news that...
Jousting in armor on horseback: the next History Channel competition series
The History Channel is casting for a new reality competition that will feature jousting in armor. Full Metal Jousting is described as a "hard-hitting competition...
Idol creator Simon Fuller sues Fox over X Factor
American Idol and Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller is suing Fox and The X Factor producer FremantleMedia, asking a court to give him an executive...

Glee Project is this summer's sleeper reality hit, as viewers grow 77% since premiere
Oxygen's The Glee Project has significantly increased its viewers since it debuted, making it the summer's sleeper reality hit. After its low-rated premiere, the show...

Big Brother becomes The Rachel Show as she cries in the bushes, pees on live TV, and wins HOH again (ugh)
Say what you will about Rachel on Big Brother, but this week was all about her, and it pulled the show out of sleep-inducing territory,...
Top Chef 9 filming in Texas, including San Antonio and Austin
Top Chef's ninth season is being filmed in Texas, including in Austin and San Antonio, where Pee-Wee Herman made a guest appearance. The season started...
Tori & Dean cross over to Hoarders (video)
Funny or Die has produced a parody of Hoarders that isn't brilliant satire but that stars Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott and serves as a...
Celebrity visiting Big Brother is, of course, a CBS reality show star promoting a show
The celebrity who will show up on Big Brother 13 hasn't been sworn to secrecy, apparently, revealing that he'll appear on the reality show to...