Survivor 5 officially picked up. CBS will definitely air Survivor 5, officially picking the series up after the ratings of Survivor Marquesas have been consistently higher than Survivor Africa. Locations under consideration are “Central America, South America and Asia” according to Reuters.
The Bachelor’s ratings place it in “a surprising second” place. ABC’s The Bachelor performed well for ABC; it’s 9.2 million viewers in the first half hour and 10.3 million in the second half hour. The ratings were “the second highest numbers in the time period for non-‘Monday Night Football’ programming.” + also: columnist says The …
cast member posts phone number, e.mail addresses of WB execs. Cast member John Hodges is campaigning to save No Boundaries, which The WB officially cancelled Monday. A response being e.mailed back to those who e.mail Keith Cox suggests the show may come back to life on affiliate stations. “We too are upset that we have …
FOX’s Boot Camp may return with celebrity participants next season. FOX’s Boot Camp appeared to be all but finished after its first season, but The New York Post reports that a celebrity version of the show is in development for next season. The show will be called Celebrity Boot Camp, and although FOX won’t comment, …
did Sean and Gabriel know each other pre-Survivor Marquesas? As SurvivorNews.net reports, Star Magazine says this week that Sean and Gabriel “cheated” because they knew each other for just under a year before their Survivor Marquesas experience. The source says both hung out at Belly, the bar owned by, horror of horrors, Mike “Boogie” Malin. …
Pop Idol comes to Africa. The British series Pop Idol, which will be coming to the U.S. this fall on FOX, is also airing in southern Africa in a series called Idols. Around 6,500 people ages 16 to 30 auditioned for the show.
ban in Greece on Big Brother, The Bar overturned by board. Greece’s Big Brother and The Bar were pulled off the air by the head of the nation’s Council for Radio and Television last week, but the board he heads didn’t agree that the shows “[violated] laws on public decency and dignity,” and voted 8 …