• Usher to debut 'Rhythm City' mini-movie on Fox's New Year's show

  December 26, 2004
  Usher will debut his 20-minute movie, "Rhythm City Volume 1: Caught Up" at New York's "New Year's Eve: Live from Times Square with Ryan Seacrest" on Fox.

• Usher and Alicia Keys top Billboard awards nominations

  November 30, 2004
  Usher is up for 13 categories and Alicia Keys is up for 12 in the Billboard Music Awards, to be held Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

• Fox's fourth 'American Idol' edition to premiere January 18

  November 18, 2004
  The long wait (for both viewers and ratings-starved Fox executives alike) is nearly over. Fox has announced that the fourth edition of its top-ranked American Idol series will return with a special two-hour premiere on Tuesday, January 18 at 8PM ET/PT.

• 'Survivor' leads pack as reality shows rack up record number of Emmy nominations

  July 15, 2004
  Reality TV is finally coming in from the cold at the U.S. Emmy Awards.

• 'Survivor All-Stars' contestants record video pitches for $1 million audience prize

  May 10, 2004
  As promised by Survivor host Jeff Probst on the live reunion show, each of the 18 participants in Survivor: All-Stars has recorded a video giving reasons why he or she should be awarded the $1 million prize that goes to the viewers' choice of the survivor who was deemed most worthy of the money. Not surprisingly, the pitches for the money ranged from charitable to desperate.

• FOX to air 'American Idol: The Final Five' special on May 3

  April 20, 2004
  FOX has announced that it will air American Idol: The Final Five 2004, an all-new special that takes American Idol fans back to the beginning of the season and highlights what has happened to date, on Monday, May 3 at 8PM ET/PT.
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  Jon Peter Lewis becomes the fifth 'American Idol' finalist to be eliminated

  April 16, 2004
  American Idol took the nation to the movies on Wednesday night, as the Top 8 finalists performed songs from their favorite films. Actor/director Quentin Tarantino joined the judges in critiquing the performances. During last night's live results show, it was announced that Jon Peter Lewis was eliminated from the American Idol competition after receiving the fewest votes.
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  Donald Trump's 'Apprentice' comes down to Kwame Jackson or Bill Rancic

  April 10, 2004
  After the next-to-last episode of NBC's The Apprentice, we know that the winner will have been a loser in all of the first four challenges on the show.
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  Simon Cowell denies making obscene gesture during 'American Idol'

  March 25, 2004
  We never thought we'd be in the position of defending obnoxious American Idol judge Simon Cowell. But this is ridiculous.
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  'Top Model' judge Janice Dickinson offends censors and Ryan Seacrest with live show antics

  March 25, 2004
  Janice Dickinson, one of the three judges on UPN's America's Next Top Model, has never lacked for ego. Taste, however, is another matter entirely.

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