Amish in the City gives UPN its best Wed. ratings (5.4 million) since 2001. On Wednesday, 5.4 million people tuned in to watch two hours of Amish in the City on UPN. That’s “the network’s best Wednesday performance since November 2001,” Zap2it.com reports, and “more than double what UPN has averaged on Wednesday nights this… continue reading
Archives for July 2004
American Candidate debuts on Sunday.
American Candidate debuts on Sunday. Almost two and a half years after plans for a very different show on a different network were announced, American Candidate will debut Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on Showtime. Ten candidates with varying backgrounds in politics will compete for $200,000 and a speech in front of the country. The… continue reading
Idol 3 runner-up Diana Degarmo falls down a flight of stairs during a concert.
Idol 3 runner-up Diana Degarmo falls down a flight of stairs during a concert. Diana Degarmo, the American Idol 3 runner-up, fell down a flight of stairs during a concert Tuesday night. Her record label, RCA, has helpfully issued a spelling-challenged press release about her injury and subsequent appearance. According to it, she “fell down… continue reading
Britney’s fiancees’ ex wants a series; Sean Hayes show will search for the next sitcom.
Britney’s fiancees’ ex wants a series; Sean Hayes show will search for the next sitcom. Two more well-known people are getting into the reality game. First, Will and Grace star Sean Hayes will produce a Project Greenlight-type series for Bravo. On Situation: Comedy, Hayes tells TV Guide that they will “shoot two sitcom pilots, and… continue reading
Apprentice 2 may have three-hour finale.
Apprentice 2 may have three-hour finale. The final episode of The Apprentice 2, featuring the live reveal of the winner, may air over three hours, Donald Trump said. In addition, the Daily News reports that “NBC and show executive producer Mark Burnett were considering moving the live finale to Radio City Music Hall or Lincoln… continue reading
UPN will break white dating show trend, sort of, with next week’s The Player.
UPN will break white dating show trend, sort of, with next week’s The Player. On Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET, UPN will debut its first dating series, The Player. The network says the show “follows a stunning Miami model named Dawn and her two girlfriends for eight weeks as they pit 13 self-described ‘players’ against… continue reading
FOX will burn off remaining Casino eps.
FOX will burn off remaining Casino eps. Mark Burnett’s The Casino won’t return for a second season, and now FOX is burning off the remaining episodes so that the whole series will conclude before the end of August. (At least it isn’t just disappearing from the planet, a la Forever Eden.) FOX’s release about the… continue reading
Corinne, Sean are Next Action Stars.
Corinne, Sean are Next Action Stars. NBC’s Next Action Star ended its run last night after skipping an episode, and Corinne Van Ryck de Groot and Sean Carrigan were named the new action stars. They’ll star in the made-for-TV movie “Bet Your Life” next Wednesday on NBC, and each get $25,000. The Ottawa Sun talks… continue reading
Gervase desperate to extend 15 minutes.
Gervase desperate to extend 15 minutes. Unaware that no one even remembers him any more, Gervase Peterson wants to recreate the “all kinds of craziness everywhere I went” that followed after his appearance on Survivor Borneo four years ago. Things he’s tried, according to the Philadelphia Daily News, to stay famous: dropping his last name… continue reading
producer says that Regency House Party might be the last House show filmed.
producer says that Regency House Party might be the last House show filmed. PBS will air Regency House Party in November in the States, but the series has already aired in the UK, and debuts this Sunday in Australia. The series’ producer, Caroline Ross Pirie, tells The Sydney Morning Herald that this installment might be… continue reading
UPN’s Amish in the City debuts tonight.
UPN’s Amish in the City debuts tonight. UPN’s mildly controversial series Amish in the City kicks off its 10-week run tonight with a two-hour debut starting at 8 p.m. ET. As Newsday describes it, the show “situates five Amish young adults in a modernist Los Angeles mansion with six city-dwelling 20-somethings, among them a catty… continue reading
reality TV production costs are rising.
reality TV production costs are rising. Reporting on the rising costs of producing reality TV shows, The Wall Street Journal reveals the price per episode of a couple series: UPN’s Top Model costs “about $800,000 a show,” while The Apprentice runs “just below $2 million an episode.” Compared to dramas, these prices are pretty low;… continue reading
Next Great Champ wraps after taping fake endings, announcing multiple winners.
Next Great Champ wraps after taping fake endings, announcing multiple winners. FOX and Endemol have wrapped production on their boxing series The Next Great Champ. “Worried that the winner of the competish might leak out in advance,” Variety reports, “Fox and Endemol taped several different title fights without telling the live audience if the bout… continue reading
video of Big Brother 5’s Scott and Jase examines their in-house interaction.
video of Big Brother 5’s Scott and Jase examines their in-house interaction. Big Brother 5‘s straight guy pair Scott and Jase have an interesting friendship, and TVgasm looks to clarify their interaction with clips of their behavior. As the site points out, “There’s been a lot of scuttlebutt this summer about the close relationship between… continue reading
survey finds Democrats like Extreme Makeover, undecideds like Fear Factor.
survey finds Democrats like Extreme Makeover, undecideds like Fear Factor. Democrats surveyed have different tastes in reality shows. Apparently timed for the Democratic National Convention, going on this week in Boston, the survey by Initiative Media found that 26 percent of those Democrats surveyed said Extreme Makeover was “their favorite reality show.” Coming in a… continue reading