• 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.

• Britney Spears planning her own reality show

  April 14, 2004
  Given the reality television success of lesser pop singers like Jessica Simpson, it was probably only a matter of time -- according to reports, Britney Spears, the queen of the pop princesses herself, is in talks with various networks about starring in her own reality series.

• Ewan McGregor to star in round-the-world motorcycle ride show for Bravo

  March 8, 2004
  Bravo has announced that actors and friends Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman will star in and co-produce Long Way Round, a new reality series chronicling the duo's four-month long transcontinental motorcycle journey. The six-episode series will air later this year.

• Pan-Arab 'Big Brother' production stopped due to Islamist protests in Bahrain

  March 1, 2004
  One week was all the longer that "Western lifestyles" and Islamist values could co-exist in the progressive Arab country of Bahrain. "Western lifestyles" as reflected in the worldwide reality-TV phenomenon Big Brother, that is.

• Showtime orders pilot for "Black Eye For The Uncool Guy"-type series

  February 16, 2004
  Showtime cable channel, whose previous forays into reality television have included last fall's Freshman Diaries and the adult entertainment industry centered Family Business, has announced that it has ordered a pilot for Make It Cool, a new Queer Eye For The Straight Guy-like reality series in which a group of "hip African-Americans" will help horrifically "uncool" people of all races overcome their "uncoolness."

• UPN to air 'Awful Pretty', a 'Top Model'-like cross-dressing reality show contest

  February 3, 2004
  Just when you thought FOX had set the reality TV bar about as low as it could go with such upcoming shows as The Littlest Groom and Playing It Straight, along comes UPN to demonstrate that the bar can go even lower.

• Executive turmoil threatens future of reality TV powerhouse Endemol

  December 30, 2003
  Endemol, the Anglo-Dutch reality TV giant best known for its shows Big Brother and Fear Factor -- but which is also the largest independent producer of TV shows in the U.K. -- is on the verge of disintegration after open warfare broke out between the corporation's owner and the creative team.

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