Miscellaneous Reality TV News
- June 10, 2003
Are you a single, attractive, outgoing, and energetic woman age 21-30 who is looking to meet Mr. Right? Or are you a single, outgoing, and personable (notice no mention of the work "attractive" there folks) man age 25-35 who has always wanted to date a beautiful woman, but hasn't been so lucky? (likely because of above noted absence of the adjective "attractive.")
- May 27, 2003
Ah, what a day it's been for the formerly highbrow Bravo cable channel. First they announce their pathetic "let's trick a gay guy into falling for a straight guy" new reality series, and now we learn that Bravo's Canadian channel is finally doing what Canadians have been clamoring for -- giving them an opportunity to tryout for their own reality television program.
- May 22, 2003
They may be disappearing from the fall schedules, but reality shows are still atop the ratings. According to the Associated Press, five of the top 10 shows during the 2002-03 TV season were reality shows.
- May 19, 2003
The Associated Press reports that, during the preview of fall schedules by television networks last week, few reality shows made an appearance. In fact, only one of the 38 new shows could even vaguely be called a reality show: Steve Harvey's talent show. The other 37 new shows are all scripted.
- May 9, 2003
Reuters reports that one of the most adverturous reality-TV shows, an English show entitled Second Chance that mixed a reality format with social reform, has come to a sudden and unexpected conclusion when its 16-year-old "star," Ryan Bell, was expelled from the Downside School in Bath, near the Welsh border..
- April 28, 2003
Can't get enough of the NBA playoffs? NBA TV has the perfect answer for you. According to Hollywood Reporter, the network, which generally airs only on DirecTV and Dish Network, is launching an eight-episode, half-hour show focusing on one player from each of the 16 playoff teams. Among the players featured, on and off the court, are Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Robert Horry of the LA Lakers. The first episode will air at 6 PM EDT on Tuesday, April 29.
- April 28, 2003
NBC, the last-place network in reality programming, once again seems determined to take on a "reality TV" project with no connection to reality. According to Hollywood Reporter, NBC has greenlighted a pilot of a new "reality" show entitled Celebrity Temps, which features the contrived situation of celebrities working as temps in "ordinary" jobs that they are ill-equipped to perform.
- April 28, 2003
Have you ever wanted to watch a reality show but there hasn't been one on at that particular time? That won't be a problem once Reality Central is launched.
- April 25, 2003
Looks like the reality TV boom may be reaching a crest this summer. The New York Post reports that TV network schedules for the fall will feature more scripted programming than previously anticipated, due to the difficulty of selling advertising on many reality shows.
- April 23, 2003
Can the infamous, as well as the famous and the once-famous, star in a reality TV show? We may soon find out. The Associated Press reports that Urban Television Network, a Fort Worth, TX-based cable channel, and Spiderboy International, a Miami-based production company, have reached an agreement to produce 13 one-hour episodes of a reality show focusing on American sports legend and accused killer O.J. Simpson.