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ABC announces plans to air five new reality series this summer
May 24, 2006
ABC has announced that will air five new reality shows -- Buy It Now, How to Get the Guy, Master of Champions, One Ocean View and The One: Making a Music Star, an American edition of one of the world's most popular reality singing competition formats -- as part of its summer programming lineup.
NBC reveals the identities of its 'America's Got Talent' judges
May 22, 2006
NBC has announced that Brandy, David Hasselhoff, and Piers Morgan will serve as the three-person judging panel for America's Got Talent, the network's new Simon Cowell-created reality talent competition that will premiere on Wednesday, June 21 at 8PM ET/PT with a special two-hour broadcast.
Fox's new Simon Cowell-created 'Duets' reality show to air in September
May 18, 2006
Fox has announced that Duets, a new Simon Cowell-created reality series that will pairs established singing stars with celebrities outside the music industry, will premiere in September.
Elliott Yamin sent home as 'American Idol 5' reveals its finale finalists
May 18, 2006
American Idol eliminated the tenth of its fifth season finalists during last night's live result show broadcast, sending Elliott Yamin home after an extremely tight round of home viewer voting that left Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee to face off in next week's season finale.
NBC announces 'The Apprentice 6' won't premiere until January 2007
May 15, 2006
One year after announcing that it would air two The Apprentice editions on its Fall 2005 schedule, NBC has unveiled a completely Apprentice-less Fall 2006 schedule.
Ousted 'Idol' finalist Chris Daughtry thought elimination was a joke
May 11, 2006
Former "American Idol" favorite Chris Daughtry said in Los Angeles Thursday his surprise ouster from the Fox TV talent competition was "gut-wrenching."
Chris Daughtry sent home in 'American Idol 5' elimination shocker
May 11, 2006
American Idol eliminated the ninth of its fifth season finalists during last night's live broadcast, sending Chris Daughtry, a 26-year-old from McLeansville, NC, home in a results show shocker.
Regis Philbin to host NBC's new 'America's Got Talent' reality series
May 10, 2006
NBC has announced that Regis Philbin, the former host of the ABC Who Wants to Be a Millionaire series that sparked the massive growth of unscripted primetime television programming, will serve as the host of America’s Got Talent, the new Simon Cowell-created reality talent competition that NBC will air this summer.
'American Idol' judge Simon Cowell predicts all-male season finale
May 5, 2006
"American Idol" judge Simon Cowell predicts Taylor Hicks and Chris Daughtry will be the finalists on the Fox TV talent competition.
Paris Bennett becomes the eighth 'American Idol 5' finalist eliminated
May 4, 2006
American Idol voted out the eighth of its fifth season finalists during last night's live results show, with Paris Bennett, a 17-year-old from Fayetteville, GA, being eliminated from the Fox reality talent competition as a result of receiving the fewest home viewer votes.