Fox’s 2004 competition The Swan is returning, but this time celebrities–or reality television’s version of them–will be made over, including with plastic surgery. Deadline reports that it will be just “a two-hour special to air later this year,” produced by original producers FremantleMedia and Arthur Smith. Women who want to have a comeback in their …
Fox Reality Channel’s David Lyle writes to reality blurred about comments he made about The Swan, as reported by the Calagary Sun. He corrects the record, noting that he didn’t say it was “worthless,” as he’s looking forward to seeing the follow-up segments. Lyle writes, I swear I didn’t say The Swan was “a worthless …
A Fox Reality Channel exec doesn’t have nice things to say about a show his network will re-air — and a show he helped produce. At the Banff World TV Festival, David Lyle dissed The Swan. According to the Calgary Sun, he said, “The Swan was a worthless piece of television, I’m sad to say …
Swan 2 will conclude two weeks early. FOX’s second edition of The Swan was supposed to conclude next year, on January 3. But the powers-that-be have decided to end its run a week from Monday instead, on Dec. 20. FOX “programmers decided not to bust the momentum and end it” early, the New York Daily …
Swan 2 debuts tonight; FOX has already renewed the show for a third season. A bunch of ugly people get new faces and bodies as FOX debuts The Swan 2 tonight at 8 p.m. ET. The two-hour finale will begin with a reunion of last year’s cast, and then sixteen women begin their three-month transformations. …
Swan concludes tonight with pageant. The extreme makeover show The Swan concludes tonight with a two-hour pageant. Nine of the 16 women who were reconstructed USA TODAY looks at reaction to the show, which has been mostly negative with everyone except the 9.2 million people who watch every week. Merline Norman, who’s competing tonight, tells …
FOX renews The Swan. Critics may still hate the show, but viewers don’t: FOX’s extreme makeover show The Swan is watched by just shy of 10 million viewers ever week, making it one of the network’s most popular shows. The current series concludes May 24, but FOX has just announced that it will return for …