• 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.

• TV Guide Channel lands 'The Surreal Life' shows through 2010

  April 18, 2007
  TV Guide Channel has inked a deal to further bolster its growing reality television line-up.

• New British 'Fat Kids Can't Hunt' to follow youths living with Aborigines

  April 17, 2007
  Survivor's castaway qualities, The Biggest Loser's weight-loss mentality and Big Brother's voyeuristic appeal have reportedly been combined for a new British reality series that will have fat kids hunting for their own food in Australia.

• Bravo announces the development of four new reality series

  April 12, 2007
  Bravo has announced the development of Flipping Out, Welcome to the Parker, Millionaire Matchmaker, and First Class All the Way, four new reality series the cable network hopes will continue the 2006 success it enjoyed thanks to such reality stalwarts as Project Runway, Top Chef and The Real Housewives of Orange County.

• Report: Bravo greenlights new 'Take My Ex' reality series pilot

  April 10, 2007
  Bravo has greenlit the production of a pilot for Take My Ex, a new reality series that would follow divorced people attempting to play matchmaker for their ex-spouses.

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