Joe Millionaire, Fox’s Bachelor parody, will return to Fox in 2022, 19 years after it first aired, with a modified format that won’t include lying to the cast—well, unless Fox is lying to us.
On Sunday’s special for Fox’s 25th anniversary, Evan Marriott, the star of Joe Millionaire, briefly appeared. Ryan Seacrest noted that the finale of that show remains Fox’s highest-rated entertainment program ever. Evan reflected briefly on his experience, but the most noteworthy part was his terrifying soul patch. Three years after the show aired, he said …
Of the gifts reality TV has given us, it has given us a lot to laugh at and mock. The 2003 Fox series Joe Millionaire formalized that mockery by satirizing The Bachelor, pretending its star was a millionaire when he really was not. It ushered in an era of prank reality shows, most of which …
Three years after saying his 15 minutes were up, Evan Marriott, the star of Joe Millionaire, has apparently given up living in the shadow of his fame. He’s now the “owner of his own construction business in California,” according to The Virginian-Pilot, which says Evan “wasn’t thrilled about talking to” the paper when they contacted …
Joe Millionaire runner-up: show was fake. The Star-Tribune doesn’t help Minnesota’s reputation as a hip, happening place by publishing a story about Joe Millionaire that’s, oh, just a couple of years late. Columnist C.J. interviews Melissa Mowery, who apparently came in third place, but who can remember that far back? Melissa details four (weak) things …
PTC’s FCC complaint includes alleged “fuck off” from Joe Millionaire 2 episode. Remember The Next Joe Millionaire? It turns out that someone was actually watching after all, and that someone was a member of the Parents’ Television Council, those tight-asses who bitch about words like “tight-asses” and “bitch.” The FCC recently rejected 36 complaints from …
David says Joe M stardom is “intense.” Apparently under the delusion that someone other than him actually watched The Next Joe Millionaire, cowboy David Smith says that his stardom is “very intense. But,” he tells the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, “I’ve gotten somewhat used to it after getting off the plane, being on the red carpet, …