NBC Reality Shows News
April 16, 2006
Miss Universe pageant owner Donald Trump says he is considering a tribute to the newly crowned Miss Iraq, who has been hiding amid death threats.
April 14, 2006
NBC has announced that its fourth edition of Last Comic Standing, the Emmy-nominated reality talent competition that it is surprisingly resurrecting after having previously canceled the show's hastily-assembled Fall 2004 third edition, will premiere Tuesday, May 30 at 8PM ET/PT with a special two-hour premiere. Following its special two-hour debut, Last Comic Standing 4 will air Tuesdays at 9PM ET/PT.
- April 11, 2006
In order to make room on its schedule for next week's week-long Celebrity Cooking Showdown reality cooking competition, NBC opted to air back-to-back The Apprentice episodes last night. The broadcasts saw two more losing project managers bite the dust, with Lenny Veltman going home after being unable to relate to his task's judges and Leslie Bourgeois later joining him after her failure to properly price Gold Rush Corporation's product resulted in the team's fourth consecutive task loss.
- April 11, 2006
NBC has announced that Treasure Hunters, its new reality series that will feature multi-player teams embarking on a global search to solve a puzzle, will debut on Sunday, June 18 at 8PM ET/PT with a special two-hour premiere.
- April 10, 2006
"Sometimes Taking Responsibility Isn't a Good Thing," our episode summary for the sixth episode of The Apprentice 5, the fifth edition of NBC's The Apprentice series, written by mysticwolf, is now available.
- April 6, 2006
NBC has revealed the identities of the three chefs and nine celebrities that will be appearing on Celebrity Cooking Showdown, the reality cooking competition series that it will air over five consecutive nights beginning Monday, April 17 at 9PM ET/PT
April 4, 2006
Done in by his refusal to place his team's failure to win the week's task on anyone who contributed to it, Bryce Gahagan, a 28-year-old home builder from Kansas City, MO, became the seventh contestant fired from the fifth edition of The Apprentice.
- March 28, 2006
"American Idol" host and "American Inventor" producer Simon Cowell is about to bring another reality competition to U.S. TV.
March 28, 2006
The winner and second runner-up of NBC's "The Biggest Loser" weight loss competition are getting married.
March 28, 2006
Deemed to have failed to bring the person whom Donald Trump thought might be most responsible for his team's task failure into the final boardroom, Dan Brody a 31-year-old clothing company owner from Miami, Florida became the sixth contestant fired from the fifth edition of The Apprentice.