There has been quite a buzz on the future of the Bravo reality competition, Project Runway, as the recently concluded fourth season brought reports that the show was going to move to another network. Both NBC, which owns Bravo, and Lifetime, the purchasing network, admitted that there was a sale of rights and that Project Runway’s fifth season will be the last to air on Bravo, as the sixth installment will begin airing on the Lifetime network. A lot of reports circulated that there will be a shifts in the production side of it as well, as producers Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz reportedly signed on a deal with NBC, thus implying that they won’t be working for Project Runway anymore. Now that the issue is cleared, we can move on to the speculations regarding Nina Garcia’s presence in Project Runway once it moves to Lifetime.
ABC has decided to pass on the chance to acquire The Golden Cage, the controversial U.K. successor to Big Brother. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the network has been discouraged by the high production cost of the reality series. Broadcast in the Netherlands by RTL, The Golden Cage follows a similar format to Big Brother as both features a group of contestants living together in a luxurious house. On the other hand, The Golden Cage has one goal: to irritate the other inhabitants into submission until the last one standing gets the house.
This week, more guest-stars will be gracing the fictional city of Genoa. Following the appearance of Diane Salinger as Jamie on Monday's episode of The Young and the Restless, two more actors are bound to stir up more drama on the long-running soap. Bart Mccarthy and Ivonne Coll are scheduled to appear on today's episode of The Young and the Restless. Not much has been revealed about their storyline, though according to the network, they will appear as Fred Flinn and Rosa Flinn respectively.
The recently concluded fifth season of The Biggest Loser brought us the first ever female winner to emerge as the Biggest Loser, Ali Vincent, who went past 19 other individuals vying for the prize of $250,000. However, Vincent and her mother Betty Sue Birkland, who represented the Pink Team in the last season, aren’t the only ones who emerged successful in losing weight and renewing themselves to rediscover the fullness of a healthy lifestyle. In fact, other contestants such as the Kruger brothers Mark and Jay, and Trent Patterson have lent their efforts to promote health and fitness to several communities around the United States. Like Ali Vincent, they, too have realized the importance of health, and would like to spread the word. More recently, another pair from The Biggest Loser 5 has enlisted their names for another health event to take place in Traverse City, Michigan.
It's all systems go for the record-setting 21st season of The Real World. MTV has given the nod for production on the next edition of the longest-running reality series to begin. Season 21 moves the show from the west coast to the east for The Real World: Brooklyn. The current Real World: Hollywood, the 20th installment of the pioneer reality series, has elicited a resurgence in viewership, with the series posting an increase from last year's numbers. The improved ratings has effectively propelled MTV to the number one post during the 10-11pm bracket on Wednesdays.
Some major overhauls are in the works for Showtime's dark comedy series. When Weeds returns for a new season on June 16, fans can expect the show to alter at least three elements that viewers have been accustomed to, according to the New York Post. Weeds stars Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin, a widowed housewife in an affluent California suburb, who has become an upper-middle-class marijuana dealer to make ends meet. For three seasons, it's known for having the song “Little Boxes,” sung by Malvina Reynolds, played during the intro.
UFC 84 is a mere 10 days away and just ahead of the May 24 scheduled bouts, veteran UFC fighter, Tito Ortiz, speaks out about his future. Ortiz, who once sat loftily atop the UFC as Light Heavyweight champ for several years beginning in April 2000, when he won over Wanderlei Silva in UFC 25. He went on to successfully defend his title a total of five times in the span of three years. Come May 24, Ortiz, now considered a dinosaur in the league, will once again take to the ring, this time against the rising Lyoto Machida. It will be a fight for honor for the veteran, who will set out to prove to fans and most especially, Dana White of the UFC, exactly what he's still worth.
The second season finale of Brothers & Sisters added yet another veneer to the meaning of the show' title. On Sunday's episode, two characters, who thought to be brother and sister, shared a romantic kiss and left viewers with enough “ick” cliffhangers to mull over all summer long. Rebecca (Emily VanCamp) was brought into the Walker family when they thought she was their long-lost sister, the product of an affair between their late father and Rebecca's mother. She immediately bonded with Justin (Dave Annable), whom she thought was his half-brother until a DNA test proved otherwise.
Season 6 of Dancing with the Stars is nearing the end. In only one more week, we'll find out which of the four teams will become the sixth team to win the Dancing with the Stars mirror ball trophy. After last night's performances, only five points separate Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas at the top from Marissa Jaret Winokur and Tony Dovolani at the bottom, so it all comes down to how the audience votes. Tonight, we found out which team will not be dancing in the finals next week. Read on to see what transpired during the broadcast.
American Idol needs to rethink their format. FOX, 19 Entertainment, the judges – changes need to be made. Tonight, on the most important American Idol episode of the season, the judges were plain terrible. There was an extended discussion about penguins, Randy and Simon had a round-long pissing contest and Mr. Cowell called the cheesy ballad from Armageddon one of the greatest songs of all-time. Not to mention Paula Abdul, who found amazing new ways to confound the audience. Even if the three judges are under contract for three more seasons, why not just cut them loose before they get even more embarrassing? They clearly don't care all that much anymore. Anyways, it was a fairly lackluster show that will likely make the American Idol final two look exactly like the final two we've been expecting for weeks.
Previously on A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila: The women continued to dominate the challenges and the men continued to act like immature frat boys. After the ladies chowed down on some pig vajayjays, four more contestants were eliminated. Thankfully, none were Chad. To get to know people, Tila Tequila leaves a bowl of questions in the living room that everyone must answer honestly. Bo would sleep with Tila in front of the entire nation. One question is about gay marriage, and Chad vehemently opposes it, citing that people would take advantage of it and get married just to get their friends' benefits. He says it should be a crime, and it's not clear if he's talking about gay marriage or fraudulent marriage.
On Sunday night’s finale of Survivor: Micronesia, Jeff Probst told the audience that fans felt that this season was second only to the very first season, which premiered in 2000. What’s interesting about that statement is, that even though fans may have liked this season, it didn’t translate into viewers. This past Sunday was the lowest rated Survivor finale in the show’s history, bringing in only 13 million viewers. That’s down 5 percent, while the reunion was down 13 percent from the previous year.
After a season of less-than-satisfying twists thrown at us willy-nilly, we are finally down to the wire on Beauty and the Geek. In tonight's season finale, we will find out which among the final three teams will win a quarter of a million dollars and the chance to call themselves "more than just a beauty and a geek." Three teams remain: Chris and Cara, Tommy and Amanda, and Matt and Leticia. This is quite possibly the last episode of Beauty and the Geek ever, so I hope they don't hold anything back. The three remaining teams gather in the library to meet Mike Richards. All the couches are gone, and the room is furnished with chairs and curtains. Mike tells them that one of the teams must leave right now, and who goes will be determined by how well each of them knows their partners.
During last week's sparklicious episode of Hell's Kitchen, the chefs whipped up a variety of entrées for a Sweet 16 party. The dinner service was successful, but Matt, Rosann, and Shayna were considered the weakest links. Despite the fact that Matt and Rosann had been bumbling around and screwing things up for weeks, Chef Gordon Ramsay decided to send Shayna home for being too slow. To shake things up a bit, he also forced Matt to join the women's team, where he'll either stand out or fail miserably. Tonight, Ramsay blindfolds the contestants and conducts a taste test challenge, while the ladies adjust to Matt's presence in the kitchen.
It has been a long season, but now, we're only one week away from learning who will be the sixth winner of the coveted Dancing with the Stars mirror ball trophy. It's down to the wire, with only four teams remaining. It's really anyone's game. Who will make it to the finals next week, and who will have to say good-bye tonight? Read on and keep refreshing your browser; I'll be on hand providing you with live thoughts throughout the entire hour-long broadcast.