A man who’d previous protested Discovery’s programming held three people hostage at Discovery Communications’ headquarters outside of Washington, D.C., was shot to death by police this afternoon.
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Discovery networks protester shot and killed after taking three people hostage
Big Brother ratings are up 6 percent from last summer and the show is regularly getting its highest demo ratings in years, which is evidence that there’s nothing else on TV–or that people like us are sticking around because we are desperately hoping something interesting will happen to validate all of the time we’ve wasted since early July. But the increase in viewers has validated the producers’ decisions, particularly in regard to casting, which is… keep reading » » read the full story and comment , or find the latest news about Big Brother 12 » follow reality blurred on Twitter and on Facebook
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Big Brother’s higher ratings attributed to "rootable," "fun," not "completely hatable" cast
Deadliest Catch executive producer Thom Beers has never been shy about the nonfiction and reality TV Emmy categories, which last year he told me were “ridiculous,” and he’s echoed that this year. “To be honest, I was totally crushed” that Deadliest Catch lost to Ken Burns’ documentary about national parks, he told Fancast.
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Thom Beers calls Deadliest Catch’s Emmy loss to "boring" Ken Burns doc "an abomination"
At the Creative Arts Emmys were held Saturday night, Survivor’s Jeff Probst won his third consecutive award for best reality show host, while Kathy Griffin’s show was defeated by the Ryan Seacrest-produced Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, which produced some amusing reactions from Kathy Griffin and Kristin Chenoweth. Although Probst said it’d be impossible for him to attend the Creative Arts ceremony after the award was dropped from the prime-time telecast because season 22’s schedule had… keep reading » » read the full story and comment , or find the latest news about industry news » follow reality blurred on Twitter and on Facebook .
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Probst wins his third Emmy, while Survivor, Mia Michaels, Jamie Oliver also win Emmys
Reality TV: Eclectic category honors memorable projects — Programs up for non-fiction series honors include “American Experience,” “American Masters” and “Deadliest Catch.” (source: Variety) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
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Pythons, Burns compete for nonfiction prize (source: Variety)
Ellen DeGeneres has quit as an American Idol judge after one season, and Fox will apparently announce Simon Cowell’s replacement–and perhaps an entirely new panel of judges–on Monday. In a statement posted on her web site, Ellen wrote that she actually quit a while ago, “A couple months ago, I let FOX and the “American Idol” producers know that this didn’t feel like the right fit for me.
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Ellen DeGeneres quits American Idol
Ellen DeGeneres has quit as an American Idol judge after one season, and Fox will apparently announce Simon Cowell’s replacement–and perhaps an entirely new panel of judges–on Monday. In a statement posted on her web site, Ellen wrote that she actually ..
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Ellen DeGeneres quits American Idol (source: Realityblurred.com)
Seasons three and four of Survivor, which have long been missing from the available full-season DVD sets, are now available for pre-order on Amazon.com and have quickly become among the best-selling TV and movie DVDs.
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Survivor Africa, Survivor Marquesas (finally) on DVD (source: Realityblurred.com)
Out of the Wild, the fascinating and entertaining survival series, has been renewed for a third season, and it is leaving Alaska for South America. The casting notice calls the show Out of the Wild 2, but that ignores its predecessor, The Alaska Experiment, which had a different format. Both series took place in Alaska with winter approaching, though, so this is its first location change
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Out of the Wild moves to South America for its second (actually third) season
Past/forward took a week off for reality blurred’s 10th anniversary last Friday, but it’s back! Aren’t you excited? The Past This past week, summer officially began with another season ofBig Brother, which lost its first houseguest and its twist all at on…
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Next week: SYTYCD turns 150, RuPaul’s Drag Race gets a spin-off, plus animal hoarders (source: Realityblurred.com)
