Although Jeff Probst is currently in Samoa filming Survivor South Pacific (which started production yesterday) and hasn’t tweeted in half a month, he has apparently responded to an open letter posted on Survivor Sucks that details complaints many viewers have about the CBS reality series, from its increasing reliance on returning cast members to the …
When Court TV rebranded itself as truTV, the network said it would focus on shows that are “not reality” but “actuality.” That could have meant the network was going to order shows that followed “actual” people and events rather than soft-scripted, heavily orchestrated reality shows. Instead, they use the word “actuality” because “bullshit” wouldn’t work …
On Amazon’s placeholder page for a future So You Think You Can Dance DVD, 75 “reviews” praise the show and beg Fox and the show’s producers to release it on DVD. But SYTYCD will not be released on DVD because of music rights issues. In response to a question on Twitter, executive producer and judge …
America’s Next Top Model winner Adrianne Curry and Brady Bunch star Christopher Knight have ended their relationship and are separating after a five-year marriage, both of which began on reality television. Adrianne wrote on Twitter, “guess you heard about my fucked up life……its ok…we arent fighting…no matter what happens, we will know we put our …
Just as Memorial Day signals the start to summer, the end of American Idol and debut of So You Think You Can Dance is the unofficial start to the reality TV season. From the summer standbys to brand-new shows, there’s a lot coming up this summer to plan your vacation around. This is a frequently-updated …
Celebrity Rehab cast member and Taxi star Jeff Conaway is dead after being in a coma for some time, though not from a drug overdose, which might surprise those who watched his drug addiction brought painfully to life on VH1. He was 60 years old, and is the second Celebrity Rehab star to die, following …
American Idol 10 has finally ended, and the reaction to the season seems to be a resounding “eh.” However, more people watched this season than last. How is that possible? And how did we go from a strong but familiar start to such a mediocre finale? The answer is simple: American Idol decided it was …
