Labor Day weekend has arrived with a bunch of reality TV marathons. Although a few shows debut new seasons this week, it won’t be the official start of the fall TV season until it arrives in mid-Sept.
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Next week: Labor Day brings reality TV marathons, and some fall shows debut
TV News: Will host’s good marks bring new ‘Late Night’ viewers? — Jimmy Fallon may be the biggest winner coming off of Sunday’s Emmycast.
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Emmy buzz boosts Jimmy Fallon
TV News: New programs inject much-needed life into kudocast — “Modern Family” – the show that may have saved the sitcom – may have also rescued the Emmys.
TV News: Chilevision over, Pinera struggles to offload asset — Sale of Chilevision to Time Warner allows president to brush aside rhetoric of political opponents.
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Relations chilly over network’s sale
TV News: Programmers nurture quality shows through challenges — Nurturing a quality but aud-challenged show from the brink of cancellation to the brink of Emmy victory is very much an art for TV programmers.
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The care and feeding of an Emmy contender
TV News: ‘Lost’ duo reflect on their experiences — ‘Lost’ showrunners talk about their time on the island.
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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On HGTV’s Design Star earlier this season, judge Vern Yip said of the losing team’s design, “What a disaster!” The same could be said for this season of the show, which despite being taken over by Survivor executive producer Mark Burnett and his team, actually got worse. It concluded last night, with Emily Henderson winning her own HGTV show.
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HGTV’s new Mark Burnett-produced Design Star ends, and "what a disaster" it was
Summer’s winding down, but there are still a few shows kicking around, and even a few new debuts this coming week. The Past: last week’s most-read stories Top Shot host Colby Donaldson: “I certainly don’t want to rip Probst off”Lane masturbates on Big Brother live feedsRachel Zoe’s Taylor fired or quitFood Network has its next star, and Aarti Party will debut SundayMary Murphy details her limited role on So You Think You Can Dance: “I’m…
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Next week: Dancing with the Stars cast revealed, Big Brother dumps two hamsters
TV News: ‘Melissa and Joey’ draws record adult rating for premiere — ABC Family, which continues to perform well in the hourlong format, is off to a good start with its latest half-hour comedy, “Melissa and Joey.”
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ABC Family comedy opens well
