reality blurred > 2013 > archives for May 2013

  • TV critics: these are the reality shows you should nominate

  • Glass House has been cancelled: time to give up hope

  • Bayou Eskimos, Knitting Wars: Why WNET’s fake reality shows are so infuriating

  • Big Brother After Dark moves to TV Guide Network, loses an hour

  • Time to stop caring about The Bachelor/ette’s failure rate: all that matters is crazy

  • Shows I am excited to watch this summer: The Hero, Top Shot, Hunger Games, more

  • Summer 2013 reality TV debut schedule

  • American Idol alum as judges; Idol stabbing; church makeovers; Duck Dynasty greeting cards

  • How to rip off Mike Darnell, who shaped reality TV and is leaving Fox

  • Baby Bachelor is the hilariously cute parody you need to watch right now

  • Survivor Cochran’s jury paper, new CBS gigs; Dawn and Brenda; Erik’s analysis of Probst

  • A&E cancels Intervention after 243 interventions

  • Amy’s Baking Company keeps delivering drama, entertainment after Kitchen Nightmares

  • Why Bret Michaels wasn’t on Apprentice; X Factor’s new judges; NBC’s fictional reality; RHONYC sign contracts

  • Dear NBC: Renew Apprentice but replace Donald Trump with Ivanka

  • Duck Dynasty cast prove why they’re popular, get beaten by Swamp People

  • How to know which Celebrity Apprentice Donald Trump will choose (hint: look left)

  • Top Chef’s oil spill money prompts b.s. from Bravo, Anthony Bourdain vs. Andy Cohen vs. David Simon

  • The Voice smartly keeping all six coaches next year, including Usher, Shakira in spring

  • What the Survivor reunion was really missing: insight

  • Probst: Non-jury wouldn’t fit on stage, Brandon Hantz didn’t want to come

  • ABC kills Dancing with the Stars results, renews The Taste, orders fantasy competition

  • How Yelp deals with reviews from viewers of reality makeover shows

  • Cochran’s unanimous Survivor win means Dawn, Sherri split second, third prizes

  • New Orleans, Louisiana paid $375,000 for Top Chef; some money came from oil spill fund

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