Beauty and the Geek

November 19, 2008 by Andy Dehnart

MTV is negotiating to acquire the former CW series Beauty and the Geek, but will change the format so that the beauties are “celebrities,” emphasis on the scare quotes. “MTV wants a celebrity version of the show, where average geeks compete for semi-famous” women, according to the Hollywood Reporter, and “the celebrity girls probably will… continue reading

October 13, 2008 by Andy Dehnart

The CW put Beauty and the Geek on hiatus last spring, and has since cancelled it, following a very low-rated fifth season that began with a premiere that was watched by only half the previous season’s premiere’s audience. But the show may soon find new life on another network. Twentieth Century Fox Television co-chair Gary… continue reading

April 29, 2008 by Andy Dehnart

The current season of Beauty and the Geek will probably be the show’s last season for a while, and could be the last season ever. The fifth season–which concludes May 13 and I completely forgot was even on, perhaps because they decided to dump their usual format after their old format got tired–has had low… continue reading

March 13, 2008 by Andy Dehnart

Beauty and the Geek 5‘s debut Tuesday night drew about half of the people that have tuned in to the past two season debuts. It was watched by just 1.9 million people, and “was down 47% from its season debut last fall and down 59% from its January debut last year,” according to the Hollywood… continue reading

February 24, 2008 by Andy Dehnart

For Beauty and the Geek‘s fifth season, the female beauties and male geeks will not compete in pairs, but instead will compete against each other. While “the new contestants learn they will be competing not as beauty/geek pairs but beauties vs. geeks,” those teams will be formed from the same groups as before: “nine gorgeous… continue reading

December 5, 2007 by Andy Dehnart

The fourth season of Beauty and the Geek concluded last night, and Dave and Jasmine were selected by viewers as the winner of the $250,000 prize. They defeated the show’s first-ever reversed couple, CW actor Sam Horrigan and musicology student Nicole Morgan. (The full episode is online.) Even David and Jasmine don’t know what the… continue reading

September 18, 2007 by Andy Dehnart

The CW debuts the fourth season of Beauty and the Geek tonight at 8 p.m. ET, and for the first time, the show will flip its formula, although only slightly. The 20 cast members include nine dumb hot girls and nine smart geek guys–and one hot guy and one geek girl. The CW has Sam… continue reading

February 16, 2007 by Andy Dehnart

The finale of Beauty and the Geek 3 aired Wednesday, and Megan and Scooter won $250,000. They were awarded the money by the eliminated beauties and geeks, who cast votes for them instead of Nate and CeCe. On that night, 4.2 million people watched, making the episode “the highest rated finale ever for the series,”… continue reading

January 3, 2007 by Andy Dehnart

The CW debuts the third season of Beauty and the Geek tonight at 8 p.m. ET. The two-hour premiere starts another season in which “eight gorgeous but academically impaired women with eight brilliant but socially challenged men to test intellect and social skills,” The CW says. This season, there will be more love connections between… continue reading

March 15, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

Beauty and the Geek‘s Cheryl Tenbush, who won the show with her partner Josh Herman, is still dating the geek she met on the show, Wes Wilson. In fact, they “just moved out to L.A. together last week” Cheryl told TV Guide. Their relationship started long before the events of the Las Vegas episode. Cheryl… continue reading

January 17, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

The WB plans to flip Beauty and the Geek‘s format for another season of the series. The new show will feature “smart, ordinary-looking women and hunky, not-so-smart guys,” according to the LA Times. Ashton Kutcher “told critics that a flip version of the show had been a longtime project of his, and he wanted to… continue reading

January 12, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

The WB pairs eight hot, socially smart, intellectually dumb women and eight ugly, socially inept, intellectually smart men for Beauty and the Geek 2, which debuts tonight at 9 p.m. ET. The “ultimate social experiment,” as the Ashton Kutcher-produced show is called, doesn’t force them to try to fall in love, but instead forces them… continue reading

January 4, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

The WB’s new Beauty and the Geek 2 will be promoted by improvisational actors roaming the streets of LA, Chicago, and New York. That’s an interesting marketing strategy, considering that last season, the most , Richard, was accused of being an improvisational actor, not an actual geek. In LA, “the players frequented the bars and… continue reading