“dramatic satire” of reality TV coming to big screen. USA Films purchased a digital film that “follows a top-rated television program that selects people at random to kill each other for a cash prize” for a reported seven figures. No word on a release date for “Series 7: The Contenders.”
buy a piece of reality TV history–on eBay. You can buy nearly anything on eBay, and reality TV memorabilia is no exception. Jeff Hidek of The Comic Reader writes: Do you watch Survivor? Do you like Jenna? Do you want her car? It’s up for auction. You never know what will be up for auction …
“can anonymity survive” reality TV? Salon.com’s Carina Chocano observes the Survivor II auditions in San Francisco and examines our reality TV-fed desire for fame–and the anonymity they’re taking from us.
it all started on CBS–in 1948. Infoplease.com traces the history of reality TV, and discovers it began on CBS in 1948 with Candid Camera, which was followed by an America’s Most Wanted type show called Wanted.
spoilers revealed: the chicken wins! you die from a grizzly bear attack!Inspired by survivorsucks.com’s revealing exploration into the image files on CBS’ Web site, Modern Humorist poked around and found out a bunch of stuff, like who wins the presidential election, what’s for lunch at Lafayette Elementary School, and who gets custody of Timmy. (Don’t …
CBS: “We have nothing to apologize for.”The network’s president and CEO, Leslie Moonves, defended Big Brother and Survivor, saying the shows give people something to talk about during what would normally be a rerun-rich summer. + also: Mark your 2001 calendar, because Survivor II: The Australian Outback is set to debut Jan. 28, right after …
NBC says it’ll catch up.NBC’s west coast president, Scott Sassa, says the net “cannot ignore the public’s interest in these different kinds of reality shows,” and will probably get into the game with new series debuting next summer. Oh, and with a broadcast of The Truman Show.