
A look back at the first week in November and a look ahead at next week: The Past The beginning of November started with a news organization producing TLC programming: guess who it was about? There was good news for Shark Tank fans and bad news for people who thought Cheaters was real. SYTYCD's p...
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Finally: Survivor Samoa kicked into overdrive, with the merge episode pulling it out of its mid-season slump. After the tribes merged into Aiga, which Brett said was Samoan for "extended family" (maybe also for "extensive retching caused by cheesy tribe names"), everyone woke up from their game-p...
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"I'm a bit shocked to see this from you today," Heidi Klum said to one of the designers while critiquing her dress. That's exactly what I thought about this episode of Project Runway 6. I tuned in to half-watch as usual, and suddenly there were just five designers left, participating in their fin...
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Jeana Keough has confirmed rumors she's leaving The Real Housewives of Orange County because of money. She'll appear in the first three episodes of the new season, which debuted last night; Bravo claims that she's leaving because her "real estate business has been hit the hardest, and she makes t...
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reality blurred If the tribes merge tonight on Survivor, what should they name the new tribe?

I recently learned that some people with newfangled mobile phones actually use them to access the Internets, and perhaps even sites like this one. So, if you have such a phone, which may look like this, you can now read a specialized version of reality blurred made just for your device. Just use ...
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Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, VH1 debuts a one-hour special that explores Charles in Charge star Willie Aames, who has gone from being a millionaire to being in financial and personal ruin, so much so that his 18-year-old daughter sold her books to buy groceries. (Clearly, his two appearances on VH1's C...
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Getting help from Dr. Drew on VH1's Celebrity Rehab offers a significant benefit to its stars beyond sobriety: lots of cash, which may explain why some of them are willing to do the show. Comedian Artie Lange said earlier this week that he was offered $200,000 to be on VH1's Celebrity Rehab, but ...
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Now that Richard Hatch is out of prison, it's great that we have another imprisoned, dumbass reality show winner to follow: Big Brother 9 winner Adam Jasinski was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston "on a charge of possession of Oxycodone with intent to distribute," The Boston Herald...
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With the debut of its 14th season, The Bachelor will join other network reality shows that are broadcast in high definition. Jillian Harris reject Jake Pavelka's search for love starts Jan. 4. The network said in a press release that the show "will be broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's se...
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reality blurred The reality TV planets/sperm aligned on Nov. 4: Happy birthday to Kathy Griffin and Jeff Probst.

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Now I'm casting Survivor. "I'm definately funny, outgoing, athletic, & friendly & was wondering..do you ever look for people in CT? If I have to move to CA to get on this show, then that's what I'll do. I was so intrigued by 'coach' wade that I contacted him personally & now we email each other on facebook...I'm not ...one to give up but just curious as to how many people you'll recruit or pick from a video from CT"Read More

After apparently quitting during Sunday's episode of The Amazing Race, pro poker players Maria Ho and Tiffany Michelle did a round of interviews in which they talked about their final day and the challenge of the Detour challenges. They say that their crushes on Sam and Dan were platonic, but do ...
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For the second time this season, Bravo is depriving us of a new episode of Top Chef, but instead of a repeat, is airing a one-off special called "All Stars Dinner." Yes, it's a reunion, with Fabio Viviani hosting "an all-star get-together complete with a challenge," Bravo says. The chefs will als...
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Billy Bell, who was sidelined from So You Think You Can Dance due to a mysterious, potentially deadly illness, will return to the competition next season, although not in the top 20. Instead, Nigel Lythgoe explained last night that the show's producers and Fox "have agreed that Billy Bell can joi...
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Cheaters has been on the air for nine years now, documenting scorned lovers confronting their cheating partners in the act, with a camera crew in tow. It's like Jerry Springer except in the cheaters' natural habitats. And the syndicated series is often accused of being fake, particularly since a ...
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Good documentaries tell us--and, even better, show us--something we don't already know. This is the problem with By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, which HBO debuts tonight at 9 p.m. ET on the anniversary of Barack Obama's election to the presidency. Amy Rice and Alicia Sams' film, whic...
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Oxygen has renewed Dance Your Ass Off for a second season, but has replaced its producer, 495 Productions, with Magical Elves, the production company with the best name ever. The second season will air in 2010, and is currently casting. In a press release, Oxygen notes that the first season becam...
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Ryan Seacrest's stalker, who was arrested Friday after entering the E! building with a knife and charged today with felony stalking, is not in the special forces or connected to the Green Berets, nor did the Army officially apologize to Seacrest for the stalker's behavior. That misinformation com...
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Shark Tank, the U.S version of Dragon's Den, ended its first season a few weeks ago, but will air five more episodes--although those don't constitute a renewal for the series. Saturday, Robert Herjavec wrote on Twitter that there was "Great news ABC has ordered more episodes of Shark Tank." While...
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Welcome to the part of every Amazing Race season where not much happens except teams break down because they've had enough. Learning that they were on their way to Amsterdam from Dubai, Matt and Gary pounded fists and said, "another continent!" This moment of positivity was not foreshadowing for ...
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Having completely run out of ideas and/or footage to bleed every last penny out of Jon & Kate Plus Eight and its little walking billboards, TLC is desperate: future episodes before the Nov. 23 (probable) series conclusion include top viewer moments and never-before-seen footage. Tonight, it hands...
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With The Celebrity Apprentice 3 now taping in New York, and involving real people in some of its challenges, it's inevitable that details about those challenges would get out. But there are surprisingly few detailed accounts of such interactions, now and in past seasons. However, Ninedaves has ph...
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A number of reality shows were parodied last week, starting with one of my favorite reality series, Whale Wars, which was parodied on South Park last Wednesday, which was as crude and hysterical as always. The actual parody starts about five minutes in, but it's all worth watching. The episode ri...
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reality blurred Drunk in a former Real World house: I've become what I loathe! Awesomely strong margaritas @RioGrandeAustin.

reality blurred Random e.mail of the week: "hello i really dont know where im sending this email but my family and I have a very interesting life everyday from great grandma to the great grandkids livein one home i dont know if you can help get to someone that would like to help us do a reality show if you can please reply back"

A look back at the last week in October and ahead to the first week of November: The Past The end of October started with controversy atop a water slide. The news was dominated by So You Think You Can Dance, from a dancer's mysterious illness to the reason why Mia quit, and in the meantime, we we...
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That Project Runway 6 has turned out to be a mediocre season is reflected in the show's ratings: While the move to Lifetime brought the highest-rated debut ever for the show, it's since lost 20 percent of its viewers, and is "now averaging 9 percent fewer women 18-49 viewers than its last season ...
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On Survivor Samoa, Foa Foa lost. Again. The preview showing Russell talking with Laura was a fake out: He didn't go to her tribe, she came to his when Galu won reward and Foa Foa lost again. And then again, sending Liz home, finally. Over on Galu, Shambo was elected leader, although she has no id...
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reality blurred Missed the first eight minutes of Survivor -- did I miss anything?

When Project Runway 6 first debuted on Lifetime, I was impressed. Since the announcement that Magical Elves was being replaced by Bunim-Murray as the show's production company, I was worried, never mind the change of locations from New York to L.A. But I mostly wasn't convinced that the productio...
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