Miss America

The woman who won Miss America Saturday night was selected as a finalist by viewers of TCL’s reality series Countdown to the Crown. Miss Indiana, Katie Stam, won the title and $50,000. The runner-up, Miss Georgia Chastity Hardman, was also one of four viewer-selected finalists; viewers also voted for Miss South Dakota Alexandra Hoffman and… continue reading

The Miss America pageant airs tomorrow night on TLC, and four of the finalists will be selected by viewers after tonight’s conclusion of Countdown to the Crown, which airs at 10 p.m. ET. That’s the reality series that “follows 52 state title holders as they live together on the Queen Mary luxury ocean liner and… continue reading

TLC’s broadcast of the Miss America pageant, which was preceded by a four-week reality series Miss America: Reality Check, was watched by 3.63 million viewers. That’s an increase of 52 percent over last year’s pageant on CMT, “and up 18% over 2006 on CMT when it averaged 3.07 million total viewers,” Broadcasting & Cable reports…. continue reading

Miss America: Reality Check, the reality series following the Miss America contestants, concludes its four-episode run tonight at 10 p.m. ET. That is “the latest in multiple makeovers to the show in recent years, all in an effort to save the storied ceremony,” according to The New York Daily News, which reports that the show… continue reading

During the forthcoming TLC series Miss America: Reality Check, viewers will be able to vote for one of the cast members–the 50 pageant contestants–to be a finalist in the actual Miss America pageant. That marks “the first time in the 87 year history of Miss America” that “everyone in America will have the opportunity to… continue reading

The long journey to turning Miss America into a reality show will end in a four-part TLC reality series this January. The network previously announced this show, but reality programs related to the pageant haven’t had success in actually making it from announcement to air. Last year, CMT ditched a planned reality series and aired… continue reading

The Miss America pageant, which no longer seems to capture America’s imagination or attention, has a new home: TLC, the network that brought us Trading Spaces. TLC said the new “reality series will chronicle the preparations and journeys of the contestants as they adjust to a new twist on the pageant format. The series will… continue reading

Ratings for the Miss America pageant on Monday were down overall, dropping 20 percent from last year. But among the 2.4 million people who watched, those ages 18 to 24 increased by 257 percent from last year. As a result, “CMT placed second in all of basic cable” among people that age. That increase was… continue reading

Tonight, at 8 p.m. ET, Dancing with the Stars 3 runner-up Mario Lopez will host the Miss America pageant. That will be preceded at 6 (and also at noon) by Pageant School: Becoming Miss America, a two-hour special that apparently replaced what was supposed to be an entire reality series that would have allowed the… continue reading

In 2001, the Miss America pageant borrowed some of reality TV’s conventions, and last year it threatened to turn into a reality series. That will happen next year for the 2007 pageant, when the final show will be preceded by a seven-hour reality series, and viewer votes will determine the finalists. Finding Miss America will… continue reading

Miss America may become reality series. The Miss America pageant and reality TV have a sordid history: it was on the show that O-Town began its spectacular crash and burn, and Trista, Ryan, and Clay Aiken appeared on the show years ago. Three and a half years ago, the pageant decided to adopt some reality… continue reading

some changes to Miss America pageant inspired by reality TV. Among The Miss America Pageant’s new changes for 2001, which include renaming the swimsuit competition the “lifestyle and fitness” competition, the contestants eliminated in the early rounds will be able to vote against one of the finalists. The president of the organization says that unlike… continue reading