A preview of tonight’s reality TV-themed episodes of Celebrity Fear Factor: “Reality TV Royal Rumble,” which has CBS reality TV stars, and “For the Love of Fear,” which has Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants.
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Celebrity Fear Factor air date and cast, including Survivor, Big Brother, Bachelor alum
Celebrity Fear Factor will include episodes with cast members from Jersey Shore, Floribama Shore, Survivor, Big Brother, The Amazing Race, The Bachelorette, The Bachelor, Bachelor in Paradise, and more.
MTV’s Fear Factor will air a Big Brother vs. Survivor episode; is now airing three episodes a week
A Big Brother vs. Survivor episode is scheduled for next week. This week, contestants drink pho made of roaches (watch a preview).
MTV rewards Fear Factor for keeping, not scaring away, young viewers
MTV’s version of Fear Factor didn’t scare away viewers (ha!), but instead did so well that it’s been renewed for a new season.
MTV’s Fear Factor is the same old show, just younger
A review of MTV’s new Fear Factor, a revival of the NBC competition. The new version gives younger people a chance to face their fears in familiar ways.
Details about MTV’s new Fear Factor, hosted by Ludacris
MTV announced details of its new version of Fear Factor, which will be hosted by Ludacris and play off of millennials anxieties with new challenges.
Fear Factor is returning to television, again
Fear Factor is now casting for a new season that will air on a Viacom network, perhaps CMT. The show wants teams of two to compete for $50,000.
Bullseye is fun, but it’s really Fear Factor light
Let’s not pretend: Fox’s Bullseye is Fear Factor. It looks like Fear Factor, with the same southern California desert locations. It has the same prize, $50,000. It has the same episodic structure, with people being eliminated after each of three… continue reading
Finally: Watch twins drink donkey semen and urine on Fear Factor
The never-broadcast Fear Factor stunt involving donkey semen and urine did air, but on Danish television–and, thanks to someone videotaping the screen, on YouTube. It’s actually very tame and significantly less gross than most of the gross-eating stunts the show… continue reading
Biggest Loser out, The Voice in this fall, as NBC cancels Fear Factor and other reality
NBC has made some major and somewhat unexpected changes to its schedule next season, and several of those changes affect its biggest reality series, including The Voice and The Biggest Loser. A rundown of what the network announced today: Most… continue reading
Why Wipeout is far superior to Fear Factor
Fear Factor aired its final two episodes of its revival season last night, unless NBC finds its testicles and airs the donkey semen episode. While the series held up better than might have been expected, especially since so little changed… continue reading
Donkey semen drinker threatened by NBC for talking about the Fear Factor stunt
One of the Fear Factor contestants who drank donkey semen and urine during a stunt says she has been threatened by NBC for talking about it. The network pulled the episode Monday and has not yet rescheduled it. Twins Brynne… continue reading
Donkey semen-drinking episode of Fear Factor replaced with insect-vomiting episode
The finale episode of the newly resurrected Fear Factor has been pulled off the schedule by NBC, apparently because it features contestants drinking donkey semen. The episode has not been rescheduled, though a different, two-hour special will air Feb. 12…. continue reading
Fear Factor: same show plus creepy relationships equals big ratings
NBC’s decision to resurrect Fear Factor proved to be a good one, at least based on the very strong ratings for last night’s two episodes, which were–amazingly–nearly identical to the show that aired in the early 2000s. The first episode… continue reading
Fear Factor comes out of its coma tonight
Five and a half years after being cancelled, Fear Factor is being resurrected on NBC tonight, now in HD and with more cow’s blood. But everything seems to be pretty much the same, including the return of host Joe Rogan,… continue reading