MTV is once again asserting itself as a channel that does NOT play music videos. One of the highlights of their summer schedule is “Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods”, according to Variety:

Eight-episode, pre-taped series will follow 10 actresses vying to replace Laura Bell Bundy as the star of “Legally Blonde,” […]

I remember something I said several years back, at the start of this reality boost. It’s a vocal statement that has never left me:”Reality TV is just a fad. It’ll never last!”
Boy, was I wrong! I have been eating my words ever since, which is something I seem to do alot.
The irony is that it’s […]

It’s Wednesday Night, which means it’s the night for Bravo to air one of their flagship reality shows. Right now, we’re in the middle of Top Chef: Chicago, which the commercials promise is “the number one food show on cable.”
I personally can’t cook, but I love this show. Some of the stuff in […]

Curious about what in the world is going on in the world of Project Runway? Spin-offs, network changes, and lawsuits!
First, Blogging Project Runway:

Bravo Press confirms that Season Five will premiere in July. We are guessing that the Final Challenge will be at Bryant Park in September.
The important thing to remember here is that […]

TIVO has long said to have very accurate metrics on the viewing habits of American viewers. With the tight measurements they make (number of pauses, length of pauses, rewinds, etc.) they give a good picture of how people are watching. Now, they are using this info to predict “American Idol”. TMZ has:

Here’s […]

CBS let one episode of Secret Talents of the Stars air, but as the country music singers took the stage to do stand-up, the viewers didn’t tune in. The show was immediately canceled, according to CNN:

The first airing Wednesday had former “Star Trek” actor George Takei singing “On the Road Again.” Only 4.6 million […]

I admit it, I’m a huge Project Runway addict. So this news completely baffles me. Project Runway is leaving Bravo and going to…Lifetime? The The New York Daily News reports:

The deal, estimated to be worth upward of $150 million, has officials at Bravo and owner NBC Universal feeling way too last season.
So […]

Yahoo! TV reports
In an unusual move, the Justice Department sued Fox Broadcasting Co. and another broadcaster Friday to collect $56,000 in fines for the broadcast of a raunchy reality show in 2003 that included scenes from bachelor and bachelorette parties.  Fox’s “Married by America” included the “thrusting of a male stripper’s crotch into a woman’s […]

Mercury Girl Jill Wagner was just announced as host of a new reality show, along with John Anderson of ESPN’s “SportsCenter”. Variety has more:

ABC is teaming with Endemol USA and “Fear Factor” showrunner Matt Kunitz to produce “Wipe Out,” a reality competition designed to produce what the network hopes will be “the most crashes, […]

Last night, Penn Jillette and Monica Seles were booted off “Dancing with the Stars”. They received the least amount of votes of any of the teams. I’m guessing that DWTS fans treat it as a real dancing competition. Yes, Penn was the worse dancer, but Kym and Penn were one of the […]

I was just inspired moments ago to write this post by a comment made by one of our readers. A comment that was left on my last post, an article about Paris Hilton’s new, uninspired, braindead stupid reality show. There one sentenced response spoke in volumes: “This is why nobody with half a brain watches […]

With kids 6-13, “High School Musical” is a phenomenon. There’s concerts, ice shows, music, and television all with the cast of the hit movie. ABC is going to try to again capitalize on the hype with a reality show. TVGasm has this:

High School Musical is coming to network television. ABC has picked […]

Not wasting any time, ABC is pushing forward with most of its signature reality series. Variety has:

Five of ABC’s signature reality skeins have been given the greenlight for next season.
Back for another round are “Dancing With the Stars,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “Supernanny” and “Wife Swap.”

Several other reality-style series are […]

ABC has announced who is filling the next set of ballroom dancing shoes on their hit Dancing With the Stars. According to their press release:

Twelve celebrities - six men and six women - attempt to outshine one another on a sixth season of the hit series, Dancing with the Stars, which returns MONDAY, MARCH […]

Sarah Jessica Parker apparently enjoyed her guest judging stint on Project Runway, she’s moving to produce her own reality competition series according to Variety:

Sarah Jessica Parker’s Pretty Matches shingle is teaming with reality factory Magical Elves to create a “Project Runway”-type show for the art world.
Potential skein would pit a dozen aspiring artists against one […]

I admit. I didn’t make it more than 10 minutes watching this show. This quote from Variety is the reason why.

At the heart of “Truth,” after all, is the fact that the contestants knew precisely what they were getting into — and, indeed, were asked the questions that are supposed to flummox them […]

Now here is what happens when we run out of scripts in Hollywood. We start bringing back the 80s. Variety is reporting that several networks are considering bringing back a circus style show.

The circus is coming to Hollywood, with NBC closing a deal for Endemol USA’s hit format “Celebrity Circus” — and ABC […]

Although we don’t watch much if any reality television in my house, our guilty pleasure is The Surreal Life on VH1. The spin-off, My Fair Brady, has become one also. Season 3, starring Adrianne Curry (Next Top Model) and Christoper Knight (The Brady Bunch) begins tomorrow. The events of the show will […]

It has seemed that recent sports steroid controversies has NBC thinking ahead. NBC is testing both performers and contestants. An article in the New York Post reports:

NBC has been testing the 12 cast members of “American Gladiators” for performance-enhancing drugs, according to a report today in the authoritative trade magazine Broadcasting & Cable.

In […]

After 4 years ABC is bringing back Emmy Award winning reality show The Mole. It appears the reason we haven’t seen a new show in some time is because the producers lost the rights to the original format. They’ve solved the issue and have started planning the return. Variety has:

Stone said the […]