• Fox announces 'Fox Reality Channel' cable network plans... whither goes Reality Central?

  July 13, 2004
  In an announcement that roils the waters of the reality television world, Fox Networks Group today announced the creation of a new cable and satellite network, Fox Reality Channel, that is scheduled to debut in first quarter 2005.

• NBC discloses two new Fox reality shows, 'Big Shot' and 'Who's My Daddy?'

  July 12, 2004
  During the television writers' summer tour, NBC Universal Television Group president Jeff Zucker disclosed the names and concepts behind two heretofore-unidentified Fox shows that are scheduled to air during the 2004-05 television season.

• Paris Hilton's father Rick launches gambling reality-competition show '777'

  July 1, 2004
  Yet another member of the Hilton family is searching for fame on reality TV.

• Endemol sued for chicken deaths in French reality show

  June 28, 2004
  AFP reports that the French subsidiary of the reality-TV powerhouse Endemol was sued by a French animal-supply organization over the deaths of 16 chickens and the injury to a pony during the filming of a top-rated French reality show

• Reality TV "pioneer" bride Darva Conger returns as GSN's 'Vegas Weddings Unveiled' host

  June 23, 2004
  Does anyone need more proof that reality TV stars will do anything to extend their 15 minutes of fame?

• Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg admits to being huge reality TV fan

  June 16, 2004
  First Michelle Pfeiffer, then Steven Spielberg ... looks like reality TV may have a foothold in Hollywood that extends beyond the Osbourne household and The Surreal Life.

• The WB loads up on reality shows -- and Mark Burnett scripted programming -- for 2004-05 season

  June 2, 2004
  A new name can now be added to the list of prolific yet successful producers of TV shows, joining such celebrities as Jerry Bruckheimer and Dick Wolf: that of reality television superproducer Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice).

• Fox cancels 'Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay' reality special

  May 29, 2004
  Is it just us, or are Fox's cancellation announcements more interesting than its upcoming schedule (save for The Casino)?

• 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.

• Endemol's 'Star Academie' rules Canada CDs, as Stephanie Lapointe wins season 2

  April 21, 2004
  Once again, the Francophones and the Anglophones are headed in different directions on the Canadian music charts -- and it's all based on which reality-TV music program predominates.

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