The Bachelor debuts tonight. ABC’s The Bachelor debuts tonight at 8 p.m. ET, following 31-year-old management consultant Alex Michel’s six-episode quest to find a possible bride from a group of 15 women. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Alex found the process “brutal,” and says that “the women range from the professional…to the downright skanky.” …
cast member says low-rated No Boundaries “deserves better publicity.” The WB’s No Boundaries has been suffering from low ratings (it’s 142 out of 145 for the season so far and which has often had fewer viewers than Ripley’s Believe It or Not, which was in the same time slot last fall). That may have to …
Silas onstage at the Oscars? It may seem unlikely, but it appears as though Survivor Africa, um, star Silas Gaither was on the stage at the Oscar’s last night at least twice. The first time he accompanied presenter Jennifer Lopez as one of the nondescript people who guide the presenters and winners around; the second …
Survivor crew destroyed house, made island look uninabited. Upon arriving on Nuku Hiva, the Survivor Marquesas crew destroyed a man’s house (they promised to rebuild it but provided a replacement prefab house instead) and working in the area to make sure “no one would have known the bay had ever been inhabited,” according to the …
Fear returns tonight.MTV’s Fear returns for a second season–after many months–tonight at 8 p.m. ET, opposite the Oscars. The first episode takes place at “an abandoned gold mining complex” in Mexico called Mina Dos Estrellas. Other episodes this season will be set at a plantation in the Yucatan, “a turn-of-the-century tuberculosis hospital,” and a sugar …
Seattle’s Stephen arrested, has warrants for prostitution; Irene says producers hid Stephen’s gayness. The Real World Seattle‘s Stephen, a.k.a. Steven Anthony Williams, was arrested Tuesday for a felony: “tak[ing a] vehicle w/o owner’s consent,” or joyriding. The Smoking Gun reports that cops then “discovered he was wanted for failing to make court appearances related to …
Under One Roof debuts tonight. UPN’s Under One Roof debuts tonight at 8 p.m. ET, immediately preceding a repeat of The Amazing Race 2. In the show, five “families live together and work together under one roof, [and] they also compete for the deed to the house” in Fiji. Hosted by Fox News Channel’s Rob …
Greece government official pulls Big Brother, The Bar off the air. “For violating laws on public decency and dignity,” Greece’s Big Brother and The Bar have been taken off the air by the head of the nation’s Council for Radio and Television. That group now has to approve the decision.
MTV exec: “It’s pretty hard to find a family as perfect as the Osbournes.” MTV Senior Vice President Lois Curren says that it’d be “pretty hard to find a family as perfect as the Osbournes, a family with two teenaged children, which is so great for our viewers.” The success of The Osbournes, she says, …
Pop Idol admits changing voting system to keep Gareth around. Pop Idol creator and judge Nigel Lythgoe says that “a panic over the voting” led the producers to change the voting system. An e.mail campaign to vote stuttering contestant Gareth Gates out led the producers to have the public vote to keep their favorite contestants …
tribes shuffled randomly; Maraamu still loses immunity; Sarah’s out. Sean, Rob and Vecepia were moved to the Rotu tribe and Neleh, Paschal and Kathy found themselves as members of Maraamu after the tribes were shuffled randomly on Survivor Marquesas. Both tribes retained the same number of people that they had pre-shuffle, and Maraamu continued its …
growing 13 percent, The Osbournes continues to break MTV ratings records. On Tuesday, 13 percent more viewers tuned in to The Osbournes, another record for MTV. In the 12 to 34 category, 22 percent more viewers tuned in; “MTV delivered more 12-34s than any other program in the time period, broadcast or cable,” according to …
Wife Swap will air in the UK. Britain’s Channel 4 will take Trading Spaces to the next level when it asks two women to switch homes and “exchange their domestic chores and families for someone else’s” for two weeks, Singapore Press reports. Couples will have separate bedrooms and will be selected based upon the strength …
FOX’s Pop Idol will air this summer. Britain’s extremely popular Pop Idol, which made stars out of its winner and losers alike, will be coming to FOX this summer. FOX will air 22 episodes, “with as many as two episodes airing some weeks,” Reuters reports.
Vern and Gen’s rooms will be revealed live on The Today Show this morning. After two apparently wet and rainy days in Plano, Gen and Vern’s rooms will be unveiled live on The Today Show this morning at 8:15 and 8:45 a.m. (times may vary, though). The full episode of Trading Spaces being filmed there …
