reality blurred + archives + March 13 to March 19, 2011

week of March 13, 2011

This week: Brad finally picks someone on The Bachelor; Destination Truth goes live
In case you're all discombobulated from the time change, here's what you may have missed last week while you were changing the time and checking...

Tori & Dean producer sued by talent agency over profits
The producers of the Oxygen reality series Tori & Dean have been sued by the talent agency that represents Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott over...
Team stupidity continues to rescue The Amazing Race
Say what you will about returning cast members on The Amazing Race, and I sure have said a lot, but the teams this season have...
Richard Hatch appeals but is going to prison, says he is in "full compliance" and "very sad"
Survivor winner and Celebrity Apprentice cast member Richard Hatch is appealing a judges' decision to send him back to jail as of today, and insists...
Two Real World cast members arrested; criticize cops, threaten death on Twitter
Two cast members from The Real World New Orleans, the 2010 season, were arrested in Panama City Beach and subsquently attacked cops and others on...
Apprentice shines again with Dionne vs. Marlee, Trump's anti-tattoo, anti-collagen rant
Last night's Celebrity Apprentice was, as last week, a completely awesome two hours. It's non-stop entertainment, from Richard Hatch and Jose Canseco in drag to...

Donald Trump wants to help imprisoned Richard Hatch, could pay his debt
Richard Hatch is back in prison and Donald Trump has volunteered to help the Celebrity Apprentice and Survivor contestant. "It sounds like a very tough...
Ashley Hebert is the next Bachelorette
Third-place Bachelor contestant and26-year-old dentistry student Ashley Hebert has been selected as the star of The Bachelorette 7. ABC let Jimmy Kimmel announce that and...
Brad and Emily still engaged but are on the road to breaking up already
Brad Womack picked and proposed to Emily Maynard on The Bachelor's finale, rejecting Chantal O'Brien as revised spoilers predicted, but on After the Final Rose,...
Badly written SAT question about reality TV prompts predictable, lazy anti-reality TV response
High schooolers who took the SAT on Saturday had to write an essay as part of their exam, and while some were asked "Is patience...
Watch the real Joan Rivers in Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, not her fake, awful, renewed WE tv series
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best, the badly staged and poorly acted "reality" series on WE tv, ends its first season tonight having just been...

Andy Cohen insists Bravo is "done" with Housewives spin-offs now
There are now seven different versions of The Real Housewives franchise; the latest, Miami, recently debuted its first season and wasn't even really supposed to...
The Situation bombs, Marlee Matlin kills roasting Donald Trump
Donald Trump was roasted on Comedy Central last night, and if you're a fan of highly offensive, inappropriate humor, it was awesome. Among the roasters...
SyFy's great SFX competition series Face Off renewed for a second season
SyFy's competition series Face Off, which is basically Top Chef for special effects makeup artists, concludes its first season tonight, having just been renewed by...
Video of Real World Dustin's gay sex removed; bloggers asked to remove images
Images and videos of The Real World Las Vegas cast member Dustin Zito having gay sex while performing for Fratmen and Fratpad have been removed...

Survivor settles into its slump but duel, idol drama keeps things moving
With he-who-shall-not-be-named finally gone from Survivor, the show settled into its usual pre-merge slump. Oh, there were some great moments, but the tribe that lost,...
SAT reality TV question's full prompt is absurd, and not because it's about reality TV
The question about reality TV on last Saturday's SAT exam has prompted minor uproar from students on a message board now has the media in...
Survivor's Jessica "Sugar" Kiper in Celebrity Rehab
Celebrity Rehab lost one reality TV cast member when Michaele Salahi was booted for not actually having an addiction other than to reality TV show...
Real Worlders fail to show in court, warrants to be issued; witness: Jemmye punched herself
The Real World New Orleans 2 cast members Jemmye Carroll and Ryan Knight did not show up for their court date on Wednesday after being...

Idol finalists with fewest Twitter followers have been in the bottom both weeks
American Idol alum Corey Clark's Twitter battle with a blogger was more entertaining than American Idol 10's results show, even with a performance by the...
Will Survivor return to Samoa for seasons 23 and 24?
Update: The show's return to Samoa was confirmed during the Redemption Island finale, and its name is Survivor South Pacific (learn more). A report suggests...
30 Rock parodies Real Housewives but can't match the original
Last night's episode of 30 Rock, the NBC sitcom that is no stranger to reality TV references, borrowed a page from Community's format and presented...
L.A. Reid signs on as X Factor judge
Fox's X Factor has its first judge besides Simon Cowell, and he is Antonio "L.A." Reid, the former chair of Island Def Jam Music Group....