Spike TV’s Joe Schmo 2 debuts tonight. Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, Spike TV debuts a second season of its spoof reality TV show. Joe Schmo 2 tackles relationship reality TV shows as it fools two people into thinking that they’re on a real reality TV show, not a fake show populated entirely by actors. …
Garman: Jeff Probst inspired Joe Schmo host; British hosts inspired new host. As the host on The Joe Schmo Show, Ralph Garman says he modeled himself after Survivor host Jeff Probst, aka Dimples. “It was definitely those eviction ceremonies, the counting of the votes, the way he pauses and drags it out. It’s just great …
Joe Schmo Show 2 will feature two victims and mock relationship shows. The Joe Schmo Show 2 will take on the form of a reality relationship show. Two victims, a woman and a man, “think they’re competing in a reality show called ‘Last Chance for Love.’ The pair plays among eight faux contestants for the …
Spike renews The Joe Schmo Show. Spike TV has ordered 10 hours of a second Joe Schmo Show season. There’s no debut date yet nor official word of the format, but according to Variety, “Insiders say season two parodies a different genre of reality TV.” So many possibilities! But wouldn’t it be great if the …
Matt signs deal with Spike; includes commenting on reruns of Joe Schmo. After being humiliated on The Joe Schmo Show, Matt Kennedy Gould has signed a development deal with the show’s network, Spike TV. He “will appear in at least two projects in the coming weeks,” Zap2it.com reports. One of those projects starts tomorrow night, …
Joe Schmo finale beats UPN, WB. With 3.4 million viewers, the first hour of The Joe Schmo Show finale “was the highest-rated episode of an original series on the network since September 2000,” Zap2it.com reports. The show also beat The WB and UPN among 18- to 49-year-olds. About a million fewer viewers kept watching for …
Matt wins $100,000, prizes. Rumors of a twist aside, The Joe Schmo Show turned out to be exactly what it said it was: a real-life version of The Truman Show. After concluding Lap of Luxury with a scripted win for “the asshole,” Hutch, the cast revealed themselves to be actors, and host Ralph told Matt …