• Reality TV titles slump on fall television schedules

  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.

• OJ Simpson to star in new reality TV show

  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.

• 'American Idol', 'Survivor' again dominate in March 24-30th Nielsen ratings

  April 2, 2003
  After September 11, 2001, many people predicted that reality TV would disappear, because reality itself would predominate on the airwaves. They were wrong, and the U.S. television ratings for the week of March 24-30 prove that not even a war will draw viewers away from reality TV.

• The WB launches new reality show for comic-book artists

  April 2, 2003
  Many people have commented that reality TV produces comic-book characters as stars. The WB has decided to take that concept one step farther.

• 'Survivor', 'American Idol' dominate March 3-9 Nielsen ratings

  March 11, 2003
  So much for those people who hoped that reality TV was reaching overkill. The Associated Press reports that three of the top four shows in the Nielsen ratings book during the March 3-9 week were reality shows.

• CBS, NBC blast Fox's reality-driven sweeps ratings

  February 24, 2003
  Sore loser #1, meet sore loser #2. In separate articles, Reuters/Variety reports that both NBC president Jeff Zucker and CBS president Les Moonves blasted the reality-show genre for distorting the February sweeps -- apparently because the biggest ratings successes of the month, Joe Millionaire and American Idol, ran on Fox.

• ABC to air 'Indecent Proposal'-style 'Love for Sale' reality show

  February 20, 2003
  Just in case you were still wondering how low reality can go, Variety reports that ABC is teaming up with the producers of syndicated television's "Blind Date" for an unscripted series some industry insiders are already labeling a reality take on the "Indecent Proposal" movie.

• Mike Tyson in talks to star in reality TV show

  February 20, 2003
  Oh ya, this is going to be a train wreck... ESPN reports that according to a Hollywood TV show producer who says he's been having substantive negotiations with a major television network, a reality show featuring Mike Tyson could be announced in the coming weeks.

• Vegas Hard Rock Cafe teams with ABC 'Winner Take All' reality game show

  February 18, 2003
  Variety reports that the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas has become the host location of a new ABC reality game show entitled Winner Take All.

• Fox to 'Test The Nation' with two hour special on Friday, April 11th

  February 4, 2003
  Think you’re a know-it-all? Want to prove once and for all that you are, in fact, smarter than everyone you know? Put your money where your mouth is when FOX airs the live two-hour special TEST THE NATION Friday, April 11 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

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