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Big Brother will be preempted, delayed tonight by football for many people 02 September 2010 at 11:50 am by admin

Big Brother 12’s lack of drama will be delayed for many people across the country, while others will see the show on a different channel. While people in bulky costumes slamming into each other and competing as if winning actually matters might typically be confused with the reality competition, I can assure you it’s something different, even with all the ass-slapping. That’s because of final pre-season NFL football games tonight, which reality blurred TSG and…

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+ Big Brother houseguests actively resist playing the game, clean house instead By admin 02 September 2010 at 8:30 am and have No Comments

Big Brother’s singing clam and sock puppets made to look like the houseguests should have one giant mouth hug to viewers. Instead, they came off as a barely reconfigured challenge from last season and a bit that lasted only a few minutes and was almost ignored by some of the houseguests, like Enzo, whose puppet moved its mouth once for every three or four sentences he spoke. There were good moments here: I laughed out…

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+ Cash infusion to fuel India’s Reliance network By admin 01 September 2010 at 10:19 pm and have No Comments

TV News: RBN to draw $86 million to pump growth — Reliance Broadcast Network, which recently pacted with CBS to bow three English-lingo channels in India, is set to receive a 4 billion rupee ($85.7 million) infusion to fuel growth.

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+ Big Brother’s higher ratings attributed to "rootable," "fun," not "completely hatable" cast By admin 01 September 2010 at 9:36 am and have No Comments

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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+ Entertainment One in first-look deal By admin 31 August 2010 at 4:47 pm and have No Comments

TV News: Former eOne exec Silver to produce via Blue Ice Films — Entertainment One has inked a multiyear, first-look deal with new film and TV shingle Blue Ice Films.

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+ Jeff and Jordan’s visit to Big Brother offers a behind-the-scenes look at the house By admin 31 August 2010 at 3:35 pm and have No Comments

Jeff Schroeder is currently in Laos and heading to Bangkok, where he “needs a ride from the airport and a place to stay in Bangkok,” according to the web site for his web series Around the World for Free. But sometime after his appearance on Big Brother 12 with Jordan Lloyd, his series posted a behind the scenes video that gives a bit more insight into the soundstage location that houses the hamsters

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+ HBO picks up rights to ‘Precious Life’ By admin 31 August 2010 at 1:37 pm and have No Comments

TV News: Shlomi Eldar’s doc plays next month in Toronto — In a pre-Toronto buy, HBO has picked up domestic T.V. rights to Israeli journo Shlomi Eldar’s documenatry “Precious Life.”

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+ Top Chef Las Vegas wins best reality competition Emmy, dethroning Amazing Race By admin 30 August 2010 at 10:35 am and have No Comments

The seemingly impossible happened during the Emmys last night: Top Chef Las Vegas won the Emmy for best reality competition show, finally dethroning seven-time winner The Amazing Race, which has won every year since the category was created in 2003. Executive producer Dan Cutforth, who is one of Magical Elves’ two principles, accepted the award, saying “we never expected it.” Host Padma Lakshmi, who was the most animated of all of the show’s cast and… keep reading » » read the full story and comment , or find the latest news about Top Chef 6 » follow reality blurred on Twitter and on Facebook

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+ ‘Before’ bash full of fun & games By admin 29 August 2010 at 3:40 pm and have No Comments

TV News: Emmy nominees whoop it up on eve of awards — People-watching was the most entertaining part of the fourth annual Evening Before bash.

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+ A sextuplet show for out-of-ideas TLC, a Hurt Locker series for G4 By admin 26 August 2010 at 8:03 am and have No Comments

Two new, and rather different, cable reality shows were announced this week: Another show following a family of sextuplets on TLC (surprise), and a real-life version of The Hurt Locker on G4. First, the producers of Jon and Kate Plus Eight are producing Sextuplets Take New York for TLC, the network that ran out of ideas a long time ago and is instead content exploiting families despite the wreckage its series leave in their wake…

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