reality blurred > 2010 > archives for August 2010

  • Survivor contract, rule book are back online

  • Bethenny Frankel officially quits Real Housewives now that her spin-off is a success

  • Jeff and Jordan’s visit to Big Brother offers a behind-the-scenes look at the house

  • Whale Wars season three finale was Animal Planet’s most-watched episode ever

  • Big Brother 11’s Michele is on Playboy’s sex-on-TV reality show Foursome

  • Dancing with the Stars cast is exactly what pre-faux-press conference leaks said it’d be

  • Edyta Sliwinska quits Dancing with the Stars

  • Top Chef’s French episode beat TAR’s weak WWI ep; Probst won for Russell Swan ep

  • Top Chef Las Vegas wins best reality competition Emmy, dethroning Amazing Race

  • Despite dumping host award, Emmys do better with reality TV, but can still do better

  • Lane wins HOH, Pandora’s Desperate Attempt at Entertainment returns to Big Brother

  • Must-watch The Cove airs on Animal Planet, spin-off series follows former Flipper trainer

  • Five years after Hurricane Katrina, TV reminds us of its horror and impact

  • Phil Keoghan explains why The Amazing Race shouldn’t withdraw from the Emmys

  • Julie Chen confronts liar Matt about his wife’s disease lie

  • Whale Wars delivers amazing TV again, illustrating real life better than most reality TV

  • Big Brother fast-forwards the boredom, love-fest: Matt out (finally), Brendon leaves

  • American Idol producers: “we have never, nor would we ever, use Auto-Tuning”

  • Little People, Big World ending after its upcoming, “dramatic” sixth season

  • DWTS cast rumors: Bristol Palin, Bachelorette’s Ali, Roberto, David Hasselhoff; not Kirstie Alley

  • Chris Harrison protecting Chris Lambton from pushy fans who don’t “know what’s right”

  • Brendon proves he’s Big Brother’s only player, Britney’s greed punishes us as Jessie returns

  • A sextuplet show for out-of-ideas TLC, a Hurt Locker series for G4

  • Danielle Staub and the most awkward TV performance ever

  • Jeff Probst will present an Emmy Sunday, returning from Nicaragua again

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