First there was Bret Michaels’ VH1 show Rock of Love Bus, and now Fox is producing a pilot for a dating series called Babes on a Bus, getting the world much closer to the “major slut spill” predicted by The Onion in the hilarious, never-gets-old NSFW story below. Fox’s latest attempt at a dating series… continue reading
The Choice, Take Me Out: someone rescue Cat Deeley and give feminism CPR
Last night, Fox debuted two summer reality game shows: The Choice, a comical knock-off of The Voice on which men pick women without seeing them, and Take Me Out, on which women judge men in real time. Both shows are the trainwrecks you’d expect from Fox and make The Bachelor and The Bachelorette seem progressive… continue reading
From Joe Millionaire’s subtitled slurp to Idol, Fox’s 25 years of reality class and trash
Tonight, Fox celebrates its 25th year on the air with a special hosted by Ryan Seacrest, of course. While ABC was the first broadcast network to air a reality series (Making the Band), and while CBS changed television with its first reality series (Survivor), Fox has done everything from generating headlines for its offensive, WTF… continue reading
Gordon Ramsay’s new show does well, while Tony Robbins fails to inspire
Fox’s new Gordon Ramsay-fronted cooking competition MasterChef drew younger viewers, more than America’s Got Talent, but the weak new NBC series Breakthrough with Tony Robbins failed to draw any viewers. MasterChef had 5.75 million viewers overall, and thus was beaten by Wipeout, America’s Got Talent, and NCIS: Los Angeles, but among viewers 18 to 49,… continue reading
Glee reality show cancelled, report says
The Glee reality show that would have found new cast members to join the Fox show next season has been cancelled. New York Magazine reports that “Glee creator Ryan Murphy wants to keep his focus on producing the main series, and overseeing another brand extension would end up being a distraction that could hurt the… continue reading
Glee now casting for new roles, reality series
Fox’s drama Glee has begun its search for new cast members, which will be filmed for a new reality series. To apply online, you have to be 16 to 26 “and not subject to a current recording contract or other services contract that would prohibit you from rendering exclusive and/or first position services,” according to… continue reading
Glee will audition, find new cast members, and Fox will that as a mini-reality series
Fox will search for new Glee cast members via an audition process that will be broadcast as “a multi-part special” next fall. In other words, Glee’s casting is becoming a mini-reality series that’s not all that unlike American Idol. Amateurs or professionals ages 16 and 26 can apply, but the new cast will only be… continue reading
More to Love bachelor Luke: “I’m an athlete,” weight is “an issue for the ladies to get over”
Fox’s More to Love ends tonight, ironically airing at the exact same time that The Biggest Loser returns on NBC. The overweight dating show and Bachelor knock-off ended up being less sensational than its premise suggested. Last month, I talked to Luke, the bachelor. I asked if he’d actually found someone, and he said only,… continue reading
More to Love, Dating in the Dark are more bland, less sensational than their titles
The Bachelorette may have ended last night, but the broadcast networks are offering two new dating shows this summer. Neither show, however, quite lives up to its attention-seeking concepts and titles. Fox’s offering, More to Love, debuts tonight at 9 p.m. ET, and executive producer Mike Fleiss pretty much rips off his own show, The… continue reading
Fox’s overweight dating show preview is surprisingly bland
The reality wizards at Fox will soon bring us More to Love, a dating series with overweight people that debuts July 28. While Fox is great at announcing reality shows that sound controversial, the results frequently suck, and that may be the case here. A short preview, below, was released today, and it reveals a… continue reading
Employees will fire each other on Fox series Someone’s Gotta Go
Employees faced with layoffs will select who among them gets fired on Fox’s new series Someone’s Gotta Go, which will debut this summer or fall. On each episode, a small businesses’ employees will learn that one of them will be laid off, and will then get to know everyone else’s salaries and confront one another… continue reading
ABC gets Shark Tank; Fox plans More to Love fat dating show; RuPaul renewed; Chopping Block gone
Networks have made several announcements recently about new and returning reality shows: Fox is returning to the dating reality show genre, but as always with Fox dating show, there’s a twist. The network that previous brought us dating little people and even ski mask-wearing daters will air More to Love, on which “a single average… continue reading
Secret Millionaire’s rich people pretending to be poor beat Private Practice
Fox’s debut Wednesday of its new series Secret Millionaire didn’t get spectacular ratings, but the audience increased during its two back-to-back episodes, and ultimately, the show had more young viewers than ABC’s Private Practice. The two episodes had 7.4 million viewers, far under Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’s 11.8 million viewers at 8. But the audience… continue reading
Cops airs its 700th episode on Saturday
Cops, one of the first unscripted TV shows, will air its 700th episode on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on FOX. The show is now in its 20th season, and previous seasons’ episodes air in syndication; the series has also spawned three uncensored DVDs. Ironically, the series celebrates this milestone during a Writers Guild strike;… continue reading
Anchorwoman’s one episode helped station’s ratings; TV Guide casting for second Making News
The TV Guide Channel is in the process of selecting a local news station for a second season of its original reality series Making News. The first season followed KOSA in Texas, “and several stations are currently auditioning to star in the next installment,” Broadcasting and Cable reports. The series wasn’t extremely high-rated. But it… continue reading