reality blurred looks back at 2000. If you were an early adopter of reality TV, this was definitely your year. And if you were just introduced to the genre, it was the best year ever to be introduced. What PBS started with An American Family was developed into an art form by Bunim-Murray with The …
the year in reality TV. A few of the best wrap-up stories from around the globe: MSNBC The Scotsman BBC The Washington Post
Pittsburgh critic: Survivor #1 in 2000; American High gets an honorable mention. Sensing a Survivor pattern here? This time, though, the forgotten American High gets a nod from the TV editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
TV Guide Award nominees include The Real World, Road Rules, Survivor, and Big Brother. The nominees of TV Guide’s viewer-voted awards were announced today, and four of the 12 series nominated in the broad “reality series of the year” category are genuine reality TV shows: Survivor, Big Brother, Road Rules, and The Real World. Other …
ABC releases The Mole cast members’ names and identities. Deciding against CBS’ strategy of hiding–albeit unsuccessfully–the identities of their cast, ABC has revealed the names of The Mole‘s 10 cast members–one of whom is the show’s title saboteur.
two conflicting views about the year of reality TV and its future. Entertainment Weekly’s Josh Wolk looks back at the year of reality TV, and determines that “reality TV’s magnet was the promise of unpredictability”–and ultimately, “Audiences don’t discriminate between reality and scripted TV, only between entertaining and boring.” Elsewhere–although he confuses game shows with …
Making the Band reject Paul is now a member of a new Lou Pearlman, Kenny Rogers group. Paul, who says he “almost got sick to [his] stomach” about his portrayal on Making the Band, has joined a quintet along with his younger brother that’s backed by both Lou Pearlman and Kenny Rogers.
