America’s Next Top Model producer Tyra Banks and Beauty and the Geek producer Ashton Kutcher are creating a reality competition for ABC that will focus on beauty pageant. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The as-yet-untitled project will feature contestants competing in a beauty pageant. Naturally there’s a twist, but the network has requested that the …
Big Brother 9 houseguest Adam Jasinski has apparently been fired from his job for comments he made in the house about autistic children. One advertiser has pulled its ads and another group asked for Adam’s termination and the cancellation of the show following his casual use of the term “retards” to refer to the kids …
The low ratings for the audition episodes will result in a change to American Idol 8‘s auditions next year. “It won’t necessarily be anything radical; we just have to figure out how to start the show next year,” Fox exec Preston Beckman told Broadcasting & Cable. “The early part saw some erosion and then we …
Although E! cancelled The Simple Life after its fifth season, Paris Hilton may return to reality television. The show, which will essentially be a search for a new Nicole Richie-esque sidekick, is “expected to be picked up by either MTV or VH1,” Us Weekly reports. An anonymous source told the magazine that “[t]he show is …
There may be a good reason for Flavor of Love 3 to be the last season of the show: viewers are tiring of Flavor Flav and his search for love. This season’s ratings are down 8 percent from the second season. The third season “premiere drew 2.8 million viewers, down from the 3.3 million the …
The man who has directed American Idol since its first season may be leaving the show after something occurred during on-set Thursday. Bruce Gowers “may be departing,” Variety reports, although “Particulars behind Gowers’ departure — and whether it’s permanent or a temporary hiatus — were tough to come by over the weekend; when word of …
American Idol semi-finalists were limited for the first time this year with their song selection, choosing a song from a list of 50, according to the show’s executive producer. However, one of the first eliminated contestants says that they weren’t exactly allowed to select their own song, and in his case, producers actually chose for …