- Reported by: Admin on 09-17-2003
RealityTVWorld.com today announced the nominees for the second annual Reality TV World "Blowie" Awards, which are presented yearly to outstanding productions, performances and situations in unscripted television programming. Consisting of 22 award categories with a total of 164 nominees, the Reality TV World "Blowie" Awards range from the serious to the frivolous, providing an overview of the reality TV programming in the year gone by.
Although the 2002-03 television season featured a creative mix of unscripted programming, five programs received the lion's share of nominations, and the top three were all broadcast by the CBS Television Network. Leading the way were the stunning 54 nominations recorded by the Emmy-nominated "Survivor," which had three editions included in the eligibilty period for the Blowies. CBS's summer success "Big Brother" received 20 nominations, while critics' favorite and Emmy-nominated "The Amazing Race" picked up 17. ABC's "The Mole," which aired both a celebrity edition and a regular edition during the 2002-03 season, followed just behind with 16 nominations, and Fox's Emmy-nominated sensation "American Idol" closed out the "Big 5" with 12 nominations.
In addition to the awards for outstanding accomplishments, the Reality TV World Blowie Awards also feature categories for worst mistakes and a heavy serving of humor in some of the lesser categories. For example, Flo Pesenti, co-winner of "The Amazing Race 3," achieved the dubious distinction of being nominated in both the Least Favorite Personality and Biggest Drama Queen categories.
The first annual Reality TV World Blowie Awards, which were announced in March 2002, covered reality programming broadcast during the 2001 calendar year. However, with the recent explosion in year-round reality programming, the Blowie Awards Committee (as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences once did with the Oscars) revised the end of the annual eligibility period to conform with the television broadcast season, which traditionally ends at the end of May sweeps each year. As a result, this year's award eligibility period began January 1, 2002 and extended through May 21, 2003 -- the end of the 2002-03 TV season. Thus, the second annual Blowie Awards covers an extended 17 month period instead of the usual year -- a period that began with predictions of doom for reality TV after the Sept. 11 tragedy ... and ended with America riveted to the final showdown between Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken.
In nominations by network, CBS managed to garner more than half of the total: 91 nominations out of a total of 164, aided strongly by the fact that "Survivor" alone received more nominations than any rival network did. Although ABC and Fox were noted for all of the reality shows they introduced during the 2002-03 season, they still only placed second and third, with 29 and 24 nominations respectively. Cable networks MTV, with 6 nominations, and USA Network, with 5, rounded out the top five. NBC recorded a scant 3 nominations, while E!, The WB, and The Learning Channel each received two nominations and ESPN earned one.
Voting for the Reality TV World Blowie Awards will take place on the RealityTVWorld.com website from now through Friday, October 3, 2002 and is open to any member of the public. Voting information is available on the RealityTVWorld.com home page or by visiting the 2003 Blowie Awards webpage. The software used to power the balloting site is designed to prevent multiple voting and will discard any duplicate submissions.
The award winners will be announced by RealityTVWorld.com on Friday, October 10, 2003.
NOMINATION BREAKDOWN BY NETWORK
1. CBS - 91
2. ABC - 29
3. FOX - 24
4. MTV - 6
5. USA - 5
6. NBC - 3
7. TLC - 2
8. WB - 2
9. E! - 2
10. ESPN - 1
NOMINATION BREAKDOWN BY SERIES
1. Survivor (CBS) - 54
2. Big Brother (CBS) - 20
3. The Amazing Race (CBS) - 17
4. The Mole (ABC) - 16
5. American Idol (FOX) - 12
6. I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! (ABC) - 5.5
7. Joe Millionaire (FOX) - 5
8. The Bachelor (ABC) - 3
9. Bachelorettes In Alaska (FOX) - 3
10. Combat Missions (USA) - 3
11. The Anna Nicole Show (E!) - 2
12. Are You Hot? (ABC) - 2
13. Fear Factor (NBC) - 2
14. Mr. Personality (FOX) - 2
15. Nashville Star (USA) - 2
16. The Osbournes (MTV) - 2
17. The Real World (MTV) - 2
18. Trading Spaces (TLC) - 2
19. Boot Camp (FOX) - 1.5
20. Beg Borrow & Deal (ESPN) - 1
21. Dog Eat Dog (NBC) - 1
22. Making The Band (ABC) - 1
23. No Boundaries (WB) - 1
24. Real World/Road Rules Challenge (MTV) - 1
25. Sorority Life (MTV) - 1
26. The Surreal Life (WB) - 1
(Note: Half-nominations result from one individual being nominated for performances in two different series.)
- Reported by: Admin on 03-09-2003
RealityTVWorld.com today announced the opening of the nomination period for the 2003 Blowie Awards. Now in their second year, the Blowie Awards are annually awarded to outstanding performances and situations in reality television programming. The twenty two Blowie Award categories range from serious to frivolous; in addition to awards for outstanding accomplishments, there are also awards for worst mistakes and a heavy serving of humor in some of the lesser categories.
The open nomination period will continue until March 24, 2003 at midnight ET. Any registered RealityTVWorld message board user may make a nomination. Following the open nomination period, the Blowie Awards Committee will determine which nominees will appear on each award's public ballot. Between 3-5 nominees will be selected for each category. Once the ballot is finalized, the 2003 RealityTVWorld Blowie Awards will be opened for voting by all website visitors. Voting will remain open for a pre-determined time period, then the ballots will be closed, the results tabulated, and the winners announced. Each user will only be allowed one vote. To nominate for an award, please visit our 2003 RealityTVWorld Blowie Awards Nomination Forum
During last year's 2002 Blowie Awards, CBS led all networks with 69 nominations out of a total of 115. Fox placed a distant second with 29, followed by USA with 6. NBC and ABC managed only 4 nominations each, and three of the five nominees for the "Worst Overall Show" aired aired on those networks. UPN, VH1 and MTV each managed to record one nomination.
The twenty two Blowie Award categories are:
- Best Overall Show
- Worst Overall Show
- Favorite Contestant
- Least Favorite Contestant
- Best Villain
- Best Supporting Crony
- Most Memorable Moment
- Best Quote
- Best Game Strategy
- Worst Game Strategy
- Best Heartthrob (male)
- Best Sweetheart (female)
- Best Couple:
- Biggest Waste of Space Contestant
- Best Hair
- Worst Contestant Blunder
- Worst Producer or Network Blunder
- Funniest Contestant
- Best Host
- Worst Host
- Worst Cosmetic Surgery
- Biggest Drama Queen
- Reported by: Admin on 11-26-2002
RealityTVWorld.com has announced that MTV's "The Osbournes" reality TV program now has its own RealityTVWorld.com website -- TheOsbournesSucks.com. In the tradition of previous RealityTVWorld.com websites, TheOsbournesSucks.com will features program news, information, and episode summaries for the MTV reality series.
- Reported by: Admin on 09-26-2002
We pleased to announce the RealityTVWorld.com message boards are now back online.
Once again we apologize for any inconvenience this unexpected outage caused and thank you for your patience.
- Reported by: Admin on 09-25-2002
As most regular message board visitors no doubt already know, the RealityTVWorld.com message boards are currently unavailable.
At approximiately 3PM ET Tuesday afternoon, the server that we utilize to host the message boards began experiencing severe technical problems and crashed. We're currently working with our hosting partner to restore the server to normal operation as soon as possible and apologize for any inconvenience this unexpected outage has caused. We'll post additional information as it becomes available.
In the meantime we'd like to confirm for everyone that other areas of the RealityTVWorld.com network remain functional, including our LIVE CHAT rooms, our SPOILER ISLAND Survivor fantasy game, and our RealityTVWorld.com reality TV show news service. Thank you for your patience.
LATE THURSDAY MORNING UPDATE: We are still working to restore the server to full operational order. At this time we hope to have the system functional sometime late this afternoon. Once again we apologize for any inconvenience this unexpected outage has caused and thank you for your patience.
- Reported by: Admin on 09-16-2002
RealityTVWorld.com has announced that ABC's "Push, Nevada" - the self-described "next-generation twist on reality television" now has its own RealityTVWorld.com website -- Push-Nevada.net. In the long tradition of previous RealityTVWorld.com websites, Push-Nevada.net will features program news, information, episode summaries, and (perhaps most importantly) attempt to solve the Push mystery.
"Push, Nevada" will premiere Tuesday, September 17, 2002.
- Reported by: Admin on 09-08-2002
SurvivorBlows.com has updated its 'SurvivorBlows Spoiler Island' online fantasy game for the fifth installement of the 'Survivor' series -- 'Survivor: Thailand'
Surf on over to SurvivorBlows.com and sign up now! ...better hurry, the new Survivor season starts in just ELEVEN DAYS!
- Reported by: Admin on 06-10-2002
After two years of having the unique distinction of being the only show that had it's own dedicated forum (and not one but two!) but no formal website, RealityTVWorld.com has announced that CBS' 'Big Brother' reality television program now has its own RealityTVWorld.com website -- BigBrotherBites.com 'Big Brother 3' starts July 10th.
Source: BigBrotherBites.com
- Reported by: Admin on 03-17-2002
SurvivorBlows.com's parent site, RealityTVWorld.com, has announced the winners of it's 2002 RealityTVworld.com Blowie Awards. Find out how your favorite show or contestant fared by clicking here.
- Reported by: Admin on 10-15-2001
Our episode summary for "Love Cruise - Episode Six," authored by castmember Michael (who doubles as our own long-time RealityTVWorld.com member 'shakes the clown') has been posted. Check it out by clicking HERE
- Reported by: Admin on 10-08-2001
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Darin and his donkey |
LoveCruiseSinks.com has posted many new exclusive photos.
The new photos include scenes from Day 1 of the cruise, shots taken on Loser Island, and a dozen or so pictures taken during this past winter's Love Cruise reunion in Chicago. Tomiko, Darin and Adrian all came into town for the weekend and partied with those already living in Chicago.
All photos were provided courtesy Michael and include shots of Tomiko, Melissa, Gina, Laura, Jeanette, Toni, Greg, Bob, Darin, Adrian, Ralph, Tony, Michael, and Love Cruise director Kenny Hull. (Basically everyone except Lisa, Andrea, and Anthony.)
Our personal favorite is on the right 
Source: LoveCruiseSinks.com Exclusive Photos
- Reported by: Admin on 09-29-2001
Our episode summary for "Love Cruise - Episode Two," authored by castmember Michael (who doubles as our own long-time RealityTVWorld.com member 'shakes the clown') has been posted. Check it out by clicking HERE
- Reported by: Admin on 09-27-2001
In a tale of two ships, 'Enterprise' sunk 'Love Cruise' -- and just about everything else -- in Wednesday's overnight ratings.
'Enterprise,' airing 8-10PM, averaged a 9.1/12, but lost the 9PM hour to NBC's 'West Wing' score of 10.4/15. ABC's one-hour season premiere of 'The Drew Carey Show' only mustered a 6.6/10, but took third place in the 9PM hour. The third episode of 'The Amazing Race' dipped sharply to a 6.0/9 for 4th place in the 9PM hour, while 'Love Cruise' finished in 5th place with 5.7/9 score.
But hey, 'Love Cruise' can say that it kicked some of The WB's 'The Indian in the Cupboard' animated ass -- it only scored a 2.4/3. Thank god for small victories.
NBC still managed to take the No. 1 spot in the overall overnight metered market ratings on Wednesday, averaging a 9.9 rating/15 share (last week, 8.3/13), but due to 'Enterprise,' underdog weblet UPN snagged second in the overnight metered market ratings with an extraordinary (for them) 9.1/13. ABC came in third with a 7.7/12, with CBS following in fourth with a 6.7/10. FOX slipped to fifth place, 5.6/8, while The WB trailed behind in sixth with a 2.4/3.
Source: Zap2It.com
- Reported by: Admin on 09-27-2001
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Michael & Melissa at the premiere screening |
LoveCruiseSinks.com has posted some new exclusive photos.
The new photos are from the Chicago 'Love Cruise' premiere screening for cast and crew from two weeks ago. Photos were provided courtesy Michael and include shots of Michael, Melissa (shown at right,) Andrea, Toni, Darin, Greg, Bob, and Tony.
We hope to have additional photos posted in the coming days, so be sure and check back later.
Source: LoveCruiseSinks.com Exclusive Photos
- Reported by: Admin on 09-26-2001
Well, as can be expected after all the delays and schedule shuffling, last night's 'Love Cruise' premiere did pretty terrible -- finishing 4th in the 9PM ratings race behind NBC's season premiere of 'Frasier,' CBS' series premiere of 'The Guardian,' and ABC's season premiere of 'Spin City.'
'Frasier' kicked off its season with an hour-long premiere, winning the hour with a 14.3/21 and taking the top numbers of any show on the night. It also rose from a 13.7/20 in the first half hour (7.2/11) to a 14.8/21 in the second (8.3/12).
CBS' new series "The Guardian" followed, taking a strong 10.4/15 for the hour (compared to the usual "Big Brother 2" 8.0/12 ratings in the timeslot), coming in second.
Michael J. Fox's appearance in the hour-long season premiere of 'Spin City' didn't seem to have much effect, as the series could only manage third place for the hour with a 9.1/13.
And in LAST PLACE, 'Love Cruise' kicked off with relatively low numbers, averaging a 5.7/8 (and with little hope of "building steam," given the compressed three-week timeframe into which the seven episode series has been crunched.) The show also ranked fourth among Adults 18-49 with a 3.7/9. One piece of good news for the show -- it did rise over the hour slightly, meaning viewers did stick with it... yay for small victories.
Source: Zap2It.com