If you had to choose between going on Survivor, Big Brother or Amazing Race which would you pick and why? Although I abhor most reality shows with celebrities, which celebrities would be the most interesting for a show like Survivor? I would think that a good mix of lazy, pampered celebrities and some down to …
The Amazing Race debuts its 23rd season tonight, and HitFix’s Dan Fienberg talked with the series’ creator, Elise Doganieri. Their in-depth conversation is worth a read, and covers everything from casting to security in various locations, although it doesn’t address the problems that eventually led me to stop watching. Among the insight: “100 percent” of …
Awful Survivor cast member Colton Cumbie was medically evacuated his first season on the show, but Jeff Probst now says that Colton “engineered his own quit” last time. That’s what he appears to be doing in the preview for next week’s episode, and a new preview offers more of a hint as to what will …
Last December, I wrote that Michael Kors’ exit from Lifetime’s Project Runway was further evidence of the series’ death spiral. I didn’t watch that season, but watching some early episodes this season, I was shocked to discover that, as others have argued, the show is good again. Unbelievably, that’s thanks to all of the gimmicks …
Less than a week after firing John Saade as its executive in charge of reality TV, ABC announced tonight that Lisa Berger, E!’s former president, will be its new Executive Vice President at ABC for Alternative Series, Specials and Late-Night. She “will oversee all development activities and current primetime programming in the alternative, specials and …
Survivor‘s second episode gave us a look at the shape of this season: alliances and strategy complicated by the prospect of contestants switching with the other tribe, plus an episode arc that starts with Redemption Island. But it also played out somewhat predictably, both because we already know the returnees and because their game play …
A&E has officially cancelled Hoarders, the series that brought national attention to a previously hidden mental disorder. The show’s end has been clear since earlier this year, but A&E’s silence gave hope. Alas, while A&E gave Intervention an official send-off, it did not do that with Hoarders. Instead, a publicist quietly confirmed its cancellation late …