Janice Dickinson Gets Another Year on Oxygen
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Reality, Cable, Cable/Satellite, Ratings, Renewals,
Wow, that headline sounds funny, doesn’t it? What I’m getting at is that the Oxygen Network is giving Janice Dickinson’s show, The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, a second season. Dickinson, the self-proclaimed “world’s first supermodel” made her mark on Oxygen over the summer with the most successful original series in the network’s history. Season one included 10 episodes, but the second season will only be eight episodes, plus a holiday special. Never fear though—there may be fewer episodes, but each will be one hour long, versus 30 minutes last season. Debby Beece, head of programming and marketing at Oxygen said of Dickinson, “Janice’s first season was a big hit. She is a one-of-a-kind personality and our audience couldn’t get enough of her. Expanding the second season’s format will give viewers the chance to get to know Janice even better.” Dickinson’s say-what-you-think, no-holds barred disposition certainly made for entertaining television, so it’ll be interesting to see what Janice has in store for the agency and models this go-around. The new season will debut in January.
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The Sara Evans Drama Escalates
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Dancing With The Stars,
A lot has come from Sara Evans about her divorce—her husband’s alleged cheating, verbal and emotional abuse, drinking problems and love of porn. Now, her soon to be ex-husband is saying that Evans was having an affair, and filed for divorce the day after he found out. No word on who Evans has allegedly had the affair with, and Evans’ publicist had no comment. Craig Schelske denies all of the accusations that Evans made in her petition for divorce—including having 200 nude photos of himself and sleeping with their former nanny (and Evans’ good friend). “No other photographs exist and any allegations of such are outrageous, defamatory, malicious and legally actionable,” the suit states. Schelske also says that Evans neglected their children when she started Dancing With the Stars. One thing’s for certain—this is getting uglier by the minute.
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Project Runway Finale Breaks Records for Bravo
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable, Cable/Satellite, Internet, Ratings,
The finale of Project Runway on Wednesday drew record-breaking numbers for cable network Bravo. I can see why—there was a marathon of the third season this past weekend, and since I was sick, I was able to finally see what all of the hype was about. And I was hooked. Sadly, I forgot about the season finale, but that didn’t stop 5.4 million other viewers from tuning in Wednesday at 10 p.m. Not only did that break records for Bravo viewership, but it also made Project Runway the top-rated show on cable for that night. Even the Bravo web site saw a healthy bump in numbers, thanks to the series. The site saw an increase in traffic of 267% over the previous season for the Project Runway section. In the end, Jeffrey Sebelia was named the winner of the clothing design competition.
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‘On The Lot’ Promises Hope for Aspiring Filmmakers
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, FOX, Internet,
From the power-team of Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg comes the latest reality show—On The Lot—a chance for wannabe filmmakers to make it in the big leagues. Fox offers up this competition, with applicants 13 and over being asked to submit their self-directed, five minute short film online at TheLot.com.
Video submissions have already been received, with hundreds available to view and critique. On The Lot promises a $1 million development deal at DreamWorks to the winning director. The show will air in the spring, featuring the 16 finalists chosen from the online entries. The show’s viewers will vote each week and ultimately determine the winner. The series will air over two nights—one night to show the films that the filmmakers produce for a chosen theme; the next night to announce results. They will be given writers, cast and crew to work with.
If you’re an aspiring filmmaker, there’s still time. The deadline for submissions is December 1st.
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Survivor and Amazing Race Finales Set for December
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Alias, Survivor, Ratings,
Save the date—two of your reality faves will air their season finales in December. The Amazing Race will wrap up season 10 on December 10th, while Survivor: Cook Islands will air its finale on the following Sunday. The Amazing Race will crown the winner in just one hour. Survivor, of course, continues to drag their finale to the three hour mark. The first two hours are the last moments on the island, while the last hour announces the winner, live, followed by the reunion of the cast members.
The Amazing Race continues to go strong, even in its tenth season. The winner of four Emmys, Race was moved to Sundays for this season and has averaged 11.15 million viewers. Survivor is still keeping viewers interested in its 13th season, despite the move to provide a racial split among tribes this go-around. The negative press did bring some attention—then the show merged the tribes after the first two episodes, so the whole “social experiment” was moot. Despite it all, Survivor still averages about 16.7 million viewers.
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Flavor of Love 2 Big Ratings Winner for VH1
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Reality, Cable, Ratings,
I actually had to read the article twice about Flavor of Love 2—as in, did I just read that Flavor Flav’s finale show has earned the biggest audience ever for VH1? It’s true. Unbelievably true. I’m not sure if anyone reading this has ever seen this show, but to me, it’s just terrible. Maybe the ratings come from that “can’t take my eyes off of this trainwreck” feeling. I can only imagine that’s what it is. I can tolerate a lot of reality shows, but this one is unbearable to me. I’ve flipped past it a couple of times and lingered for about two minutes, including last night’s finale where he made his ultimate choice. Wow. I don’t want to offend anyone, but I can actually feel IQ points dropping when I watch it. So I watched about five minutes of it last night and those are five minutes of my life that I can never get back. But enough about me.
Flavor of Love 2 had 7.5 million viewers. I know… it’s not a typo. That makes it the most watched program ever on VH1 and the number one cable show for the evening. Among the 18-49 set, Flavor of Love was the top-rated non-sports show on cable for 2006. Seems Flav has found his niche—after appearing on The Surreal Life, Strange Love (with Brigitte Nielsen) and two runs of Flavor of Love—he is the darling of VH1. Go figure.
Oh, and by the way, he picked “Deelishis” in the final episode.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Pitches E-topia
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Survivor, News,
The latest reality show premise comes courtesy of Leonardo DeCaprio—and promises to deliver some environmental messages. Currently in development, DiCaprio’s environmental series, E-topia serves up home makeovers of the eco-friendly variety. In this case, a team will reconstruct a town in America into a “‘green’ utopia of tomorrow.” While the reality series is not yet on any network’s plate, it is being shopped around. The makeover is no quickie solution, as it’s anticipated that each eco-friendly re-do will take months. Adding to the mix are a team of workers unfamiliar with working with “eco-idealists.” The idea came from executive producers Craig Piligian (Survivor) and Tom Mazza (Treasure Hunters), with DiCaprio, an environmental advocate, taking on the task as co-creator and executive producer. “We’re going to take a devastated community and help transform it as a prototype for the future,” Piligian said. “At the end of the day, we’re all going to have to change the way we live, the way we burn and use fuel ... We’re trying to show the country and the world by example, town by town by town, how we can change the way we live and fight global warming.”
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Nineteenth Season of The Real World—Casting Call
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Reality, Cable, Cable/Satellite,
Man, don’t I feel old! MTV is now auditioning for the nineteenth edition of The Real World. If you were a faithful follower of this early reality show concept, chances are you’ve grown tired of the whole thing… or perhaps just grown up. I find that the older I get, the more disconnected I get from these youngins’ idea of what the “real world” is all about. Seems MTV likes to just throw booze into the mix, record it all, and call it a day. Nothin’ says fun like a bunch of drunk 20-ish kids. OK, not like I’m that old, but I’m sure some of you find that it gets harder and harder to relate with what this bunch of real-worlders are going through.
While The Real World: Denver has yet to air, that won’t keep MTV from keeping the reality machine rolling. Producers are holding open auditions Saturday in New York, in addition to auditioning for the upcoming The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat (sticking with the “fresh” concept, I see). According to the producers, they are looking for people who have “charisma and big personalities.” For those lucky enough to make the cut, they are further screened and interviewed—if chosen, they receive an appearance fee and get reimbursed for most expenses. And they get to live in some swank apartment or house. And this is the real world? Ah, bitter, I know…
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Sara Evans Leaves Dancing With the Stars
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Dancing With The Stars, News,
Us Weekly Magazine is reporting that country singer Sara Evans has quit Dancing with the Stars, effective immediately. Evans is citing personal reasons, with an Us Magazine source saying, “She is in the middle of a nasty divorce and it is too much for her to keep going.”
Us interviewed Evans on October 10th, where she said, “I feel so loved and adored by my fans, and they know how hard I am working and how much this means to me. [My husband] is amazing, he loves it. He just thinks it is amazing to watch the transition of someone who had never danced before to someone who is really enjoying dancing, so he finds it phenomenal.” Fellow contestants and Dancing With the Stars judges were suprised and saddened to hear of her departure, but support her decision to take care of her life. No further comment was made by ABC.
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Extreme Makeover Makes a Comeback
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Animation, Prime Time, Reality, ABC,
Ugh. I don’t know who this is good news to, but the original Extreme Makeover will be coming back to ABC on Friday nights. The show will begin airing next week, October 20th at 8:00 PM. You know the one, where plastic surgery serves as the cure-all for any and all imperfections that their ‘contestants’ (is that what you call them? participants?) need tending to. The crack team of surgeons, cosmetic dentists, hair and makeup artists, and stylists give each candidate the works. It’s cringe-worthy at best, but I admit to watching Doctor 90210 (until they actually show the surgery), so I’m not perfect either. I guess I’m most intrigued by why people feel they need to have all of this “work” done. Extreme Makeover takes it to the limit, however—their spin-off for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is slightly more palatable because homes are getting the makeover, not people. The show will begin next week, then take a Friday off for an airing of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown. The show will continue through November sweeps. Extreme Makeover last aired in August of 2005.
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