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Sea Shepherd, whalers’ claims "impossible to verify," AP says; do they not know of Whale Wars?

admin — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:56:49 +0000

Is it possible that the Associated Press has no knowledge of Animal Planet’s outstanding reality series Whale Wars, which documents the Southern Ocean battles between Sea Shepherd conservationists and Japanese whalers? It certainly seems like that, because in a story about Sea Shepherd finding the whaling fleet–before they were able to start whaling–the AP’s Kristen Gelineau writes, “Every year, Japan and Sea Shepherd make claims of aggression against each other, but the accounts are generally..

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Sea Shepherd, whalers’ claims "impossible to verify," AP says; do they not know of Whale Wars?

Carsey-Wolf Center taps exec director

admin — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:00:00 +0000

TV News: Vulcan, Disney alum Hutton joins UC Santa Barbara media center — Former Vulcan Prods. exec Richard Hutton has joined the newly opened Carsey-Wolf Center at UC Santa Barbara as exec director.

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Amazing Race’s Chad and Stephanie are married, pregnant

admin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:51:30 +0000

The Amazing Race 17′s fifth-place team, Chad Waltrip and Stephanie Smith, got engaged on the race and are now three months pregnant with their first child. Meanwhile, Chad says “people are right” about their criticism of his frequently awful behavior

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Amazing Race’s Chad and Stephanie are married, pregnant

admin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:51:30 +0000

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Sarah Palin gives TLC its highest-rated debut ever; is her show dangerous or innocuous?

admin — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:29:46 +0000

Sarah Palin’s Alaska had TLC’s highest-rated debut ever last night, as close to five million viewers tuned in to a show that cost the network about $1 million an episode. That’s about half the record number of viewers Jon & Kate Plus Eight got when they separated. A TLC press release said that it “is the #1 program launch in TLC history …

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SYTYCD not cancelled; eighth season will include all-stars, top 20, maybe Mary Murphy

admin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:42:12 +0000

So You Think You Can Dance will return next summer for an eighth season, despite idiotic rumors that it’s been cancelled, and its format will be a hybrid of last summer’s new format and the previous structure, according to its head judge and executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe. Responding to a ridiculous rumor that the show has been cancelled (Nigel says that’s “a LIE”), he wrote on Twitter that the show will be “Back next year..

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Cancer-free Ethan Zohn finishes the New York City marathon in 4:16

admin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:57:46 +0000

After being unable to run in the New York City marathon last year because he was being treated for cancer, Survivor Africa winner Ethan Zohn ran the 26.2 mile race Sunday and finished in 4:16:08, a pace of 9:48 per mile and an impressive time for anyone, never mind someone who one year ago was undergoing radiation and a stem cell transplant at a hospital he ran past yesterday. (Hilariously, before the race, he told…

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Cancer-free Ethan Zohn finishes the New York City marathon in 4:16

Next week: idol-flushing on Survivor, a cheating scandal on Apprentice, and the Fashion Show tries again

admin — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:01:56 +0000

Some big stuff is going down on competition series next week, from the rebirth of a cable competition to a scandal on a network series that few people are watching. The Past: last week’s most-read stories Project Runway’s results may have alienated the show’s remaining fansSkating with the Stars cast: six people, no starsSurvivor contestants pee in their own poolWhy Survivor Why Survivor has 20 people instead of 16, and why there’s usually a final…

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This week: Survivor mixes up the fetuses and fogies, another Real Housewives debuts

admin — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:32:43 +0000

As both fall and fall series ramp up, some summer cable reality shows are ending this week. The Past: last week’s most-read stories Real World’s Dunbar has sex and shows all on Foursome, unlike his reality TV co-starsSurvivor Redemption Island: season 22′s big twistHurricane NaOnka doesn’t make landfall or dissipate, but Survivor is still annoyingShannon Elkins: “I was concerned that [Sash] was gay and I was protecting my butthole”Tony Danza’s A&E series Teach is the…

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Tony Danza’s A&E series Teach is the opposite of the joke we expected it would be

admin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:16:38 +0000

When I first heard about A&E’s plan to air a reality series starring Who’s the Boss star and The Contender 4 host Tony Danza that followed him as he taught high school English for a year, I was skeptical and suggested it might be a colossal joke. As it turns out, Teach, which debuts tonight at 10 p.m

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