it’s all fun and games until a chicken gets hurt. In case you missed the dramatic event of the week, Big Brother‘s site features a detailed recap of the chicken incident. Also, if you haven’t watched (or can’t watch) the live streaming video from the house, which is the best thing about the show, but …
The Real World is no 1900 House. WKSU’s Ann VerWiebe compares PBS’ Real-World-in-1900 show with MTV’s original, and decides that PBS’ entry is a lot more real, especially when it comes to the issues the family faced in the antique home.
Big Brother’s ratings drop, but still not bad for CBS. The Saturday night recap ep of Big Brother had lower ratings than previous nights, but it still did well with a 2.5 share. Early ratings show it just edged out the last NBC airing of Freaks and Geeks, which is just wrong.
Moore: reality TV is “TV’s newest rage”. The AP’s Frazier Moore churns out a predictable column with two shocking revelations: reality TV is just the latest trend, and–hold your breath–it’s not really “reality.”
on Pulau Tiga, the body odor was like “hot garbage.” So says Ramona, and I’ll take her word on that. She and the rest of the booted talk to People about constipation, hate mail, hunger and odors. Plus, B.B. says he didn’t “have the energy to be phony” and still doesn’t know why washing his …
miss a show last week? Recaps from last week are live and drenched in sarcasm. Rock on. MTVixen Jill goes off on episode four of The Real World with her killer storytelling flair (Jamie made out with “a stray dog” and the Village People!); both MightyBigTV and Student.Com’s minute-by-minute wrap-ups are a bit more truthful …
Big Brother kicks ratings butt. Even though the first episode, like, sucked.
Get updates
random recommended reality
“Television can be such a fabulous teacher”

I've watched a couple of episodes now and I find it entertaining. These people are dumping $450,000 into the renovations, mostly for locally sourced products and local labor. That's a lot to dump into an economy. Would that…