Update: Dustin Zito discusses his lying and homophobic comments, and the reaction of the cast to learning about his past, and Fratpad producer explains why images of Dustin’s gay sex were removed. The Real World Las Vegas, the show’s 25th season, debuted last night, and while it all but dispensed with narrative and replaced it …
Posts from: March 2011
CBS has officially renewed Survivor for its 23rd and 24th seasons, and Jeff Probst will return as its host and executive producer. The renewal isn’t a surprise, because it does well even though the show is now getting beaten by American Idol. The announcement says it “continues to perform strongly opposite ‘American Idol,’ averaging 11.70 …
The Real World has been on the air for 19 years, but it turns 25 tonight with the debut of The Real World Las Vegas, yet another season named as if the previous season set in the same city never existed. (Here’s why it now recycles cities.) Yes, the show is so old it will …
On Sunday’s The Amazing Race, the father-son team of Mel and Mike White were eliminated after being removed from the competition during the Detour challenge because they were suffering from hypothermia. Yet even after being treated, putting on fresh clothes, and being driven to the pit stop to be eliminated, they still beat Jaime and …
Mike Starr, the original bassist for Alice in Chains and a cast member on the third season of Celebrity Rehab, has died at age 44. He’s the first person to appear on that series to die. Mike, who also appeared on the spin-off series Sober House, “was found dead in a Salt Lake City house” …
As American Idol 10 prepares to pre-tape its first performance episode of the finals today, executive producer and band leader have responded to criticism over the live performances in interesting ways: by calling fans morons and blaming contestants for technical problems. First, MJ’s Big Blog reported that tomorrow night’s performance episode will be pre-taped, but …
Comedian and Last Comic Standing 7 finalist Mike DeStefano, who came in fourth on the show, died yesterday. His death marks the second from that season of the show; judge Greg Giraldo died last fall. AOL reported that he “died from a heart attack,” and noted that his “recovery from heroin addiction fueled his no-holds-barred …