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  CBS reveals the identities of its upcoming 'The Cut' contestants

  May 11, 2005
  CBS has unveiled the identities of the sixteen contestants who will be competing in its new previously announced The Cut reality series.
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  'Apprentice 3' hothead Chris Shelton arrested for disorderly conduct

  April 11, 2005
  The Apprentice master Donald Trump may have convinced Apprentice 3 contestant Chris Shelton to attempt to quit chewing tobacco, but clearly he was to unable to help the 22-year-old real estate investor resolve his anger management issues.
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  Stephanie Myers becomes the tenth 'Apprentice 3' contestant to be fired

  April 1, 2005
  Despite fresh faces and new team members, The Apprentice's Networth team lost its fifth consecutive task on Thursday evening's NBC broadcast of the show's tenth episode. As a result, yet another its losing project managers was fired, in this case Stephanie Myers, the 29-year-old supply chain consultant from San Diego, California.

• John Gafford negotiates self into firing on eighth episode of 'The Appentice 3'

  March 11, 2005
  The teams might have been shaken up ahead of time, but the "street-smart" NetWorth team still couldn't stop its three-challenge losing streak, leading to the dismissal of Florida entrepreneur John Gafford in the eighth episode of NBC's The Apprentice 3. Nine candidates have now been eliminated (including one that "quit"), leaving nine still striving for future employment by Donald Trump.

• Actor Chris Cooper mourning loss of 17-year-old son

  January 6, 2005
  Oscar-winner Chris Cooper and is wife, "Sopranos" co-star Marianne Leone were in mourning Thursday after the death of their 17-year-old son.

• ABC reveals identities of Jen Schefft's 'The Bachelorette 3' bachelor suitors

  December 15, 2004
  ABC has revealed the identities of the twenty-five bachelor suitors who will be competing for Jen Schefft's heart on the upcoming third edition of its The Bachelorette program, premiering Monday, January 10 at 9PM ET/PT.
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  Leann Slaby becomes the twelfth castaway to be booted from 'Survivor: Vanuatu'

  November 26, 2004
  Overconfidence and arrogance have led to the downfall of many a Survivor contestant during the program's nine seasons, and Thursday's Thanksgiving evening Survivor: Vanuatu broadcast was no different. With smug would-be queen Ami Cusack safe from elimination, Survivor's oppressed and persecuted commoners rose up and instead voted out Leann Slaby, Ami's right-hand henchwoman, seemingly destroying Ami's power base and throwing the competition wide open.

• Fox to premiere new 'My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss' reality hoax show on November 7

  October 6, 2004
  Couldn't get enough of this past winter's hit My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé reality spoof show? Then you'll probably want to check out My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss, an upcoming new Fox reality hoax series from the same producers. Filmed under the working title of Big Shot and leaked by NBC Entertainment president Jeff Zucker back in May, My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss will premiere on Sunday, November 7 at 9PM and follow twelve eager young entrepreneurs as they compete in a The Apprentice-like reality show that is actually an elaborate hoax.

• Fox's 'Family Time' "ultimate family makeover" show to premiere September 7

  August 12, 2004
  Give Fox credit -- some of their reality concepts might not be original, but they certainly seem to know how to get a show to the airwaves quickly.

• Fox announces 'Family Time' "family makeover" show... 'Trading Spouses' Biggins family to appear in premiere

  August 4, 2004
  Is it the ultimate capstone in Fox's string of concept and execution thefts? Or is it a new idea for a show with some repackaging and borrowing to make it seem more familiar? Those are the questions surrounding Fox's new reality show Family Time, a show focusing on the "ultimate family makeover."

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