The Bravo reality star faced three years in prison and a $2,500 fine, but pled guilty to a lesser charge and received a suspended 30-day sentence.
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Why A Chef’s Life ended, and details about Vivian Howard’s new show
Vivian Howard’s series A Chef’s Life ended last fall. But she’s coming back to PBS in early 2020 with a new series that has a different focus.
Couples Therapy: a review of Showtime’s incisive glimpse inside a therapist’s office
Showtime’s terrific new unscripted series takes us inside a therapist’s office for weekly visits with four couples.
Wrap Battle: a new holiday competition from the producers of Skin Wars
Carson Kressley will be one of the judges on Freeform’s Wrap Battle, a gift wrapping competition that will premiere this December.
Lt. Joe Kenda on Homicide Hunter’s end, how the show is produced, and what’s next
An interview with Joe Kenda about his long-running Investigation Discovery show, how it’s helped him, and how Homicide Hunter even saved lives.
Review: Hyperdrive sends drivers and their cars on an insane obstacle course
Netflix’s new competition series is a thrill to watch, like a reality TV version of Fast & Furious on a stunning obstacle course.
Reviews: Netflix’s Diagnosis and TNT’s Chasing the Cure, which crowdsource answers to medical mysteries
Neither Diagnosis nor Chasing the Cure are Yahoo Answers: The TV Show, thankfully, but only one is a compelling reality television show.
How Family Pictures USA tells stories of people and places through their photos
“We tried to bring people together across notions of family.” —Family Pictures USA host and producer Thomas Allen Harris
Black Love creators Codie and Tommy Oliver on marriage, representation, and working together
Codie and Tommy Oliver talk about how they created and produce OWN’s hit series Black Love—and what they’ve learned about relationships.
How Chasing the Cure will try to solve medical mysteries, live
“They’re not celebrities. They’re not reality stars at all. We’re meeting people where they are.” An interview with the showrunner of TNT’s Chasing the Cure, Kim Bondy.
Undercover Billionaire is ‘Naked and Afraid in the business world’: a review and interviews with its producers
Discovery Channel’s new show sends billionaire Glenn Stearns to Erie, Penn., with $100 to see if he can build a $1 million business in three months. But it also tries to argue that you, too, can do the same.
Why Serengeti’s director tried to create the opposite of ‘big spectacle’ nature TV
The creator of American Idol and Pop Idol was inspired to create Serengeti, and its director has spent a lot of time finding ways to creatively film animals.
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted’s producer, chefs, and network respond to criticism of the show
I interviewed chefs who appeared on Uncharted (“I needed a lot of convincing before I said yes”) and its showrunner (“When viewers tune in to see Gordon Ramsay, they want to see something through Gordon Ramsay’s point of view”).
Classic Inside the Actors Studio episodes will re-air before the show returns
James Lipton won’t host Inside the Actors Studio when it returns, but classic episodes with his interviews will re-air this summer and fall.
Blown Away brings glass blowing to Netflix without the usual reality TV tropes
The reality TV competition Blown Away lacks what other reality TV competitions have, for better and for worse.