BBC America will be air three seasons of Dragon’s Den, while Esquire will show the original Sasuke Ninja Warrior competitions starting Labor Day weekend.
UK reality TV shows
Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson apologizes for using the n-word in a clip from the show, having previously denied that he used it. In an unbroadcast take from a 2013 episode, Clarkson chooses between two cars using a children’s counting rhyme: completes the “eeny, meeny, miny, moe; catch a teacher by his toe.” But footage …
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, which awards Baftas, the UK’s version of Emmys, has added a new category for “reality and constructed factual” shows. The awards already have categories for”best factualy series” and “single documentary,” and one that includes variety, quiz, and game shows, in which The X Factor has won. In …
Canada’s attempt at a Jersey Shore-style show has failed, but the UK’s version, The Only Way is Essex, is now on Hulu. Lake Shore‘s hilariously weird trailer surfaced about a year ago, but its producer e.mailed cast members earlier this month and said, “I am sorry to say this, but it’s over,” as no network …
The producers of American Idol released a statement today promising that they’ve never distorted the vocals of contestants using Auto-Tune or other technology. That statement comes in the wake of a scandal in the UK, where The X Factor has admitted manipulating vocals of its performers. “We have never, nor would we ever, use Auto-Tuning …
Simon Cowell’s The X Factor has admitted auto-tuning a contestant, and reports suggest the show might have also used Auto-Tune to modify the voices of contestants during live performance shows. (If you don’t know what Auto-Tune does, just watch Jimmy Fallon at the Emmys last year.) The seventh season debuted in the UK on Saturday …
The first episode of The X-Factor offered amazing singer Danyl, and the second episode gave the world 50-year-old Steve, who said before his audition, “I just can’t believe how nervous I can get, but I’m determined to see it through to the bitter end,” and talked about being too embarrassed to even be on TV. …