Reality TV

May 13, 2008: Stage Dad Totally Maybe Banned From American Idol, Unless He Totally Maybe Wasn't
Comments: 2 | Categories: Reality TV
While everybody from the New York Times on down are reporting that David Archuleta's pushy, overbearing dad has been banned from American Idol rehearsals and backstage, OK Magazine has a source claiming that no, he wasn't banned, he was just asked not to help David with his arrangements anymore because he is just so AWESOME...

April 28, 2008: This Is How Fairy Tales Die: On Divorce Court, With Disgruntled 70's Sitcom Stars
Comments: 9 | Categories: Celeb Couple Watch , Celebrities , Reality TV
Ah, young love. So fleeting, so fickle, so ripe for exploitation on reality television. I had such high, high hopes for Gary Coleman and his Brobdingnaggian bride, and what was so obviously their true, true love. That that love should end up shattered and scattered across the soundstage of Divorce Court, well... let's just say...

April 24, 2008: Jennifer Lopez Spawns Mutant Babies, Reality TV Show
Comments: 7 | Categories: Celeb Couple Watch , Celeb News , Reality TV
JLo, here pictured in full Kabuki makeup beside a small hairless chimp, plans to jump on the reality TV bandwagon. Umm, yay? (rolls eyes)

April 22, 2008: Backstage with the Rock of Love 2 Girls
Comments: 11 | Categories: Reality TV
Personally, I'd be way more jazzed about meeting Rich Juzwiak of FourFour, but that's just me. Anyway, for those of you who 1) are into Rock of Love 2 and 2) are willing to admit that you are into Rock of Love 2, Rich goes backstage at the reunion show for lots of photos, subtle...

April 18, 2008: Still More Signs Of The Coming Apocalypse: Spencer and Heidi Pitching Reality Show
Comments: 3 | Categories: Celeb Couple Watch , Celebrities , Reality TV , TV , WTF?
Had you asked me yesterday which celebrity I thought should most NOT get their own reality TV show, I would have said Britney Spears. Because, you know, been there, hated that, and also, please, can't we just let her try to detrainwreckify herself on her own? Doesn't filming the trainwreck just make it all the...

April 11, 2008: Hilarious/Horrifying Newscaster Bloopers
Comments: 4 | Categories: Reality TV
"Bloopers" isn't totally accurate, as some of these people are actually being assaulted on air. The rest of them are the hapless victims of their own cutsie efforts to brighten up the news. Either way, it makes blogging look a lot safer, despite the heart attacks. http://view.break.com/485135 - Watch more free videos Meanwhile, in somewhat...

April 10, 2008: Bret Michaels: Intentional Destroyer of Property
Comments: 4 | Categories: Celeb Legal Woes , Reality TV
And I don't just mean the defiling of these lovely ladies. (OH SNAP!)

April 8, 2008: Bravo Loses Project Runway to Lifetime
Comments: 8 | Categories: News , Reality TV , TV
This is a big hot tranny mess, y'all. For the next five seasons of Project Runway, Bravo is out and Lifetime is in. One more season will air on Bravo this summer, and then will start up again in November on Lifetime. UNLESS, of course, NBC (which owns Bravo) wins the lawsuit they filed against...

April 4, 2008: Rock The Cradle: The Beginnings
Comments: 2 | Categories: Reality TV
With nine young wannabe stars trying to "take over the family business" by becoming stars in their own rites, Rock The Cradle was bound to be either a trainwreck or the best new reality show on television. Add into that all the parents of these young stars, who will not only be in the audience...

April 3, 2008: The Hills' Jason Wahler to Star in His Own "Reality" Show
Comments: 4 | Categories: Reality TV
Jason Wahler, whom you may know as Lauren Conrad's ex and/or a douchebag who throws racist temper tantrums at cops and/or someone I wish wasn't on my side on the issue of whether Spencer Pratt is a lowlife, is getting his own show.

April 2, 2008: Rock The Cradle
Comments: 3 | Categories: Reality TV
Starting tomorrow night on MTV, the kids of some of America's most famous musicians (snort!) will be attempting to eclipse their parents' fame and fortune by competing American Idol style for a lucrative recording contract on the show Rock the Cradle. The catch? The audience gets to vote on which kids stay and which are...

March 27, 2008: Tyra, Leaving ANTM? Noooooooo.....!!!!
Comments: 6 | Categories: Celebrities , Fashion , Reality TV , WTF?
TYRA BANKS LEAVING AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL? (*head explodes*) Seriously. How could such a thing even be possible? There is no ANTM without Tyra. There's no fierce, no smile with your eyes, no work it, no that's not very modelesque, no that's a little too hoochy mama, no I have in my hands six pictures,...

March 25, 2008: Heidi Montag's New "Single" That Claims To Be "Music"
Comments: 2 | Categories: Celeb News , Celebrities , Music , Reality TV
Wait -- is it 1988 and not 2008? I ask only because if one were using Heidi Montag's latest musical abomination, "No More," as a means by which to gage one's location on the space-time continuum, I'm thinking the 80s might be a fine guess. And I say that cruelly, mockingly, and with visible disdain...

March 17, 2008: More Signs Of The Coming Apocalypse: 90210 Returns, Tori Spelling Asks For Role As MILF
Comments: 6 | Categories: Celebrities , Reality TV , TV
I don't mind so much that they're doing a spin-off of Beverly Hills 90210, even if it is (perhaps because it is) destined to be entirely craptastic in every way. It's just, you know, you can't go back with these things. 90210 was brilliant in its time (OMG is there any North American woman out...

March 13, 2008: I Am Writing This Through Tears of Horror and Outrage
Comments: 11 | Categories: Celeb News , Celebrities , Horror , Print , Reality TV
I am seriously outraged in a very non-faux way, y'all. Most appalling news ever after the jump.

March 13, 2008: Spitzer's Hooker: Future American Idol?
Comments: 3 | Categories: Celeb News , Music , Politics , Reality TV
So, as the entire world knows by now, NY Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned his post yesterday over the controversy ensuing from his dalliance with a twenty-two year old hooker (pseudo-)named 'Kristen.' As most of the world knows, too - or at least, that part of it that obsessively Googles 'spitzer hooker' (say that ten times...

March 13, 2008: Tyra Reveals To The World That Models Really Are Just Pretty Hunks Of Meat
Comments: 12 | Categories: Celebrities , Reality TV
I would like to thank the latest episode of America's Next Top Model for introducing me - in the middle of a disturbing segment in which the models dressed themselves in sides of beef and brandished meat hooks - to the phrase BEEF PANTIES. If I weren't already pretty close to completely vegetarian, I would...

March 12, 2008: The Return of Project America's Next Top Chef!
Comments: 2 | Categories: Reality TV
Oh Top Chef, it feels like your last season ended 10 whole minutes ago. And yet you return! Again! Tonight! Hopefully with some really batshit cheftestants who like to abuse foam and foie gras. Judging from their bios, most of them are currently working as excecutive chefs and most of them do have formal culinary...

March 11, 2008: Real Housewives of NYC Tonight!
Comments: 5 | Categories: Reality TV
This week, Ramona gets jealous when someone hits on her husband at a party, Bethenny reveals the status of her love life, and Jill doesn't get invited to a girls get-together. Preview clip after the jump.

March 6, 2008: "Is Bravo High?"
Comments: 1 | Categories: Celebrities , Reality TV , TV
I couldn't think of a better byline, so I cribbed it from my encyclopedia to all things celebrities, tmz.com. I have to admit that "Showgirls" is one of my guilty pleasures. Hilarious dance numbers, tacky costumes, Kyle MacLachlan and icy nipples. Whats not to like? But who'da thought that Elizabeth Berkley would have her own...

March 5, 2008: Prayer: Lord Jesus, Please Stop the Lohans
Comments: 8 | Categories: Celebrities , Reality TV
Us Magazine reports that Dina Lohan and her 14-year-old daughter, Ali, will star in a reality show on E! called "Living Lohan." The show will serve as a platform to jump start Ali's career...because the post-reality-show success of so many entertainers is well-documented. But, financially, it's probably a smart move.

March 3, 2008: Real Housewives of New York City Premiere!
Comments: 7 | Categories: Reality TV
Bravo is taking us and our guilty pleasure-indulging selves to cross-country to to love-hate a new bunch of "Real Housewives" in NYC, starting tomorrow at 11 p.m. EST. (The show's regular timeslot will be at 10 on Tuesdays.) I hadn't planned on staying up quite that late tomorrow, but the preview (which you can see...

February 21, 2008: What's This? Flavor of Love Contrived? Why, I Never.
Comments: 8 | Categories: Reality TV
Deelishis, better known at least to her parents as London Charles, won Flavor of Love 2. Or was it 1. Whatever, the point is, at the beginning of the latest season, Flav said the reason he was doing another season was that Deelishis had left him to sell blue jeans. O RLY?

February 21, 2008: ANTM Cycle Ten: In Which Tyra Learns That Breasts Are Not Just For Knocking Over Small Gay Stylists
Comments: 8 | Categories: Reality TV
There is much that one could say about last night's America's Next Top Model (Cycle Ten) premiere. One could say much, for example, about the semiotics of Tyra's drag-inspired imitation of a homecoming queen (a signifier of her power over the model-wannabes, tempered by an ironic wink - the tattered weave, the tear-streaked mascara stains,...

February 13, 2008: How to Look Good Naked
Comments: 7 | Categories: Fashion , Reality TV , TV
I never expected to like this.

February 12, 2008: Jeff and Vikki: Making Me Vomit Since Early 2008.
Comments: 9 | Categories: Celebrities , Horror , Reality TV , TV
Take a good look at this couple:

February 5, 2008: The Second Horseman Of The Apocalypse: Paradise Hotel 2, Baby! YEAH!
Comments: 6 | Categories: Reality TV
(The First Horseman was that whole Two Girls One Cup thing, natch.) As sure a sign of The Endtime as any, Fox has reanimated the putrefying corpse of what was perhaps The Best Awful Reality Television Show EVAR ("Temptation Island" is the only other possible contender for that somewhat confusing title, methinks). Oh yes, yesssssss...

January 24, 2008: Reality TV I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down
Comments: 7 | Categories: Reality TV
I love reality television. (Pause while both of my parents and both of my brothers recoil in horror.) I watch a ridiculous number of reality shows. I get deeply personally involved in the goings-on of douchebags like Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag. I watch shamelessly horrible shit like Cheaters. I find the whole genre delightful,...

January 15, 2008: Miss America Reality Check!
Comments: 4 | Categories: Reality TV
In what I think is a brilliant move by The Learning Channel (TLC), they have created a 4 week boot camp show to revamp the Miss American contest and then show the pageant on the network at the end. Now this is a Miss America I will watch for the first time since I was...

January 15, 2008: Get Ready For Some Filler: American Idol Returns TONIGHT
Comments: 9 | Categories: MamaPopTalk , Open Threads , Pop Culture , Reality TV
Despite being ALL KINDS OF TALKY at crucial voting results moments, American Idol is writer-free and strike-proof and is coming back to crush every other show in its path. Tonight! Also returning: the famed and fabled MamaPop American Idol Open Thread. Tonight! Over at (captcha-free, refresh-friendly) MamaPopTalk. So dust off your login, gussy up your...

January 15, 2008: Janice? Is That You?
Comments: 7 | Categories: Celebrities , Reality TV
What was America's self-proclaimed "first supermodel" thinking posing for a photo like this? I'm frightened. Hold me?

January 10, 2008: Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 3 | Categories: MamaPopTalk , Open Threads , Reality TV
Friends don't let friends watch trainwrecks alone. Join Tracey, Angela, and I in our impromptu open thread for the premiere of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. We will be over at MamaPopTalk promptly at 10 p.m. Some of us are already drinking!

January 10, 2008: Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew=Your New Guilty Pleasure
Comments: 16 | Categories: Reality TV
Emphasis on GUILTY, mah betches. Well this was bound to happen, if only because it seems that VH1 has the uncanny ability to see into the darkest recesses of my lump-of-coal-like soul, pluck from it my most shameful proclivities, and then fashion these into reality television programming. Yes indeedy, tonight the evil masterminds who brought...

November 28, 2007: DWTS Ends With a Pffffft
Comments: 5 | Categories: Reality TV
There's no way last night's Dancing With the Stars finale could have had a surprise ending. It was pretty clear that Marie Osmond wasn't going to be the winner (although it was nice to see her make it to the finals). If Mel B had won, there would have been some angry NASCAR folks, perhaps....

November 16, 2007: Guess the Fake Reality Show
Comments: 15 | Categories: Reality TV
Nervous about the impact of the writers' strike if it continues into 2008, the networks have been busy formulating new reality series to help fill the hours. All but one of the following reality shows are actually in the works. Without Googling (or other research on your part), can you guess which one is the...

November 15, 2007: Snap Judgement Time: Project Runway
Comments: 13 | Categories: Reality TV
We're one whole episode in. Which means we've all had plenty of time to formulate rock-solidly accurate opinions about this season's designers on Project Runway. Let's review, shall we?

November 14, 2007: Project Runway Premiere & Open Thread TONIGHT
Comments: 5 | Categories: MamaPopTalk , Open Threads , Reality TV , TV
AND LO, THE DAY OF ALL DAYS IS UPON US! It's Project Runway Time, y'all. I could not be more excited.

November 13, 2007: Real Housewives Tonight - Peep the Preview!
Comments: 1 | Categories: Reality TV
It's Tuesday again, and this week, Vicki's moving to a smaller house (did I miss something in last week's "Next Week On"s?). Preview clip after the jump!

November 6, 2007: Real Housewives of Orange County: Season 3 Premiere Tonight!
Comments: 6 | Categories: Reality TV
Quick, get to your TiVos! The third season starts tonight. And what's in our futures, Bravo? A teaser clip awaits you beyond the jump.

November 1, 2007: The Utmost Aloha
Comments: 5 | Categories: Reality TV
Dog Chapman, from the A&E reality series "Dog The Bounty Hunter" is apologizing today for racist remarks he made in a telephone conversation, the tape of which was obtained and made public by The National Enquirer. In the tape, he uses the n-word (repeatedly) in referring to his son's girlfriend. Follow the jump for his...

October 25, 2007: Why I (Sometimes) Love Jimmy Kimmel
Comments: 2 | Categories: Reality TV
Jimmy Kimmel is filling in for Regis this week on Regis and Kelly. And what a wonderful thing that turned out to be Tuesday morning, when we were treated to Jimmy and Kelly's analysis of the Marie Osmond fainting spell on Dancing with the Stars. I'd like to personally thank them both for saying out...

October 24, 2007: Reminder: ANTM Open Thread TONIGHT!
Comments: 2 | Categories: MamaPopTalk , Open Threads , Reality TV
Oh, God help me, I love this show. Love it! It's so wrong in all the right ways. Last week's episode continued the tradition of axing the boring and non-emotionally unstable contestants, as Mama Janet was sent home. (This is why I think Ambreal "suddenly" developed a "fear" of "heights," since she knows crying =...

October 15, 2007: America's Most Smartest Model
Comments: 7 | Categories: Reality TV
Please tell me I'm not the only one watching this. Hosted by droll braniac Ben Stein, this new VH1 show weeds through 14 model contestants in an attempt to find one that isn't a complete idiot. It's a difficult task, as you might imagine.

October 4, 2007: ANTM Screencap* Recap
Comments: 0 | Categories: Reality TV
Wait. I don't get it.

September 27, 2007: ANTM Screencap Recap
Comments: 8 | Categories: Reality TV
(Sans screencaps, since the CW still hasn't uploaded this week's ep to their online video player and what, you think I know how to get screencaps off my DVR like some kind of MAGIC TECHNO WIZARD? Because I don't.) Last night's episode was like that scene in Being John Malkovich where Malkovich takes the portal...

September 20, 2007: HGTV Design Star Casting for Season 3
Comments: 1 | Categories: Reality TV
So. You think you got mad skillz and stylez? You could have the chance to prove it as HGTV's surprise hit show "Design Star" searches for the wannabe design stars of season three, which will air next summer. The winner gets their own design show on HGTV, which sounds a hell of a lot better...

September 20, 2007: Hooters Opens in Beijing: Globalization FTW!
Comments: 2 | Categories: Boobs , MamaPopTalk , News , Open Threads , Pop Culture , Reality TV
ABC News reported yesterday that Hooters' 435th branch just opened in Beijing, China. The city is preparing for the 2008 Olympic Games and the notorious "family restaurant" was an obvious choice for enticing hungry foreigners (read: dudes who like boobies) who may or may not have Oedipal breastfeeding issues. Coincidental aside: I'll be hosting the...

September 20, 2007: ANTM Premiere: Screencap Recap
Comments: 13 | Categories: Reality TV
OMFG A BOAT AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! OMFG A STRIPPER AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Oh mah hell, don't these bitches ever stop screaming?

August 27, 2007: Hulk Hogan's Son in Crash
Comments: 0 | Categories: Reality TV
If you've watched reality show "Hogan Knows Best" on VH-1 then you know Nick Hogan (Bollea) is into fast cars. Unfortunately, Nick, 17 year old son of pro wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan, was in a serious car crash on Sunday when he lost control of his car and ultimately slammed it into a tree. Authorities...

August 24, 2007: Friday Drive-By
Comments: 0 | Categories: Celeb News , Celebrities , Film , Friday Drive By , Humor , Movies , News , Pop Culture , Reality TV , TV
With all the talk of stars in rehab, in and out of jail, and running off to Europe, who would've thought anything else happened this week! To see what you missed, read on...

August 21, 2007: Lindsay, Britney, and Paris...Our Favorite Trainwrecks in One Place!!??
Comments: 5 | Categories: Celeb News , Celebrities , Reality TV , TV
I admit that I'm sick to death of hearing about Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, and Paris Hilton. However, the thought of getting the three underwear-less trainwrecks in one place...I wouldn't be able to stop myself from looking. At the TV, perv, not at their lack of panties! The New York Post is saying that Donald...

August 21, 2007: Grody Brody Jenner Celebrates Birthday
Comments: 1 | Categories: Celebrities , Horror , Humor , Reality TV
Was there ever a day women thought this man was hot, and not the skeeviest man alive?! Apparently, there's at least three girls (including LC - Lauren Conrad) who still think he's the deal, but I'm just not sure. You be the judge with more pics after the jump...

August 20, 2007: 'Kid Nation' In New Mexico Child Labor Debacle
Comments: 6 | Categories: Reality TV
The show -- AKA Lord Of The Flies Redux -- is stirring up a fair bit up hubbub prior to its premiere on CBS next month, it seems.

August 17, 2007: Friday Drive-By
Comments: 0 | Categories: Books , Celeb News , Celebrities , Friday Drive By , Music , News , Pop Britannia , Reality TV , TV
Here's a few of the stories we didn't find time to cover this week! Heidi Montag is apparently a singer! How excited are we about this??!? Posh Spice wrote a book, and it'll be out in November! Her fashion advice should be an interesting read. More after the jump!

August 15, 2007: Catfight at "The Hills" Premiere!
Comments: 12 | Categories: Celeb News , Celebrities , Reality TV
This one is for you, Amalah!! It only took FIFTEEN minutes before hissy fits were thrown by Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag, stars of MTV's reality series, The Hills. Details of the war of words after the jump...

August 14, 2007: I Am Mandy Moore
Comments: 5 | Categories: Reality TV
For the record, I've never been anything close to a fan of Mandy Moore. This despite her guest appearances on Entourage -- my current favorite tv series -- as well as her being, like, one of three women in the entertainment industry right now who've managed to not drink the anorexia kool-aid. I've always thought...

August 9, 2007: The Girls Next Door Need to Move Away
Comments: 6 | Categories: Reality TV
I used to find "The Girls Next Door" mildy amusing and somewhat entertaining because hello? TOTAL FREAKSHOW. And? It's interesting to see the real women behind the Playmate image, as well as seeing them roll out of bed looking less than perfect (except for Holly, who always has her make up on and frankly scares...

August 3, 2007: Dear Everybody Involved With "The Hills" and Also Us Weekly:
Comments: 23 | Categories: Celebrities , Print , Reality TV
STOP IT. I AM SO SICK OF ALL OF YOU. GO AWAY.

July 31, 2007: Ryan & Trista Deliver Baby Bachelor
Comments: 2 | Categories: Celebrity Babies , Reality TV
I have to confess that I thought Ryan and Trista of The Bachelorette fame were not together anymore. I know... It's shameful that I don't keep up on such things when I write for a pop culture site but you know, with so many other very important happenings in the entertainment world *coughLindsayLohan'sDUIcough*, I can't...

July 23, 2007: The Victoria Beckham Show (sigh)
Comments: 10 | Categories: Reality TV
Sigh. Alright, you asked for it. Y'all apparently want us to say something about this Victoria Beckham Coming To America special that ran last week, so here I am. Saying something. A few points of interest about the show I feel I should note (albeit begrudgingly): 1. Okay, so she's NOT a robot. She's a...

July 12, 2007: Victoria Beckham Can Speak, And She's Going To Prove It
Comments: 6 | Categories: Reality TV
Oh and she's not a robot either. OR SO SHE WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE. snort. So for those of you who, like me, were completely unaware that this was coming down the pipe this Monday evening, heads up: Victoria Beckham reality TV special ahoy! From the suits at NBC: This revealing special hour delves...

July 2, 2007: MamaPopTalk Reminder: Open Thread for Hell's Kitchen, tonight, 9pm
Comments: 0 | Categories: Reality TV
Apparently the ladies who are getting together at the MamaPopTalk forum for Hell's Kitchen are chanelling Anthony Bourdain, who wrote this pretty scathing attack on this season's Hell's Kitchen. (thanks for the headsup, Kaleigh!). According to Bourdain, this season has sunk to a new alltime low, and is just too plain cruel, even for him..."...

June 29, 2007: The Hey Paula! Premiere
Comments: 15 | Categories: Reality TV
The utterly inexplicable trainwreck that was, as seen through the lens of select comments from MamaPopTalk's open thread last night (reproduced with spelling/ punctuation/capitalization/grammar intact. Don't have a cow, man): did she just call herself "a warrior"? NO. [Referencing Paula's housekeeper:] "Marina!!! Tell me I'm teh prettah! TELL ME OR IT'S BACK TO ECUADOR WITH...

June 27, 2007: America's Next To- MY EYES! MY FREAKIN' EYES!
Comments: 17 | Categories: Celebrities , Reality TV , TV
When I posted the following on my own website, I never thought I’d have to add such a horrific postscript regarding my abiding love for Jeremy Piven. This is a tragic day, people. TRAGIC.

June 27, 2007: Anthony Bourdain Recaps the Next Food Network Star
Comments: 4 | Categories: Internet , Reality TV , Web Junk
I admit it -- I watched last season of the Next Food Network Star. I blame this on the fact that I had yet to really discover the gloriousness that is Top Chef (and the frequent marathons of past seasons on Bravo). I even voted for Guy, That Guy Who Won! And then I never...

June 21, 2007: Pakistani-American's Got Talent..Or Something...
Comments: 10 | Categories: Reality TV
Remember that scene towards the end of Napoleon Dynamite where he ends up on that stage? We shift uncomfortably in our seats and foresee the trainwreck, because the film has been unrelenting in that way so far. And then comes... redemption. Redemption in the form of the pure joy of watching Napoleon dance. He does...

June 19, 2007: Real World's Coral Comes Out O' the Closet
Comments: 4 | Categories: Reality TV
The ultra-bitchy Coral from the Real World New York tells Outlook Magazine she is "exploring her lesbian qualities." Is anyone really that surprised? I personally always thought Coral could swing either way. Read excerpts from her Outlook interview after the jump.

June 18, 2007: Mamapop Reminder: Hell's Kitchen Open Thread Tonight
Comments: 2 | Categories: Reality TV
Anyone watching the trainwreck that is Hells' Kitchen and loving it?? Anyone, like us, who was astounded by the fact that Aaron remains despite his pathetic behavior? Any why, why is Gordon cutting him that slack? Join us at 9pm(E) tonight over at MamaPopTalk and we can all say WTF??? together....

June 11, 2007: MamaPopTalk Reminder: Hell's Kitchen Open Thread!
Comments: 1 | Categories: Reality TV
9PM ET TONIGHT OVER AT MAMAPOPTALK! Will Aaron be in touch with his inner child, and will we want to slap him silly? (poor wee, Aaron. Though you should know that the open-threaders "DRINK! each time he gets to blubbering. [hic]). Will Melissa be embraced or rejected for her malevolent back-stabbing tactics last week? Will...

June 5, 2007: Dina Lohan Moves On To Exploiting Her Other Cash Cows Kids
Comments: 5 | Categories: Celeb News , Celebrities , Celebrity Babies , Reality TV
You MUST be joking. Word on the interweb is that while a cocaine addicted Lindsay Lohan sits in rehab, Dina Lohan - aka The Bestest Mother Ever, is busy cutting a deal for her own TV show. The New York Post is reporting that Dina is in talks to do a reality show with E!...

May 22, 2007: ANTM's Natasha is NOT a Mail-Order Bride
Comments: 4 | Categories: Reality TV
In case you haven't seen any of the post-finale interviews with America's Next Top Model finalist Natasha Galkina (the girl who went from bugging me intensely to becoming the adorable sunshiney light of my life)...she's setting the record straight on the "Russian mail-order bride" nature of her marriage: We met in Moscow. I was like,...

May 22, 2007: MamaPopTalk Reminder: American Idol Open Thread tonight!
Comments: 2 | Categories: MamaPopTalk , Open Threads , Reality TV , Site Bizness
Well bless my buttons, we're down to the final 2! Who will be...the next...American Idol? Will it be Jordin...or Blake? Or Blake...or Jordin? DUN DUN DUUUN. Join us over in the MamaPopTalk forums tonight (at 8 pm EST) for a rollicking good time of snark and discussion and eye-rolling at all the streeeeetching and paddddddddding...

May 21, 2007: Amy Fisher & Joey Buttafuoco To Make Reality T.V. Show.
Comments: 7 | Categories: Reality TV
The news is that Amy and Joey are dating again. Both happen to be going through divorces right now, but that wont stop them from being together. Another little tid-bit of information is that they also plan on making a reality t.v. show. Ahhh...doesn't that just warm your heart? It's like Romeo & Juliet only...

May 17, 2007: America's Next Top... err WHAT?!
Comments: 23 | Categories: Reality TV
I cannot be the only one who is -- how shall I put this? -- just a wee bit miffed at the results of last night's ANTM season finale. Can I? (WARNING: Spoileryness after the jump!)

May 17, 2007: Melinda DoLittle Gone From American Idol
Comments: 8 | Categories: Reality TV
UN-freaking believable. I admit, I'm one of the few million people that watch this show, and I was just saying to my husband last night that I just KNEW she was going to get voted off. This sucks. She's a great talent and I look forward to her CD and poo on all the nay...

May 3, 2007: And No, I am NOT Old Enough to be His Mother
Comments: 7 | Categories: Reality TV
After seeing Blake's performance last night on American Idol, I'm beginning to think that the (totally silly and far-fetched) conspiracy theory I developed on him a few weeks ago might actually be true.

May 3, 2007: America's Next Top Model: Now Sponsored by Huggies
Comments: 6 | Categories: Guest Authors , Reality TV
Authored by Super Special Guest Poster and Honorary Mama Catherine of Her Bad Mother I have, on occasion, wondered if Tyra Banks is a man, in really good drag. I realize that this is highly unlikely – they don't manufacture boobies like that – but still: she's so big. Linebacker big. RuPaul big. Attack-Of-The-Fifty-Foot-Woman big....

April 26, 2007: American Idol "Idol Gives Back" Results Show Update
Comments: 8 | Categories: Reality TV
SO! The upshot? They didn't send anyone home. And I don't know about you, but I FEEL CHEATED. However, they did redeem themselves slightly by offering the viewers this: "Better than Sanjaya"! Bwahahaahaa! So what did you guys think of last night's show? Favorite and least favorite moments?

April 24, 2007: The Deadliest Catch: Now With Extra Deadliness!
Comments: 25 | Categories: Reality TV
Please, please tell me someone else here is watching this show, because in all honesty I don't think I'm strong enough to go this one alone. Hold me? Now I know what you're thinking: a reality show about deep sea crabbing? I'd rather gouge my eyes out with hot pokers, thanks! But you're only saying...

April 24, 2007: DWTS in Review
Comments: 0 | Categories: Reality TV
If you missed the "Dancing With the Stars" open thread last night over at MamaPopTalk, you evidently have a very busy life. Because we know you wish you could have seen it all, we've summarized the 90-minute show for you in just 10 comments: I bet Len's bed partners get their feelings hurt when he...

April 20, 2007: Pants-Off Dance-Off
Comments: 3 | Categories: Reality TV
I recently became acquainted with Pants-Off Dance-Off (heretofore referred to as PODO) on FUSE TV and holy mother of all that is tacky and cheesy...! It's a bizarre combination of the worst show you've ever seen and a bad wreck on the highway that you know you shouldn't gape at but you do anyway.

April 20, 2007: The Real World's Guide to Girls
Comments: 1 | Categories: Reality TV , Video
I was a huge fan of "The Real World" way back in its early years, but lost track of it sometime in the late 1990's. I was stunned to learn recently that the show is approaching its 20th season (that's 20 seasons, not 20 years). But then I was relieved to see on this clip...

April 19, 2007: American Idol Results Show Update: Buh bya Sanjaya
Comments: 10 | Categories: Reality TV
OMFG CAN YOU EVEN FREAKIN' BELIEVE IT?!!? ?!?!?!?!! No, seriously -- ?!!??!?!!!! I know you're all going to say I'm nuts, but I almost miss the kook already. [weeps] I SAID ALMOST. Video evidence from last night's show after the jump...

April 18, 2007: An Officer and a Gentleman and a Tool
Comments: 14 | Categories: Reality TV
Oh, Andy. I had such high hopes for you.

April 17, 2007: American Idol Open Thread
Comments: 164 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
We're back on the AI open thread tip, cowboys & girls! YEEEEE-HAW! PS: I apologize in advance for the captcha hell. Forgive?

April 17, 2007: The Case For Reality TV
Comments: 1 | Categories: Reality TV
I came across a great article for y'all over at The Atlantic this month, defending reality tv for those of us who enjoy the medium yet suffer under the fire of others snobbery. Is there an easier position to take in polite society than to patronize reality TV? Even television programmers see the genre as...

April 16, 2007: Dancing With the Stars: Open Thread
Comments: 106 | Categories: Reality TV
We'll get things underway with our live DWTS coverage just as soon as ABC makes the awkward transition from today's incredibly sad news from Virginia Tech to Tom Bergeron and many sparkly dancers.

April 15, 2007: Reminder: I Love New York Reunion Show Open Thread
Comments: 2 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
Tonight at 9pm EST, join us for the gossip, the drama and the madness of the I Love New York Reunion Show on VH1. In case you didn't know, New York ended up choosing Tango (YICK!) and he proposed to her on the spot during th last episode of the show. See what happened after...

April 13, 2007: Project Follicle
Comments: 10 | Categories: Reality TV
Never fear, Top Design fans people who forgot to cancel their Season Pass and maybe watched the finale because there was nothing else on! Bravo has already debuted their next great Project Runway knockoff reality show! Shear Genius! It's about hair stylists, in case you did not geddit. The Bravo homosexual career fair continues! But...

April 11, 2007: American Idol Results Show Open Thread
Comments: 237 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
Sanjaya for president! Bwahahahahaaa!

April 10, 2007: The Case For Reality TV
Comments: 0 | Categories: Reality TV
I came across a great article for y'all over at The Atlantic this month, defending reality tv for those of us who enjoy the medium yet suffer under the fire of others snobbery. Is there an easier position to take in polite society than to patronize reality TV? Even television programmers see the genre as...

April 10, 2007: Reminder: American Idol Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 1 | Categories: Reality TV
Ohhh Sanjaya Sanjaya Sanjaya. What words could I possibly select that would do justice to your, umm, perplexing reign of mediocrity? Hey wait a second -- "perplexing reign of mediocrity"! By gum, I think I've got it! Anyhoo, hey, didja guys know that there are, like, SEVEN WHOLE OTHER PEOPLE involved in this competition? I...

April 5, 2007: I Was On American Idol
Comments: 2 | Categories: Humor , Reality TV
For all the Blake fans out there... (Thanks to Zoot for the tip!)

April 4, 2007: Joey Fatone Says "Screw You" to Star Wars Fans
Comments: 1 | Categories: Reality TV
Were you wondering, as I was, what inspired Joey Fatone's Star Wars tango on this week's Dancing With the Stars? After a bit of research, I was reminded that members of 'N Sync filmed a cameo appearance for the 2002 flick Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones. But when word of the cameo hit...

April 4, 2007: Heather Mills Breaks Down
Comments: 4 | Categories: Celebrities , Radio , Reality TV
Heather Mills broke down yesterday on-air with Ryan Seacrest after a caller declared Mills "misunderstood" and "falsely treated".

April 3, 2007: Idol Fans: Your New Favorite T-Shirt
Comments: 0 | Categories: Comedy , Humor , Internet , Reality TV
Get 'em while you can, people.

April 3, 2007: Reminder: American Idol Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 6 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
I'm thinking we should start calling American Idol "Gross Miscarriage Of Justice Idol"... Kind of catchy, huh? Cough. But as long as there's life, there's hope! Sanjaya can't possibly... errm... can he? Tune in tonight at 8pm ET to find out, and may I recommend many, many strong drinks to dull the inevitable aural pain?...

April 2, 2007: Reminder: DWTS Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 0 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
Oh yes, the sequined spectacle and dancing drama continues tonight, with 10 celebrity dancers and 19 legs remaining (I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I couldn't help myself)! Join us starting at 8pm ET, for an evening featuring "Jive and Tango" -- though, one would hope, not executed simultaneously. See you then!

March 30, 2007: Laying the Smack Down on Wrestlemania 23
Comments: 3 | Categories: Reality TV , Sports
Last week, Wolf Blitzer interviewed Donald Trump on CNN. It was strange seeing Trump on CNN (an alleged news network), when the only thing newsworthy about Trump is that he continues to plumb new depths of mendacious asshattery. However, the money shot of this meeting of the minds was when Wolf asked Trump about his...

March 27, 2007: Idol Fans, Have I Got a Treat for You
Comments: 6 | Categories: Fashion , Humor , Print , Reality TV
Sweet Sanjaya, the Washington Post is downright brilliant sometimes! They've created a paper doll of a bald Sanjaya onto which you can fold different celebrity hairstyles. Check it:

March 27, 2007: Reminder: American Idol Open Thread Tonight + New MamaPop Poll!
Comments: 3 | Categories: Celebrities , Celebrity Babies , Open Threads , Polls , Reality TV
AI fans, how long can Sanjaya's bizarre reign continue? Tune in tonight, starting at 8pm EST, to see the horrors Sanjaya's hair stylist hath wrought, and wonder at America's taste and/or the power of Vote For The Worst. We also have a brand spankin' new MamaPop poll available for your voting pleasure: Is Larry Birkhead...

March 26, 2007: Reminder: Dancing With The Stars Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 0 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
Last week's open thread of the DWTS premiere was such a success, we've decided to keep the love going! Sadly, there were no flying artificial limbs involved in last week's cheesefest, but hope springs eternal. So please do join us tonight for the Spectacle (yes, with a capital S), the glitz and glam and fake...

March 20, 2007: Reminder: American Idol Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 0 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
Gird your loins and brace yourselves for yet another night of AI fun and frolicks, folks! Tonight the remaining eleven contestants will be covering British Invasion tunes, laying waste to beloved classics by The Beatles and The Stones, no doubt. Be here for the two-hour-long musical massacre starting at 8pm EST, and don't forget to...

March 20, 2007: Sweet Sanjaya, People Are Crazy!
Comments: 4 | Categories: News , Reality TV
So, yes, I've turned controversial American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar's first name into an exclamation around my house. It's an all-purpose phrase that can be used in virtually any circumstance, like, "Sweet Sanjaya, that dude on Deal or No Deal just pissed away a lot of money!" or "Sweet Sanjaya, this coffee's hot!" Try it....

March 19, 2007: Dancing with the Stars Premiere Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 0 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
Oven-fresh, brand spankin' new open threadage ahoy! We're so excited about tonight's two-hour premiere that we've been doing jazz hands and kick ball changes all day! Tune in tonight at 8pm EST for the star-studded vaguely famous people-studded event. Drinking optional, but encouraged.

March 19, 2007: Mom my Ride
Comments: 8 | Categories: Reality TV
It's funny because it's true:

March 14, 2007: Some Bunny Is Talking!
Comments: 10 | Categories: Celebrities , Reality TV
Izabella St. James, one of Hugh Hefner's original seven girlfriends, has written a tell-all book, Bunny Tales, about what really goes on behind the closed doors of the Playboy Mansion. While I could have happily gone on for the rest of my life not knowing some of the creepy specifics, here are a few of...

March 13, 2007: Reminder: American Idol Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 0 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
We have a two-hour edition of AI on tap tonight folks, combining the questionable talents of the 12 remaining contestants into a giant, frothing stew of televised mediocrity. All the better to snark at, m'dears. Be here or be square, starting tonight at 8pm EST, to hear eight okay-ish singers and four atrocious ones absolutely...

March 12, 2007: K-Fed Pitches Single Dad Reality Show
Comments: 7 | Categories: Celebrity Babies , Reality TV
According to the National Enquirer, Kevin Federline is pitching a new reality show that showcases him parenting his infant and toddler sons, Jayden James and Sean Preston, by himself while their pop star mama is in rehab. "Kevin is ready for his second 15 minutes of fame," says one source. "This time he wants to...

March 8, 2007: American Fallen Idols
Comments: 8 | Categories: Reality TV
Okay, confession: I'm not watching American Idol anymore. I held true to my promise to stick around only long enough to see if my high school classmate made the show,** but I am still kind of fascinated by the Antonella Barba...uh, thing? Scandal? Reason four gagillion and twelve for Why MySpace Is a Bad Idea...

March 6, 2007: Reminder: American Idol: Dudes Edition Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 2 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
That's right! Another week, another round of AI head-choppin' goodness! The dudes are up tonight, and now that we've done away with some of the more glaringly pathetic specimens, it seems like we might have something actually resembling a competition a-brewin'! In any case, be here tonight for what's sure to be 60 minutes of...

March 2, 2007: The Agency
Comments: 3 | Categories: Reality TV
Are you people watching this? If not, STOP READING THIS. GO TO YOUR TIVO. SET UP A SEASON PASS. NOW. No, I'm not joking. This is the best thing to happen to the fashion industry since Heidi Klum first said Auf Wiedersehen. Like America's Next Top Model? But sometimes wish the judges on the show...

March 1, 2007: Buyer Beware
Comments: 14 | Categories: Reality TV , Video
I'm not a regular viewer of Judge Judy, but OMFG this clip from early February needs to be shared: Judge Judy! GIVIN' THE BEAT-DOWN! PWND!

February 28, 2007: American Idol: Girls Revenge Open Thread
Comments: 322 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
American Idol sistahs gonna work it out. And open thread betches gonna DRINK TO THAT. Whatever THAT is.

February 28, 2007: Reminder: American Idol: Girls Revenge Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 3 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
Yes! It would seem my will is much stronger than I'd previously thought, as last night's evening of AI proved miraculously entertaining (or was it the booze? Does it matter?)! The guys, overall, did not wholly suck, and I'm fairly confident that -- given last week's track -- the girls as set to suck even...

February 27, 2007: Reminder: American Idol Does Not Suck Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 3 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
Yeah, I'm sort of willing that to become reality at this point, but so what? Siriously and for reals, does AI not deserve another chance? Okay, so the dudes sucked butt plugs last week, and the girls on-average were a little more than moderately disappointing, but I for one refuse to give up hope! Besides,...

February 26, 2007: Cast Your Ballots Again! (Sort of!)
Comments: 25 | Categories: Reality TV
Last week Tracey posed the question, "Why am I still watching these stupid shows?" I've been wondering this myself for a while so when commenter Amy H. explained that the previews compel us to watch for fear of missing something really important next time, I felt I'd finally received a satisfactory explanation. However, over the...

February 21, 2007: Reminder: American Idol Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 0 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
OMFG ya'll, ANOTHER TWO HOURS TONIGHT! Woot! And tonight we get to see if the girls suck as bad at the boys did (which, honestly, CANNOT be possible, can it?). The festival of semi-drunken blathering begins this evening at 8pm EST. Between now and then, you might want to familiarize yourself with Paula Abdul's blog...

February 20, 2007: Reminder: American Idol Open Thread Tonight! (Plus Oscars Challenge Hassling)
Comments: 6 | Categories: Awards Shows , Open Threads , Reality TV , Site Bizness
Yes indeedy, the American Idol saga continues tonight, and ya'll don't have the excuse of some stoopid lovey-dovey holiday to fall back on this week. So tune in tonight at 8pm EST for TWO FULL HOURS of AI goodness (OMG, I almost fainted from the joy! TWO HOURS, people! Squee!). There's sure to be laffs-a-plenty,...

February 15, 2007: Food Network, You Magnificent Bastard
Comments: 6 | Categories: Reality TV
Top Chef + Project Runway = Chocolate Runway Challenge Did anybody see this? Chocolate fashion show? Melty dresses? Candy hats? More cleavage than on Everyday Italian? If you missed it, Food Network reairs these things a zillion times, so you can still catch it. (It's simply and stupidly called "Challenge" for you TiVo Season Pass...

February 14, 2007: Reminder: American Idol "Hollywood: The Revenge" Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 4 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
Like any of you need to be reminded of this at this point, I know. But darlins, there's comedy gold in them thar contestant prunin', and I must spread the joyful word. So please don't forget to join us tonight for more thrills of victory and hysterics of defeat (and, one hopes, blubbering calls to...

February 13, 2007: Reminder: American Idol HOLLYWOOD (finally!) Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 0 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
Yes, the time has finally arrived to move past the auditions (adieu, sweet Panther!) and get down into the meaty marrow of the American Idol Experience. Join us tonight for more sour notes, triumphant performances, and, of course, pitiable weeping. The fun starts at 8pm EST, and alls I can say is I hope they've...

February 7, 2007: Reminders: American Idol 'Worst Of' Auditions And OMFG LOST (!!!) Open Threads Tonight!
Comments: 14 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
Tonight's American Idol Auditions 'Worst Of' show promises to be absurdly chock full o' chuckles, and one you don't wanna miss (Chirky and Kyla? I'm lookin' at you, betches!). Our AI Auditions swan song commences at 8pm EST.... OOPS! 9pm EST, sorry guys! [weeps] AND THEN? THEN? The event we've all been waiting for: a...

February 6, 2007: Reminder: American Idol San Antonio Auditions Open Thread Tonight! (Plus New Mamapop Poll)
Comments: 2 | Categories: Open Threads , Polls , Reality TV , TV
Get yourselves ready for another carpal-tunnel-inducing evening of American Idol Audition insanity! The fun and frolicks start at 8pm EST, and be sure to don your wholly appropriate (and HOTT!) Mamapop Limited Edition tees if you got em', folks. ALSO! We have a new poll up and running, asking You The People to weigh in...

February 2, 2007: Please Don't Shoot (or Stab) the Messenger---Even If It Is Joey Greco
Comments: 6 | Categories: Reality TV
Just like any show with Tyra Banks as host, Cheaters is a program I watch only via clips on The Soup. I can't for the life of me understand why Cheaters exists. (Especially considering the host has been both stabbed and shot by irate rednecks. You'd think the show's insurance costs would be fairly prohibitive...

February 1, 2007: Top Chef Finale
Comments: 8 | Categories: Reality TV
In a word? PFFFT. Moving on. What do we all think of Top Design? Personally, I thought it needed a few more commercial breaks. You know, to break up all of that NON-STOP RAGING DRAMA. Next week: the designers are not allowed to use green paint, and all of their heads simultaneously explode, except for...

January 31, 2007: Searching for Pussy
Comments: 7 | Categories: Reality TV
I always thought the Pussycat Dolls were entirely too cheesy to be taken seriously but apparently somebody out there disagrees because the PCD's are going to be starring in their very own reality show, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll. Ooooh! Someone pinch me! Now, given what is routinely served up on...

January 30, 2007: Reminders: American Idol & Gilmore Girls Open Threads Tonight!
Comments: 9 | Categories: Liveblogging , Open Threads , Reality TV , TV
Its another big evening for us, my pretties! American Idol Birmingham auditions AND Gilmore Girls (the former being helmed by this season's AI mainstay Tracey, the latter being liveblogged by everyone's favorite GG fanatic Amy), both covered in full here starting here at 8pm EST (and running until we all collectively lose our will to...

January 24, 2007: Reminder: American Idol Open Thread Tonight!
Comments: 11 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
That's right -- we can't get enough of the AI audition horrors! Join us here at 8pm for this evening's show, covering auditions in NY. I'm guessing NYC, being NYC, will have a bounty of greatness and awfulness to offer for our snarking pleasure... Look forward to seeing you then!

January 23, 2007: American Idol Open Thread: Memphis Auditions [+ State Of The Union]
Comments: 312 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
Please join us in the comments for more pain anguish misery AI audition goodness... WOOT! EDIT: We're also doing the SOTU, for those interested...

January 23, 2007: Reminders: American Idol & Gilmore Girls Open Threads Tonight!
Comments: 5 | Categories: Open Threads , Reality TV
We have a lot to cover this evening, people. First, American Idol Memphis and NY auditions at 8pm, and then Gilmore Girls following on AI's heels at 9pm. Be here for all the fun! (If you haven't participated in one of our open threads before, check out last week's AI installments here and here for...

January 21, 2007: Celebreality Sunday Open Thread
Comments: 8 | Categories: Reality TV
Surreal Life Fame Games, Hogan Knows Best and Shooting Sizemore are on VH-1 tonight. Your thoughts on the best moments? Worst? Funniest? Most annoying? Most pathetic? Biggest attention whore?

January 21, 2007: American Idol MySpace Hunt
Comments: 4 | Categories: Internet , Reality TV
Oh, this is rich: Death By Camera has hunted down a grand collection of winners and losers from the first two American Idol audition shows this season (Minneapolis and Seattle) and posted excerpts from their MySpace profiles (as well as their MySpace nicknames, should you want to add them as "friends" (snorfle)). All our faves...

January 17, 2007: American Idol Open Thread
Comments: 201 | Categories: Music , Reality TV
I got the fever for the flavor of public humiliation ON A GRAND SCALE. See you in the comments!

January 17, 2007: The Celebreality Boobs...May We Discuss Them?
Comments: 14 | Categories: Reality TV , Video
I like Brigitte Nielsen. She may be wacky and haggard but she's also fun and spunky. Her boobs, however, are not anywhere near spunky. And no, mine aren't perfect either but at least they're supported and not down to my waist due to my flat refusal to wear proper foundation garments. In other words... For...

January 16, 2007: American Idol Fevah!
Comments: 15 | Categories: Reality TV
Well, not really, because frankly, I cannot believe this damn show is still even ON, much less remaining some kind of unstoppable TV lineup-shifting juggernaut, but then again, I have really fantastic taste in music. But hey, if you like this crap, that's cool. I don't judge. However, since I missed out on all the...

January 13, 2007: Gee, Paula...DRUNK MUCH?
Comments: 11 | Categories: Reality TV , Video
OMG...I hope I'm not the last person on the planet to have seen this hilarious footage of a remote news interview with Paula Abdul. The woman is fricken WASTED! Oh, and the inebriated Ms. Abdul also announced that she is planning to produce & star in a Bratz Dollz movie. Um...EWWW

January 8, 2007: Who Loves New York?
Comments: 20 | Categories: Reality TV
For most of my fave shows, of which there are precious few, it's re-run season already or it soon will be so I am thanking my lucky stars and the sweet baby Jesus himself for VH-1's Celebreality. I haven't paid attention to anything on VH-1 in so long but after a year of watching almost...

January 3, 2007: Trainwrecktastic!
Comments: 4 | Categories: Reality TV
Wow, I couldn't have seen this coming [snort]: On a scale of one to ten, how sick is it that I'm anxiously looking forward to watching what is sure to not only be a show that will scrape the bottom of humanity's collective barrel in every possible sense, but that will doubtless enrage and disgust...

December 4, 2006: I Have To Say, I Agree About The Moustache Issue
Comments: 7 | Categories: Humor , Reality TV , Video
Have you guys ever watched Blow Out? That reality show with the insane hairstylist Jonathan Antin? Well butter my toast and call me breakfast, because this interview with him by "Bruno" (aka Sasha Baron Cohen, aka Borat) freakin' RULES (to those of you at work I say: WARNING, F-word usage ahead): "That's so...heavy." And who...

November 17, 2006: ANTM: The Girl Who Can't Act
Comments: 12 | Categories: Reality TV
Oh jesus lord, did you guys see this week's episode? With the, umm, "acting"? If I may be so bold as to call it that? May I? ARE YOU SURE? PAINFUL. Besides Melrose, who by the by ANNOYS THE CRAP OUT OF ME, the girls were varying shades of sucktastic. And Caridee? The one I...

October 25, 2006: Yes, I'm Live Blogging America's Next Top Model
Comments: 12 | Categories: Celebrities , Reality TV
Shut up. Okay, so check this: Tyra is not only a model and show host, but also an actress, pop singer, AND photographer. Oh, and Vaseline enthusiast, of course. She's A FUCKING ARTIST, people.

October 19, 2006: What, Is It America's Next Top Manic-depressive?
Comments: 17 | Categories: Reality TV
And do the letters CW stand for 'Crying & Whimpering' (or alternately -- according to my husband, at least -- 'Crap World')? HUH? Because for reals, what the hell was up with the blatant teasing out of the waterworks on last night's ANTM episode? That whole sequence where Tyra met with the girls individually on...