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Real World DC trailer replaces conflict with sedate drama and emphasizes "change"
The decade will end on MTV with the debut of The Real World DC Dec. 30, and based on the trailer that debuted last night, the network is positioning the season as a lot more calm and introspective than the insanity of The Real World Cancun . While there's some drama hinted at, it's all very ...
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Donny Osmond bests his sister Marie by winning Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars ' ninth season concluded with a probably predictable result: Donny Osmond and his pro partner Kym Johnson won the crappy trophy, beating Mya and her partner Dmitry Chaplin, who were tied with Donny and Kym in terms of judges' points. Kelly Osbourne and Louis van Amstel ...
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Biggest Loser health story leads show to threaten cast; Jillian says "contestants can get a little too crazy"
The New York Times reports today on The Biggest Loser , saying in the headline that "health can take a back seat" on the show. The story is interesting, from the confessions of previous cast members to the way the show threatened its past contestants, warning them not to talk to the media.  ...
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Finale of Jon & Kate Plus Eight draws 4.32 million
Jon & Kate Plus Eight 's finale rebounded from its fall ratings slide , but didn't come close to reaching the peak of 10 million viewers that watched their divorce announcement episode in late May. Overall, 4.318 million viewers watched, according to TV By the Numbers . The New York Times ...
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MTV's Jersey Shore promos highlight "guidos," offending an Italian-American group
Next Tuesday, MTV debuts its newest docudrama: Jersey Shore , which follows a group of men and women on vacation in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. MTV's announcement of the show told viewers, "Grab your hair gel, wax that Cadillac and get those tattooed biceps ready to fist pump with the best ...
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Dancing with the Stars generates more complaints than Adam Lambert did
ABC received more than 1,500 complaints about Adam Lambert's AMA performance , but it turns out that's not really a big deal after all, because Dancing with the Stars is even more controversial, and we all know how crazy risque that show is. Advertising Age reports that "ABC gets more ...
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Next Iron Chef winner Jose Garces deep frying his Thanksgiving turkey
Next Iron Chef 2 winner Jose Garces beat Jehangir Mehta on Sunday's finale of the Food Network series, and will appear on Iron Chef for the first time in mid-January. He was selected by the annoying judging panel--seriously, has there ever been a more excruciatingly whiny group of judges than ...
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Jon & Kate ends "too soon," Kate says; Jon "put my kids out there to every pedophile"
Two and a half years after it began, Jon & Kate Plus Eight is over after 116 episodes. While it is over as a TLC docudrama, the series will, of course, live on in DVDs of all five seasons , and we have probably not seen the last of Jon and Kate Gosselin, alas. During the episode, Kate said, "I ...
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Susan Boyle, Adam Lambert's debut records out today, following Kris Allen's last week
American Idol 8 runner-up Adam Lambert's debut record For Your Entertainment is out today, as is worldwide sensation and Britain's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle's debut I Dreamed a Dream . Neither won their respective shows, but are arguably getting more attention than Kris Allen's debut, ...
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1500+ people complained to ABC about Adam Lambert's performance
The AP reports that "ABC says more than 1,500 people have called to complain about Adam Lambert's sexually-charged performance at the American Music Awards." Sure, but what were they complaining about? His shouty singing? His trip and fall? The fact that they'd seen simulated fellatio and ...
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Adam Lambert's AMA act featured bondage, simulated fellatio to fight "double standard"
Adam Lambert is still a trending topic on Twitter this morning thanks to his performance of "For Your Entertainment" on the American Music Awards last night, which featured Adam making out with his keyboardist, groping with various male and female dancers, dragging dancers around the stage by ...
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Lifetime's Project Runway finale down from Bravo, but was 2009's top cable reality show
After a spectacular debut that was up 44 percent over Bravo, Lifetime's version of Project Runway concluded with an episode that just barely surpassed its record-breaking opening episode, and was down from the season five season finale on Bravo--though not by as much as some would have you ...
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Lifetime's Project Runway down compared to Bravo, but was 2009's top cable reality show
After a spectacular debut that was up 44 percent over Bravo, Lifetime's version of Project Runway concluded with an episode that just barely surpassed its record-breaking opening episode, and was down from the season five season finale on Bravo--though not by as much as some would have you ...
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Next week: give thanks for Jon and Kate Plus Eight's finale, and Mythbusters, Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs marathons
Next week is Thanksgiving week, and while I'll update with breaking news for the first part of the week, I'll be taking some time away from the TV, so there will be a double Amazing Race post on Nov. 30. Here's what to watch if you need to get away from family or friends during the holiday ...
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Tie vote leads to Laura being voted out during an episode that was "good shit," as Erik said
At the end of last night's Survivor Samoa episode, jury member Erik excitedly whispered, "Man, this is good shit." He was thrilled that Galu was getting its comeuppance, but he could have also been talking about the whole episode. There was a lot of great stuff, like a tie vote, Russell finding ...
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Lifetime's Project Runway 6 finds a winner, and it's not viewers
Seven months after the three finalists presented collections at Fashion Week , Project Runway 6 ended, with the win going to Irina Shabayeva. Although Heidi told her the judges were "disappointed in [her] lack of color," Michael Kors said Irina had "the best sense of showmanship." After she ...
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Hell's Kitchen Heather: sponsors are "not going to completely trust someone they saw on TV with a multi-million dollar restaurant"
It's no surprise that Hell's Kitchen doesn't have a great track record of awarding its prizes to its winners, but its winners have rarely discussed that. In an interview with the New York Post , season two winner Heather West--who worked as a sous chef during season six but was pretty much ...
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NBC's United Plates of America's prize called "biggest ever": a restaurant chain
NBC has announced a new series that will award what it calls "arguably the biggest prize in reality show history," which is "a new restaurant chain in four cities across America." United Plates of America is a competition judged "by a panel of real investors who fund the chain of restaurants ...
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Top Model has its shortest, youngest winner yet in Nicole Fox
Nicole Fox is America's next next next next next next next next next next next next next top model, winning the short model cycle of America's Next Top Model . She joined other winners in near-immediate obscurity and non-top model status after beating Laura Kirkpatrick in a final runway show ...
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After being beaten up by Insider panel, Spencer apologizes, Heidi will try to be "more positive"
The Insider's panel of pseudo-journalists and C-list celebrities may be establishing itself as the go-to jury for taking down reality stars who need to be challenged. As ironic as it is, a tabloid TV show--a genre that usually revels in publicist-fed fluff or sensational non-news--is doing the ...
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