Although the Fox Reality Channel is done and will be replaced at the end of March by Nat Geo Wild in most places, the network will still air the fourth season of its competition/torture series. Solitary 4.0 taped during a week late last summer, but with the end of the channel, its future was up… continue reading
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Fox Reality will become Nat Geo Wild; president admits network had identity problem
On March 31, the Fox Reality Channel will officially die and turn into Nat Geo Wild, a spin-off of the National Geographic Channel, which itself airs some strong unscripted TV. Nat Geo Wild “will be a joint venture between Fox Cable Networks and National Geographic Ventures, [and] will concentrate on programs about animals in the… continue reading
Fox Reality Channel shutting down next spring
The Fox Reality Channel will cease operations next spring, on March 31, just shy of its five year anniversary. The network “in its present form will go away” although “FRC may still exist after March 31– though in just what form, and for how long, is unclear,” Joe Adalian reports. While he says that “A… continue reading
Househusbands of Hollywood has less drama, more camaraderie than Real Housewives
This weekend, the Fox Reality Channel enters Bravo’s Real Housewives space with its own docudrama about a group of interconnected people who live in the same city: Househusbands of Hollywood, which debuts at 9 p.m. ET Saturday but is also on Hulu and iTunes right now. The show (ostensibly) follows five men who stay at… continue reading
Solitary pods touring malls as part of the show’s third torture-filled season
Fox Reality Channel’s most-popular original series, Solitary, recently returned for its third season, which airs Saturdays at 9 p.m. ET and is on Hulu, and now an interactive version of the show is visiting malls across the country. If you’ve never seen the show, it’s basically like a super-stripped down version of Big Brother: it’s… continue reading
Smile…You’re Under Arrest gets attention for “dangerous” “buffoon” sheriff Arpaio
There’s a shitty new reality series airing on Fox Reality, but what’s most surprising is not how much it sucks, but how much press it’s getting for being a show that Fox rejected. Fox Reality is airing Smile…You’re Under Arrest‘s three episodes on Saturdays at 7, with the third ep airing this weekend. The series… continue reading
MTV plans “empowering and aspirational series”; Oxygen, Fox Reality get new shows
As holiday presents to us, three cable networks have announced a chunk of new shows that will join the reality series debuting in 2009. MTV announced several series that it calls “empowering and aspirational,” and which actually seem like that, for the most part, the network is attempting to actively move away from the fake… continue reading
Fox Reality Really awards: scripted, pointless
Someday, reality TV may get the recognition it deserves on an awards show, but that day has not yet arrived. Five talented hosts bungled their opportunity on the Emmys, and the awards show created by the all-reality TV Fox Reality Channel proved on Saturday night that it’s simply a joke, a poorly constructed, quasi-promotional vehicle… continue reading
Rock of Love: Charm School, The Pickup Artist 2, The Chef Jeff Project, Gimme My Reality Show all debut
A slew of new shows debut this weekend, ranging from new competitions to series that give familiar, has-been reality stars the chance to again consume our time. On Saturday at midnight, the Fox Reality Channel debuted Gimme My Reality Show, on which a group of has-been celebrities, who’ve mostly all already appeared on reality shows,… continue reading
NBC will air celebrity dinner party show; Fox Reality orders third Solitary
NBC plans to air five episodes of a show that will feature celebrities having a dinner party for four other celebrities, and then getting judged on their food. Celebrity Come Dine With Me–which is just a working title, thankfully–“is based on a format owned by Granada that’s found success in 16 countries, including the U.K.,… continue reading
Reality shows with Ewan McGregor, Ludacris, Tommy Lee, Pamela Anderson all debut Sunday
On Sunday night, three new celebrity-focused series will debut, but only one appears to be the typical “celebreality” crap and nonsense that we’ve come to expect when celebrities invade unscripted television. Ewan McGregor, Ludacris, Tommy Lee, and Pamela Anderson will be featured on the three series. Ewan McGregor comes to the Fox Reality Channel with… continue reading
Solitary renewed for third season; second season winner compares it to death row
Fox Reality’s quasi-torture series Solitary has been renewed for a third season, according to a detailed report on the show in Mother Jones. It will air this fall. The magazine examines the cable reality competition as part of its issue on torture, and finds that “[d]isoriented and stripped of control, players shed their inhibitions with… continue reading
Transexual dating show There’s Something About Miriam debuts tonight in the US
Tonight, the Fox Reality Channel brings There’s Something About Miriam to US audiences. That something is a penis, as Miriam is 21-year-old transexual model for whom six unsuspecting guys compete. The show debuts with the first two episodes previewing tonight at 1 a.m. ET/10 p.m. PT before re-airing on its normal night and time, late… continue reading
Discovery’s Endurance: Fiji, Fox Reality’s Search for the Next Elvira debut Saturday
Two reality shows debut Saturday, one a short-term competition and the other a full-season of a long-running show. Long before Kid Nation, there was Endurance, a Discovery Kids series that is basically Survivor for teenagers. Hosted by ubiquitous producer/host/voice-over guy J.D. Roth (who’s currently narrating his series The Biggest Loser on NBC), the kids don’t… continue reading
Solitary 2.0 debuts this weekend on Fox Reality
The Fox Reality channel’s first original series returns for a second season this weekend. Solitary 2.0 debuted Saturday night, reairs Sunday at 8 p.m. ET (preceded by a preview special at 7), and reairs 13 times this week before the next episode debuts on Saturday at 6 and 9. The network calls the show “its… continue reading