NBC is officially moving its Donald Trump reality series to Sundays for its sixth season. The Apprentice 6 will air opposite Desperate Housewives and Cold Case. It will be preceded by NBC’s new Grease-themed talent search, Grease: You’re the One That I Want, according to Variety. Both series will debut on January 7 with 90-minute… continue reading
Archives for November 2006
Bravo VP says comments about Padma Lakshmi’s wardrobe may be anti-semitic
Reading Bravo VP Andy Cohen’s self-serving blog, which this week includes photographs of himself on the Top Chef set, is an uncomfortable experience. The subtext in all of the entries suggests that he’s incredibly concerned with showing off how incredibly cool and connected he is, unlike those of us pathetic plebeians who only get to… continue reading
Chris Daughtry had his own name tattooed on his back
Back in June, Entertainment Weekly asked Chris Daughtry about his new post-American Idol 5 tattoo. When they asked him “why [he] wanted to do that,” he said, “Ah, we won’t go into that right now. [Laughs] I didn’t really get it to, um… [Long pause] I don’t know. I just don’t want to do a… continue reading
Corkscrewed debuts tonight on Fox Reality
Corkscrewed: The Wrath of Grapes debuts tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET on the Fox Reality Channel, and follows two of American Idol‘s producers as they throw the cash they’ve earned on Fox into a winery. The pun in the title isn’t the end of the corniness, especially since Ryan Seacrest shows up to make a… continue reading
Real World Denver watched by less than half of Key West’s viewers, but not according to MTV
The debut of The Real World Denver last week was watched by 1.56 million viewers. That’s 53 percent less than the 3.33 million who watched The Real World Key West, Variety reports. Among those 12 to 24, MTV’s primary, depressing demographic, 965,000 people watched, a drop from 1.87 million that age who watched the first… continue reading
Jen says she and Lorenzo are “still very happy and we’re definitely together”
Bachelor 9 couple Lorenzo Borghese and Jen Wilson have emerged from their ABC-ordered, relationship-killing isolation to reveal that their relationship has survived the time since the show wrapped production. “We’re still very happy and we’re definitely together,” Jen told reporters yesterday. However, she added, “we’re just kind of trying to figure things out, and really… continue reading
E! orders series about 20-somethings in Las Vegas produced by Ryan Seacrest, Laguna’s producers
A new E! reality show that follows 20-something people in Las Vegas will be produced by E! personality and American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, and the producers of Laguna Beach. Paradise City will follow people “who’ve moved to Sin City in order to realize their dreams of stardom, whether that means becoming a model, rock… continue reading
USA debuts The Great American Christmas reality movie tonight
Tonight at 9 p.m. ET, USA debuts a reality TV movie titled The Great American Christmas. It also airs Wednesday at 4, Dec. 2 at 4, and Dec. 3 at 9. The film follows six couples/families, who were “each picked for their distinctive and interesting takes on celebrating Christmas,” USA says. Howie Mandel narrates and… continue reading
Next Bachelor is a navy medical officer
Andy Baldwin, a 30-year-old “undersea medical officer for a special operations dive unit stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii” in the Navy is the star of The Bachelor 10. In a press release, ABC says his edition of the series will air next spring, and spends almost 500 words bragging about his accomplishments, as if to… continue reading
NBC orders fourth season of The Biggest Loser
NBC began casting for The Biggest Loser 4 five months ago, but the network only today announced that the show had been picked up for a fourth season. NBC’s Kevin Reilly promises that “The producing team has come up with unique ways to keep the series fresh and we anticipate the next cycle will continue… continue reading
Bravo renews Kathy Griffin’s My Life on the D-List for a third season
Bravo has renewed My Life on the D-List, Kathy Griffin’s docudrama reality series, for a third season. Six one-hour episodes will air next year. A Bravo press release says we can expect the return of Kathy’s assistant, Jessica, and her loveably wacky parents, John and Maggie Griffin,” plus “a new motley crew of personalities.” Not… continue reading
Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Ferguson want to be on Dancing with the Stars 4
It’s now time for celebrities to float their names as possible participants in Dancing with the Stars 4. Britain’s Daily Express quoted an anonymous source who said Aniston is “seriously considering doing the show and thinks it would be a laugh.” She’s apparently a fan of the ABC reality series, and if the news is… continue reading
Prince Lorenzo Borghese picks Jennifer, not Sadie, but doesn’t propose
The Bachelor 9 concluded last night, and Prince Lorenzo Borghese, the Italian prince who’s never been to Italy, selected Jennifer Wilson instead of Sadie Murray. The Pope did not appear on the finale, shockingly enough. He told her, “I came here for one reason and that was in search for love,” but he did not… continue reading
Mario and Karina vacationing in Mexico, spent Thanksgiving together
Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff “are spending a Mexico vacation together after celebrating Thanksgiving with Lopez’s sister in Houston,” People magazine reports. “We’re definitely overdue for a break. I want to take a little time off, go to Mexico,” Mario told People–while he was “sitting knee-to-knee with Smirnoff,” People points out. And Mario says the… continue reading
Rosie O’Donnell outs Clay Aiken, sort of, after his spat with Kelly Ripa
When I arrived back in the US this weekend, I bought the New York Times and, in a front-page story, found a report that kind of made me wish I hadn’t bothered to try to reconnect with our culture. As the paper reported, “Cindy Milsap, 43, and her daughter, Ashley, 20, woke up before dawn… continue reading
Tawny Kitaen charged with cocaine possession
From the Not Really a Surprise Department came news last week that Surreal Life 6 cast member Tawny Kitaen was been charged for cocaine possession. She “is facing one count of possessing a controlled substance after police found 15 grams of cocaine in her apartment,” according to E! Online. Tawny is “scheduled to be arraigned… continue reading
Being nice and slow isn’t exactly the best Amazing Race strategy
Before I left for Costa Rica, I remarked to a friend that watching The Amazing Race had made me more excited and less apprehensive about traveling internationally, which I haven’t done since I was 15. At the beginning of the trip, I experienced everything through the lens of the show; after hiking a few hundred… continue reading
Taylor Hicks says American Idol, which he doesn’t watch, “for me, is fizzling out”
A few weeks away from the release of his debut album, American Idol 5 winner Taylor Hicks is already starting to distance himself from the competition that made him famous. In an interview with Relix magazine, he also disses the crapsastic single producers made him perform, Do I make You Proud, which he says was… continue reading
Survivor race war update: Jonathan switches allegiance again as yet another non-white person goes home
It’s kind of tragic that the most recent episode of Survivor Cook Islands aired on Thanksgiving. Viewership was down by about three million viewers (likely due to the holiday), even though this was one of the more dramatic episodes in recent memory. This season is continuing to rise to new highs in terms of drama… continue reading
All-star Amazing Race confirmed, will feature Rob and Amber, David and Mary
CBS confirmed last Tuesday what we already knew: The Amazing Race 11 will be an all-star race. The race “began last week in Miami and will premiere in first-quarter 2007,” according to Variety. (Last week means the week of the 13th.) The story confirms several cast members, including overexposed assholes Rob and Amber, and this… continue reading