Another year is almost gone. Since Survivor and Big Brother came to CBS one otherwise dreary summer, preceded by ABC’s Making the Band, six and a half years have passed. Those years have brought us plenty of joy in the form of real people living and competing in often unreal situations. This year was no …
Once again, it’s time to look back and reflect upon the past year. We’ve had 51 weeks of pleasure and pain from the world of reality TV, and a great deal of that has come from reality stars themselves. Some of them deserve special recognition, and this, the first of my two annual year-end lists, …
The list of celebrities who want to be on Dancing with the Stars continues to grow. Jenna Fisher says in an interview with TV Guide that her people approached the show, but producers said no. Fisher plays receptionist Pam on NBC’s The Office, which is unquestionably the best comedy on television right now. She says, …
An war of words between Rosie O’Donnell and Donald Trump began Wednesday and continues to escalate. Trump, whose new season of The Apprentice coincidentally debuts in just a few weeks, responded angrily to remarks Rosie made on The View about his decision to allow Miss USA to retain her title. On the show Wednesday, Rosie …
Nielsen’s year-end lists are out, and unsurprisingly, the most popular television show of 2006 was American Idol. American Idol also ranked second for its results show, while Dancing with the Stars came in third and fifth for its performance and results shows, respectively. Thus, four of the five most-watched TV shows in 2006 were reality …
Taylor Hicks, the debut album by none other than American Idol 5 winner Taylor Hicks, sold 298,000 copies in its first week of release, Variety reports. That makes Hicks’ debut the second best of any Idol winner, although he “barely edged the debut of Kelly Clarkson, whose ‘Thankful’ moved 297,000 copies when it was released …
CBS.com has updated the voting history page of its Survivor Cook Islands for the second time this week, this time to add the jury’s votes. Ozzy received votes from Parvati, Nate, Jenny, and Rebecca. Yul received votes from Sundra, Adam, Jonathan, Candice, and Brad. That was the vote distribution that Yul assumed, with Sundra voting …