slurping brings Joe Millionaire’s largest audience yet: 20.3 million viewers. Monday night’s Joe Millionaire brought the series its largest audience yet. More than 20 million people, an increase of 1.5 million from last week, tuned in to watch a subtitled sexual encounter between Sarah and Evan. Along with American Idol 2, the show’s episode last …
Amazing Race 4 may be delayed until summer because of Star Search. CBS has extended the run of Star Search, and that may affect the planned Feb. 26 debut of The Amazing Race 4. Star Search will return Feb. 19 at 9 p.m.–the same time slot that was to be filled with the fourth version …
Marine’s deployment to Kuwait delayed for his Wed. American Idol appearance. One of the people vying for the 32 semi-finalist spots on American Idol 2 is a US Marine, and he was supposed to be deployed to Kuwait this week as part of the impending war against Iraq. But Lance Corporal Josh Gracin, 21, will …
Big Brother Africa will draw contestants from 11 African nations. For the first time, a Big Brother show will find its house guests in countries outside the host nation’s borders. South Africa’s version of the show is being transformed into Big Brother Africa. It will cast one person from Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, …
reality TV’s success may lead to “end to the traditional television season.” The latest round of successful reality TV shows–from Joe Millionaire to American Idol 2–“will drastically alter the economics of the business itself,” the New York Times reports. Among the changes that could be precipitated by reality TV’s success: “an end to the traditional …
company to produce Idol toys, makeup. And the commercialism continues, now with a line of American Idol toys, including stationery and makeup for kids. Within weeks, Jakks Pacific will begin distributing branded “cosmetics, body gels, stationery, binders and other school and beauty supplies,” the LA Daily News reports. The company also produces WWE-branded products.
Evan says his secret is being “ashamed of not finishing school.” Joe Millionaire star Evan finally comes clean about his “secret,” and it’s not that he’s gay nor “a woman-hater,” which he says he is not. Instead, Evan says he’s “carried around” the fact that he’s ashamed of not finishing school. I don’t like to …