NBC Reality Shows News
December 14, 2004
Apparently remembering the painful moments that resulted when Donald Trump was forced to speak live during last April's two-hour The Apprentice finale, NBC has announced that Regis Philbin will handle the hosting duties for The Apprentice 2's first attempt at giving the NBC reality series a full-blown Survivor-like reunion show.
December 8, 2004
Mark Burnett's ever growing empire got a little bigger today, with the reality TV uber-producer joining with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and NBC Universal to announce that they have teamed together to bring the currently imprisoned domestic diva back to daytime television.
- December 8, 2004
Winter might not yet have officially begun, but with The Apprentice producer Mark Burnett seemingly becoming busier with each passing day, NBC has already begun accepting applications for next fall's The Apprentice 4.
- December 8, 2004
NBC and Sports Illustrated have announced that Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search, their new Top Model-like reality modeling competition series that was first announced in August, will premiere on Wednesday, January 5 at 8PM ET/PT.
- December 8, 2004
"And With Her Strips, She is Fired," our episode summary for the thirteenth episode of the second season of NBC's The Apprentice series, written by kpod, is now available.
- December 6, 2004
Despite witnessing Fox's The Next Great Champ copycat series draw dismal ratings, it looks like NBC and Survivor and The Apprentice producer Mark Burnett are still looking for a fight. A Nielsen fight. NBC announced last week that The Contender, Burnett's highly-publicized reality boxing series that had its premise copied by Fox, will premiere in late February -- and air regularly versus Fox's American Idol ratings heavyweight.
- December 2, 2004
"The Sorry Six-Pack!!!," our episode summary for the twelfth episode of the second season of NBC's The Apprentice series, written by ARnutz, is now available.
- December 1, 2004
The Liverpool, England, City Council wants "The Weakest Link" host Anne Robinson to apologize for suggesting its children are thieves.
December 1, 2004
With CBS having landed reality uber-producer Mark Burnett's most recently pitched Rock Star series and the hard feelings over Fox's rip-off of his upcoming NBC The Contender boxing series still fresh, (and ABC seen as a perennial also-ran for Burnett shows) it looks like Burnett will be bringing his previously announced Martha Stewart reality project to NBC.
- November 30, 2004
Martha Stewart is planning a prime time reality TV show along the lines of "The Apprentice" and "Survivor," The Hollywood Reporter said Tuesday.
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