• Girl goes to court to keep pet ducks

  December 15, 2004
  Amanda Troia, a 16-year-old from Fraser, Mich., is praying Santa Claus will come in the guise of a judge and let her keep her eight pet ducks.

• Australian officials investigate allegations of D12 behavior lecturing

  December 13, 2004
  Australian immigration officials Monday investigated if U.S. rappers D12 were unduly lectured on appropriate behavior before they were let in the country.

• VH1 to air 'America's Next Top Model 3' marathon on Saturday, December 11

  December 9, 2004
  Missed an episode of UPN's America's Next Top Model 3? If so here's your chance to see it -- VH1 (one of UPN's Viacom sister networks) has announced that in preparation for Top Model 3's upcoming December 15 finale, it will air an eleven-hour marathon of the show's entire third season starting at 11AM ET/PT on Saturday, December 15.

• Milton Glaser receives lifetime achievement award

  December 2, 2004
  Milton Glaser, an icon in contemporary graphic design and illustration, has been honored for lifetime achievement by the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum.
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  TBS reveals the identities of BOTH casts of its upcoming 'The Real Gilligan's Island' reality series

  November 17, 2004
  TBS revealed the first of several twists for its upcoming The Real Gilligan's Island series today -- that despite this week's earlier announcement that former model and actress Rachel Hunter would play the show's Ginger role, not one but two sets of castaways who personify the original Gilligan's Island characters will initially be "stranded" on the island.

• NBC's 'The Biggest Loser' weight-loss reality show to premiere October 19

  September 28, 2004
  If you have been super-sized, NBC claims it might be able to help you.

• Reality TV World goes behind the scenes of 'Starting Over's new Los Angeles home

  September 15, 2004
  For its new second season that began broadcasting this week, Bunim-Murray’s “Starting Over” daytime reality series is getting its own chance at a new start by vacating its original Chicago-based home, and taking root in a Spanish-style $6 million home nestled in the Hollywood Hills.
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  UPN unveils 'America's Next Top Model 3' contestants

  September 9, 2004
  UPN has unveiled the identities of the finalists who will compete on the upcoming "third cycle" of its hit America's Next Top Model series, and as the show's ratings continue to grow, apparently so does the size of its cast.

• FOX announces identities of 'The Next Great Champ' boxers

  July 10, 2004
  Give Fox credit -- it isn't bashful about trying to steal Mark Burnett's idea.

• 'Bachelor' Jesse Palmer and Jessica Bowlin announce breakup

  June 17, 2004
  Better make that "0 for 5." The Bachelor's woeful romance record took another loss today when fifth series bachelor (and rumored to soon be ex-Giants quarterback) Jesse Palmer confirmed to the syndicated Extra entertainment news program that he and Jessica Bowlin, the woman he selected during the program's May finale, have decided to "mutually end their relationship."

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