2001: the year in reality TV.The year in reality TV began with the announcement of Survivor 2‘s cast and closed with the death of one of reality TV’s first stars. Although it started with four shows premiering in one week, the year saw many critics and commentators writing the genre off for good. Reality television …
An American Family’s Lance Loud dies; came out during 1973 show. One of the stars of the first dramatic, episodic, soap-opera like reality TV show died last Saturday. In 1973, 12 episodes of PBS’ An American Family followed the Loud family over a period of seven months. During the show, Lance’s parents separated, and Lance …
eight seasons of Road Rules syndicated in 2002; may replace Real World. Road Rules will soon appear on channels other than MTV in 60 percent of the United States. Next September, sources report, the first eight seasons of the rarely repeated show will begin airing on various stations at various times. Variety reports that the …
Project Greenlight director does not “want to be a boy band creation.” The winner of Project Greenlight, director Pete Jones, tells Entertainment Weekly that having the documentary air now “is kind of like putting the horse behind the cart. I just want to be a good writer/director. I hope that the movie stands up by …
Entertainment Weekly selects “most memorable” reality TV stars of 2001. As part of its year-end issue, Entertainment Weekly has named its selections for “reality TV’s most memorable folk” in 2001. They include Love Cruise‘s Toni, who “[c]ontains more silicone than all of Temptation Island“; Chains of Love‘s silent Locksmith, for his “[a]bility to get paycheck …
Frank voted out–with one vote from his friend Teresa. After failing to establish a new alliance along with Kim J., Teresa voted against her only remaining alliance member, Frank, who became the 10th person voted off of Survivor 2 and the third member of the jury. + plus: Survivor Africa’s two-hour finale and one-hour reunion …
new show will make couples live on minimum wage for a month. A Japanese show that finds “two middle-class couples” living on minimum wage for an entire month is being developed for production in the U.S. Aptly called Minimum Wage, the show will award a cash prize to “whoever saves the most money at the …