October 25, 2011
Two more early seasons of the best years of The Amazing Race are coming to DVD soon, as seasons three and four are now available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
You can now pre-order season three, which featured perhaps the most galling break-down in the series' history, and pre-order season four, which generated...
October 24, 2011
A report about commercials on broadcast TV reveals how much advertisers are likely to pay for 30-second ads on reality shows that are airing this fall and next spring.
Ad Week reports on the ad prices "using data from as many as six different media-buying agencies and other sources, found that some spots in 'Idol' were going for as much as $640,000," but notes that "prices should...
August 10, 2011
ABC's Take the Money and Run debuted last week, and is the first worthy successor to ABC's awesome early 2000s, Anderson Cooper-hosted series The Mole. While ABC reality shows often tend to be glossy, cheesy, and overproduced, like The Bachelor, this show feels fresh, new, and real.
It's an intriguing game, and is basically similar to a single challenge on The Mole: Two people hide a...
July 1, 2011
In Today's Issue
Prime-Time Metered Market Thursday Ratings:
CBS Leads; Respectable Week 2 of Expedition Impossible on ABC
Ratings Box:
What’s Hot/What’s Not
On the Air This Weekend:
Prime-Time Programming Options
TV Tidbits:
Notes of Interest
TV Trivia Time:...
May 6, 2011
(Zev and Justin try to find a dummy with an avalanche beacon in Switzerland in a CBS photo.)Yes, Amazing Race fans, I abandoned you for a...
In Today's Issue:
Prime-Time Metered Market Thursday Ratings: Fox Leads; Four Networks Down Year-to-Year
Ratings Box: What’s Hot/What’s Not
On the Air This Weekend: Prime-Time Programming Options
TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest
TV Trivia Time: A “Cool” Question
PRIME-TIME METERED MARKET THURSDAY...
May 3, 2011
Sunday's episode of The Amazing Race had a fantastic ending, and not just because Kent Kaliber and Vyxsin Fiala were finally eliminated after yet another screw-up and in the middle of yet another argument.
It was especially awesome because the penalty they incurred for not reading the clue correctly (it said explicitly to walk; they took a cab) and thus stood by while Zev and Justin, who were well behind the pack, got lost on the way to the mat as...
May 2, 2011
Reality interrupted reality TV last night as news of the death of Osama bin Laden interrupted the broadcast of The Celebrity Apprentice on the east coast and The Amazing Race on the west coast.
This was actual breaking news, unlike the typical pretend breaking news that cable news networks advertise constantly, but for those on the west coast, the coverage of the aftermath--including incredible spontaneously gathering...
April 11, 2011
(Jen and Kisha dry fuel patties made out of buffalo manure on The Amazing Race in a CBS photo.)Hello TAR fans, good news for you. My correspondent,...
April 1, 2011
This satirical, fictional story is part of the April 1, 2011, edition of reality blurred. Happy April Fool's Day.
Next year's seasons of Survivor and The Amazing Race will swap their casts, so after we see contestants competing for $1 million, they'll pair off and race around the world, while teams who raced around the world will be split and...