reality blurred + archives + October 23 to October 29, 2011

week of October 23, 2011

Jersey Shore ratings down but it's still TV's top show for the kids
Jersey Shore ended its fourth season on Thursday, and though ratings were down from both the start of this season and the end of last...

TechStars: a fascinating series following start-up companies and their creators
Bloomberg TV isn't exactly a place I ever expected to look for a compelling reality TV show, but it's the home of a recently completed...
How much ads for reality shows cost
A report about commercials on broadcast TV reveals how much advertisers are likely to pay for 30-second ads on reality shows that are airing this...
Project Runway finalist Anya Ayoung-Chee's sex tapes resurface
Anya Ayoung-Chee, one of Project Runway's final four designers, had sex tapes surface when she was a Miss Universe contestant, representing Trinidad and Tobago, and...

Colby Donaldson talks Top Shot spin-off, Jake, and the show's surprising challenge
Top Shot ends its third season tonight, and I talked to both host Colby Donaldson, the Survivor alum, and the show's executive producer about the...
Amazing Race 3 and 4 coming to DVD
Two more early seasons of the best years of The Amazing Race are coming to DVD soon, as seasons three and four are now available...
Maksim defends his egotistical "my show" comment, fight with cranky Len Goodman
Maksim Chmerkovskiy has defended his comment that Dancing with the Stars is his show, which he made after fighting with one of the show's judges,...
X Factor will accept votes via Twitter
A year and a half ago, I joked in a satirical post that American Idol would accept votes via Twitter. But that's exactly what will...

Nicole Scherzinger goes from bad judge to crazy judge as X Factor finds its top 12
The X Factor's live shows began last night as the judges eliminated contestants to get down to a top 12, and the series introduced its...
Alison Haislip replaced as The Voice's social media correspondent by Christina Milian
The Voice has dumped social media correspondent Alison Haislip, whose segments were the worst part of the NBC singing competition series, and is replacing her...
Behind the scenes of the creation of a haunted house
AMC is airing episodes of a new mini-reality series every night as part of its George Romero-hosted FearFest block of programming, and the show goes...

Ozzy sacrifices himself after God intervenes in Survivor again
In perhaps the most religiously fundamentalist Christian episode of Survivor ever, God intervened and caused Coach's tribe to win, leading Ozzy to have a vision...
Apprentice cast for extras to get $50, watch teams' presentations
The Celebrity Apprentice is now filming in New York City, and appears to be casting for extras who will watch the teams present and then...
God's intervention brings Survivor its most viewers since last December
Survivor's Jesus-fest episode earned the show its highest ratings since last December's penultimate episode of Survivor Nicaragua. While the show didn't have much competition--other networks...

Tonya Cooley sues, saying Kenny, Evan raped her with a toothbrush
Tonya Cooley has sued Kenny Santucci, Evan Starkman, MTV, and show producers Bunim-Murray, claiming the two men sexually assaulted her with a toothbrush while she...