There and Back

October 3, 2007 by Andy Dehnart

One of the cast members of the first broadcast TV reality series, Making the Band, says he’s finished with reality television. Ashley Parker Angel, who was most recently seen spawning a kid named Lyric on his MTV series There and Back, told OK! Magazine, “I am a fan of reality television and I support it,… continue reading

January 2, 2007 by Andy Dehnart

Making the Band and There and Back star Ashley Parker Angel will soon be appearing on Broadway, he recently announced on his MySpace blog. On Christmas Eve, he announced that “starting in mid-January 2007 I will be starring in Hairspray on Broadway!! I will be playing the role of Link Larkin.” Ashley will apparently be… continue reading

May 30, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

Ashley Parker Angel’s Soundtrack to Your Life debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 chart. A press release issued by his record company says this “[proves] he can stand alone” and “is all grown-up.” It also proves that a non-competition reality TV show vehicle can sell records; basically, There and Back was an extended… continue reading

May 16, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

Former O-Town member and Making the Band star Ashley Parker Angel takes the next step of his post-boy band life today when his solo record, Soundtrack to Your Life, hits stores. The recording of the record was featured as part of There and Back, his solo MTV series. He’ll also join Teen People’s Rock N… continue reading

April 26, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

Attention C-list celebrities who want to increase your stock by appearing on a cheesy reality TV show: participation may ruin your career, and not just because of the stupid things you say to the confessional camera. Here’s an example: While participating in NBC’s Celebrity Cooking Showdown, which was pulled for its final two nights because… continue reading

April 21, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

There and Back has paid off for former O-Town member Ashley Parker Angel. The first track off his solo album was Billboard’s highest selling new single for the week of April 29. On the Hot 100, “the top debut belongs to Ashley Parker Angel’s ‘Let U Go’ at No. 17,” according to Billboard. That earns… continue reading

March 7, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

The ratings for There and Back have been growing, making the show the third highest-rated show on cable last week. That’s impressive, especially because the show seems to have jumped the shark after the birth of Lyric. There still have been some great moments, such as during last night’s episode, when Jacob Underwood said, “Dude,… continue reading

March 2, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

Ashley Parker Angel’s weekly humiliation, also known as There and Back, is doing quite well. Last week’s episode was the series’ highest-rated yet, and was watched by “1.5 million viewers 18-34, up 48 percent from its debut,” according to Media Life. That makes it the third most-popular show on cable among viewers 18 to 34,… continue reading

February 21, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

There and Back just keeps on delivering the awesome. In two short weeks, we’ve gone from the emotions of childbirth to bar fights. Yes, this week, Ashley gets physical with a drunk who called him “cupcake.” But there was even more excitement before the fight: Ashley told Tiffany’s mother that he was being a crappy… continue reading

February 14, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

Last week, There and Back took us from completely absurd moments to, surprisingly enough, the most touching, heartbreaking moment MTV has aired in a while. It was the birth of Lyric, the child of Ashley Parker Angel and his girlfriend Tiffany, also known as the Spawn of O-Town. Would this week’s show leave us close… continue reading

February 7, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

Yes, one of O-Town’s members has actually reproduced, and we saw it happen live on MTV. But before we get to that momentous occasion, we still have to work through last week’s episode, which I missed because I was traveling. That episode featured the return of two O-Towners, Dan Miller and Erik Estrada, who has… continue reading

January 24, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

There and Back may have its haters, but for me, it’s almost becoming more fun than the rapidly tiring Challenge show that airs before it. The big problem with There and Back, however, is that it doesn’t really work if you didn’t watch the first season of Making the Band. That context infuses the series… continue reading

January 18, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

The Golden Globes may have interrupted my regularly scheduled viewing of MTV’s newest guilty pleasure, There and Back, but MTV’s endless repeats and a DVRed recording ensured that we will not be deprived of our weekly dose of Ashley Parker Angel and his funtastic life. Highlights from this week’s episode: Moving into his new house,… continue reading

January 10, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

Ashley Parker Angel’s new MTV series There and Back debuted last night, and it was overly self-conscious. The show used narration and bizarre editing techniques, mostly to just state the obvious. And nearly every scene seemed set-up at best, which is not to say that it was scripted, just that the participants were exceptionally aware… continue reading

January 9, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

Making the Band, network television’s first reality series, makes a comeback of sorts tonight with There and Back: Ashley Parker Angel. The new MTV series, which debuts at 10:30 p.m. ET, follows Ashley post-O-Town; now he’s “at ground zero struggling to make ends meet,” and living with his pregnant girlfriend’s mother. Ashley tells MTV.com that… continue reading