• FOX to air two-hour 'Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay' reality special on June 7

  May 17, 2004
  No, it's not the return of the network's pulled Playing It Straight series that many reality viewers have been waiting for, but it's close. FOX has announced that it has partnered with the folks behind last winter's smash hit My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance fake wedding series to create a new practical joke reality special titled Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay.

• 'Bachelor' couple Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft breakup

  December 9, 2003
  Fresh on the heels of yesterday's news that Bachelorette Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter were married this weekend, comes the news that Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft, the couple from the third Bachelor edition, have broken up -- and they announced their split on television.

• 'Bachelor' couple Bob Guiney and Estella Gardinier already broken up?

  December 1, 2003
  Are ABC's Bachelor Bob Guiney and Estella Gardinier, the woman that he selected at the conclusion of the series, already broken up? According to at least one New York City newspaper gossip column, yes.

• 'Bachelor' Bob Guiney chooses Estella Gardinier but fails to propose at the end

  November 20, 2003
  Shades of Alex Michel. Since Alex chose, but didn't propose to, Amanda Marsh at the end of ABC's initial The Bachelor, three straight series of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette had ended with proposals of marriage. But then came Bob Guiney.

• Jun Song wins $500,000, but no one's respect, in CBS's 'Big Brother 4' finale

  September 25, 2003
  In a battle between perhaps the two most reviled finalists ever in the short history of reality-competition shows, Jun Song, a 27-year-old investment manager from New York City, defeated Alison Irwin, a 22-year-old retail manager from Meadville, Pennsylvania, by a 6-1 vote to win $500,000 in the finale of CBS's U.S. Big Brother 4 on Sept. 24.

• ABC "gives" Trista Rehn and fiance Ryan Sutter filmed bachelor(ette) parties

  September 9, 2003
  Nobody can ever say that The Bachelorette couple Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter didn't earn their $1 million payment from ABC for having their wedding televised. The Associated Press reports that Ryan and Trista held their respective bachelor and bachelorette parties this past weekend on the Caribbean island of Saint Maarten... with ABC camera crews filming it all for inclusion in the network's upcoming four-hour-long special presentation of Trista and Ryan's wedding.

• CBS denies 'Big Brother 4' houseguest Scott Weintraub was removed for STD instead of misbehavior

  July 24, 2003
  The St. Petersburg Times reports that, during last week's network press tour, CBS chairman and CEO Les Moonves denied that Big Brother 4 houseguest Scott Weintraub was removed from the house (and the show) because of the fact that he had a previously-undisclosed sexually-transmitted disease, HPV (human papilloma virus, also known as genital warts). Instead, Moonves, like the show's producers, emphasized that Weintraub's temper tantrum was the reason for his removal.

• Amanda Craig first houseguest to be evicted from the 'Big Brother 4' house

  July 17, 2003
  After being nominated for eviction by Nathan Marlow, the first Head of Household, Amanda Craig was evicted last night from the "Big Brother 4" house based on the votes of her fellow HouseGuests. Amanda received more votes than fellow nominee Jee Choe. Dana Varela won the Power of Veto and chose to leave the nominations as they stood.

• Historic firsts: July 16, 2003 - First sex in an American 'Big Brother' house

  July 16, 2003
  Well, it was bound to happen eventually, and after the "Big Brother 4" producers stacked the deck in filling the house not only exclusively with singles, but with ten singles who have previous romantic relationships, the odds were pretty high it'd happen this season. Frankly, the only mild surprise is that it didn't involve one of the former couples.

• 'Big Brother 4' Head Of Household Nathan Marlow nominates Amanda Craig and Jee Choe for first eviction

  July 14, 2003
  This week's Head of Household, Nathan, a personal trainer from Edmond, Okla., nominated Amanda and Jee for eviction in the first round of "Big Brother 4" nominations on the episode that was broadcast Friday, July 11 on the CBS Television Network.

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