NBC brings nostalgia to an Idol-like format, as the network debuts a US version of the UK series Hit Me Baby One More Time. On each of three episodes, five has-been groups will perform their biggest hit and a current song. The audience will vote, a winner will be selected, and then they’ll fade back …
How you frame and/or spin something matters more than the actual data. The latest example comes courtesy UPN’s Britney and Kevin‘s third episode. First, the story from a UPN press release: UPN’S “BRITNEY AND KEVIN: CHAOTIC” PLACES 2ND AND 3RD IN KEY WOMEN DEMOS “BRITNEY AND KEVIN” Is Up Double Digits Versus The Year-Ago Time …
Kevin Spacey and Method Man will front a TLC reality series this fall. The premise of Going Hollywood is kind of vague right now, but involves Spacey and Method Man, along with Robert Evans, who will serve as “mentors” and whose companies will “host” the series’ three participants. Yes, there will only be three cast …
Two cable networks have secured the syndication rights for CBS’ powerhouse reality shows, Survivor and The Amazing Race. Variety reports that “Comcast-owned Outdoor Life Network is expected to announce today that it has landed all 10 existing seasons (some 160 episodes) of ‘Survivor.’” And the Game Show Network, or GSN, “is in final negotiations to …
Summer reality TV really gets started tonight as three new series kick off. The one that’s been gaining the most critical buzz, surprisingly enough, is Ashton Kutcher’s Beauty and the Geek. Its premise sounds rather heinous–“seven women who are academically impaired” and “seven men who are brilliant but socially challenged” pair up and each “pair …
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is no more. But it has not been cancelled; it’s just been renamed Queer Eye. Why are they going all FedEx on us? Bravo’s president, Lauren Zalaznick, tells us in an NBC press release, which, like most press releases, needs translating. First, her original explanation: “The new abbreviated title …