CNN's Republican Reality Show
From the moment the imperious music began and the narrator intoned that the Republicans wanted to "kick out" Obama from the White House, CNN left no overwrought TV styling untried.
Sarah Palin's Hairdresser Gets Own Reality Show
One of my favorite things (okay, the only favorite thing) about Sarah Palin is her beautiful hair. So perhaps it's only fitting that her hair salon, the Beehive, should get its own two-part reality show.
VH1 Casting Plus-Sized "Party Girl" Reality Show
Do you believe "skinny bitches need to step aside"? That "Big girls don't cry… they freakin' party!"? Oh, and you must "appear younger than 35" to be cast in a new VH1 "docu-series" on fabulously "phat" plus-sized women.
MTV Plays Along While Jersey Shore Bashes Trans Women One More Time
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Within the first 10 minutes of the Jersey Shore reunion show, MTV revisited Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino's club flirtations in Miami with a lady his roommates believed was born a man. Cue everyone laughing at the disgusting freak of nature!
New York Mayor Talks Reality TV, Stops Short Of Fistpumping
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Two seasons and a Dancing With The Stars spot in, Mike Bloomberg still only sort of gives a shit about this Sensation fellow.
How Your "Dead White Girl" Television Is Made
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The guy who falsely confessed to murdering JonBenet Ramsey, Casey Anthony's family, all things remotely related to Natalee Holloway — meet the man who brings these treasures to television "news." At least he hates Nancy Grace.
Mind-Numbing Bachelorette Ends Exactly How It's Supposed To
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The season finale of The Bachelorette fulfilled all of my mildest dreams. It had everything I've ever wanted: love, loss, and a surprising amount of bodily fluids — except for one thing: it was mind-numbingly safe.
How The Jersey Shore Crew Is Breaking The Reality Economy
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"We're in the American pop-culture business so it's tits and ass that sells," says the guy who books the Jersey Shore guys at clubs. The exception: The Jersey Shore guys.
This Trans Woman Is Different From The Rest, Because She's Hot
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Two ex-flames on transsexual demi-celeb Jamie Clayton: "I've never been attracted to any others; I don't think there are any others like her." "Usually when you're attracted to a girl, you don't necessarily respect her." But this one is different!
How A Palin Wedding Boycott Can Help Brevi Achieve True Stardom
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One anonymous TV exec told Page Six that Brevi is too boring to get their own reality TV show. So maybe the two "family friends" telling PopEater that Sarah Palin is boycotting their August wedding is just trying to help!
But What About The Children (Of Reality TV)?
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When kids appear on reality TV shows, are they working like actors, or being filmed like a documentary? That's at the heart of the question of whether they're being exploited in violation of child labor laws.
Coming Attractions: The Abby Sunderland Show?
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Laurence Sunderland, father of teen sailor Abby Sunderland, has admitted that he signed on to do a reality TV show just weeks after Abby set off on her solo sail. However, he maintains that her trip "wasn't a stunt." [NYP]
Coming Soon: The "JAP" Answer To Jersey Shore
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It was inevitable. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. That said, how could one not groan at the news that a production company is casting for the "Super Jappy" answer to Jersey Shore?
Salahis To Crash Our TVs
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This is how you make it in America: Noted White House party-crashers Tareq and Michaela Salahi will be "the most visible members" of Bravo's upcoming series The Real Housewives of D.C. Meanwhile, Desiree Rogers is unemployed. [The Daily Beast]
Virgin America's Fly Girls Live The Airborne Dream
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In a distinctly less glamorous age of flying — even if it's better for workplace equality — is the life of the flight attendant still alluring? Fly Girls, a new show starring Virgin America's air hostesses, thinks so.
Fun With Google Suggest, Snooki Punch Edition
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The Big Money's Chadwick Matlin noticed that the fascination with the Jersey Shore cast member getting punched in the face does not seem to have waned. [Twitter, Earlier]
Coming On TV This Fall: Fewer New Shows Written By Women
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When Nikki Finke pointed out that this looks like one of the worst pilot seasons for women on the major networks, several explanations emerged. Several of her commenters' theories about female scriptwriting inferiority aside, what's going on here?
The Simpsons. The Other Simpsons.
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Joe Simpson is developing a comedy series with Nickelodeon based on his own life. The show will center around one of two daughters, who begins imitating her psychologist-dad at school. The show has not yet been titled. Any suggestions? [US]
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About Those Jersey Shore Standards Of Beauty...
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The best efforts of nearly the entire cast of Jersey Shore — boys included — aren't enough to endow Us's Lindsay Powers with the bulbous abundance of Snooki's hair pouf. Guess their aesthetic isn't quite so achievable after all.