Miscellaneous Reality TV News
- July 11, 2007
Court TV is becoming truTV. The cable network has announced that as part of its previously announced plans to shift its programming to "emphasizing real-life stories," it will rebrand itself as truTV beginning January 1, 2008.
- July 2, 2007
Rapper Ice-T is a veteran of scripted television, and now he's apparently ready to dish out some relationship advice with the help of his wife via the reality realm.
- June 28, 2007
ABC had success adapting Columbia's Yo Soy Betty La Fea telenovela into its Ugly Betty dramedy, and now VH1 is apparently interested in seeing if the show's concept has any legs as a reality series.
June 25, 2007
Mark Burnett has used the reality realm to find heavyweights in numerous areas, from the boxing ring and boardroom to remote islands and the rock 'n' roll stage. Now he's apparently ready to enter the world of mixed martial arts.
- June 20, 2007
Having achieved its "best year ever" in 2006 thanks to a heavy slate of reality shows, VH1 has announced plans to launch a third night of original programming later this summer that will be fueled by several new reality series.
June 20, 2007
For the first time this summer, reality shows finished both first and second in the week's viewership rankings.
- June 18, 2007
Somewhere, Nick Lachey is probably cringing.
- June 15, 2007
Bravo, which was previously formally known as Bravo Company, has announced it is changing its official name to Bravo Media and will launch new talent, licensing and publishing divisions to help the cable network broaden its programming focus and become a new global, multimedia content company.
- June 13, 2007
NBC announced it has teamed-up with online dating service Perfectmatch.com to develop Science of Love: A Modern Dating Experiment, a new one-hour special scheduled to air Monday, June 25 at 10PM ET/PT.
- June 13, 2007
America has so many terrible drivers, it's apparently time to see which one's the worst.