The Hills
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The Hills is an MTV reality television series and a spin-off of the popular MTV show Laguna Beach. It documents the life of Lauren Conrad and her friends after leaving her home in Laguna Beach, California.Cast
The following is a list of current cast members as of Season 3 (May 2008).- {{colorbox}} Main Cast Member
- {{colorbox}} Secondary Cast Member
NAME | INFORMATION |
---|---|
Lauren Conrad | Attends FIDM pursuing Fashion Design and works for Teens Vogue. |
Audrina Patridge | Lauren's current housemate who works at Epic Records. |
Whitney Port | Lauren's good friend and co-worker at People's Revolution. |
Heidi Montag | Lauren's former roommate who works for "Bolthouse Productions". |
Kelly Cutrone | Lauren and Whitney's new boss and owner of People's Revolution. |
Brent Bolthouse | Heidi's boss and owner of "Bolthouse Productions". |
Brody Jenner | Lauren's good friend and Spencer's former best friend. |
Spencer Pratt | Heidi's boyfriend. |
Stephanie Pratt | Spencer's sister and mutual friend of Heidi and Lauren. |
Justin "Bobby" Brescia | Audrina's Ex-Boyfriend. |
Lauren "Lo" Bosworth | Lauren's current housemate and good friend from Laguna Beach. |
Synopsis
Season 1
- US Premiere Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2006
- DVD Release Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2007
- Number of Episodes: 10
Season 2
- US Premiere Date: Monday, January 15, 2007
- DVD Release Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2007
- Number of Episodes: 12
Season 3
- US Premiere Date: Monday, August 13, 2007 (part 1)
- DVD Release Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008
- US Premiere Date: Monday, March 24, 2008 (part 2)
- Number of Episodes: 28
Season 4
MTV has renewed The Hills for a fourth season. Season 4 is to start airing in August 2008 with a total of 19 episodes. A preview for the fourth season shown at the end of Season 3 included scenes of a rivalry between Audrina and Lo while Stephanie's loyalty to both Lauren and Spencer is pushed to the limits. Meanwhile, Kelly Cutrone offers Whitney a job in New York.Ratings information
The first episode of the extended portion of season three in March 2008 was the year's highest rated cable telecast up to that point, as well as the highest rated telecast of an episode of The Hills, with a rating of 5.0 among viewers ages 12 to 34. It averaged about 4.7 million viewers and was the most watched television show of the night (March 24 2008) among the ages 12 to 34 demographic. On the following day, March 25, the episode was streamed 1.8 million times on MTV.com, while The Hills content in general was streamed about 2.2 million times on that day.According to MTV, the season three finale on May 12 2008 was the most watched show in its time period among the 12 to 34 year old demographic. There were about 3.77 million viewers, and about 2.94 million of them were part of the 12 to 34 year old demographic.
Spoofs and goofs
- MADtv filmed a parody of the show, featuring Nicole Parker as Lauren, Arden Myrin as Heidi, Crista Flanagan as Whitney, and Ike Barinholtz as Jason.
- Current TV's SuperNews! created a cartoon version of the show, set after the Earth is destroyed in a nuclear holocaust.
- Animator Scott Bateman created an animated video of a strange conversation of the show for Salon.com.
- James Franco and Mila Kunis spoof Justin Bobby and Audrina of The Hills
- In the movie Interview, Sienna Miller watches herself on Fox network playing the lead in a spoof of The Hills called 'City Girls'
- Fueled By Ramen recording artist Powerspace spoofed The Hills in a YouTube video
- The Soup frequently makes fun of The Hills.
Criticism and controversy
There have been a lot of rumors and speculations stating that the show is not reality and, although not scripted, scenes may be set up specifically for filming. Examples include:- In #3 episode 11 where Conrad goes on a date with male model Gavin Beasley, she is seen wearing red nail polish. When she goes home and calls Jenner directly afterward, she is seen with flesh-colored nails. Beasley is quoted by VH1's Best Week Ever as saying that producers set up the date.
- In an interview, Lauren Conrad defends The Hills by stating the show is a reality cut into bits and pieces to create a storyline.
- As posted by TMZ.com, Heidi and Spencer were seen filming a scene at Los Angeles International Airport where Heidi was departing to visit her family in Colorado. They were then photographed an hour later in different clothing, filming a reunion scene at the same airport on the same day.
- A celebrity gossip blogger, Perez Hilton, reports that a source from The Hills states, "she [Heidi] doesn't really work [at the event-planning company] when the cameras are off."
- When the show airs in the UK on Channel 4 a disclaimer states that some of scenes of the show are created for "entertainment purposes".
- In #3 episode 10 Spencer has a full beard in the previous episode, it is shaved during the first scenes but fully grown when Heidi arrives home from lunch.
- In #3 episode 27 Spencer is seen walking to Heidi's doorstep wearing black shoes. In the next scene, he enters Heidi's apartment wearing white shoes.
- In an interview with EW, Lauren Conrad states that The Hills is merely an edited reality, an unscripted drama
See also
- List of The Hills episodes
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