• MyNetworkTV to air 'Meet My Folks', three other reality series this fall

  May 31, 2007
  Next year's Paradise Hotel revival is apparently going to have plenty of reality TV company on MyNetworkTV, the new over-the-air broadcast network that Fox launched with American adaptations of foreign telenovelas shows last fall but now plans to re-focus on reality and unscripted programming.  

• Reality TV producer Ben Silverman named NBC Entertainment head

  May 30, 2007
  Reality television producer Ben Silverman has been appointed to the newly created role of co-chairman for NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio, the broadcast network announced Tuesday.

• Dutch TV's new win-a-kidney reality competition sparking outrage

  May 29, 2007
  A Dutch reality television special that has a woman selecting a new kidney from three potential donors has reportedly caught the attention of both critics of the show's format and proponents of the message it's attempting to relay to viewers.

• International consortium purchases Endemol, John de Mol to return

  May 16, 2007
  Former Endemol co-founder John de Mol has already proven that he knows how to "sell high." Now he's also showing that he may know how to "buy low."

• 2007 Reality TV Summer Preview: Coming soon to a TV near you

  May 15, 2007
  Pirates, filmmakers, celebrity impersonators, culinary wizards, inventors, suprheroes, comedians, designers and numerous other characters will all be on display this summer, which will see the sun rise on several new reality series as well as the return of some formidable favorites. 

• A&E announces plans for five new reality series, two new pilots

  May 1, 2007
  A&E Network has announced that it plans to expand its reality programming lineup with five new reality series -- Crime 360, The Rookies, The Two Coreys, Paranormal State and Confessions of a Matchmaker --  and has also ordered two new reality pilots, The Pendletons and Good in the Hood.

• Longtime ABC reality executive appointed Lifetime president and CEO

  May 1, 2007
  Lifetime has announced that longtime ABC reality programming executive Andrea Wong has been hired as the cable network's new president and CEO of entertainment services.  The new position will have Wong overseeing all the day-to-day operations for Lifetime.
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  Reality TV producer Mark Burnett and actress Roma Downey marry

  April 30, 2007
  King of reality television Mark Burnett has wed his queen.

• Rachael Ray founds new non-profit Yum-o! Organization charity

  April 26, 2007
  Daytime host Rachael Ray has launched the Yum-o! Organization, a non-profit charity centered around cooking and feeding hungry children in America.
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  Mark Burnett, MySpace announce 'Independent' political reality show

  April 25, 2007
  Mark Burnett is expanding his reality empire beyond the realm of television and onto the World Wide Web.

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