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 …