January 17, 2012
(Ben and the girls go skiing on the streets of San Francisco in an ABC photo by Rob Koeberer.)Other reality competitions have had success...
October 27, 2011
In perhaps the most religiously fundamentalist Christian episode of Survivor ever, God intervened and caused Coach's tribe to win, leading Ozzy to have a vision and sacrifice himself. Whether it was due to another intervention of a higher power in a CBS reality series or just the game play and work of the producers, it was another strong episode in a time in the season when episodes tend to slump a little.
Instead of being...
October 26, 2011
(Members of Upolu dressed as "twins" in a CBS photo by Monty Brinton. Nice fake bikini top on Brandon and beard on Sophie.)There was a...
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...
Top Shot ends its third season tonight, and I talked to both host Colby Donaldson, the Survivor alum, and the show's executive producer about the History Channel series. It is spawning a a spin-off, and also faces an unusual challenge, balancing competition and the real-life drama that turns off some viewers.
I first talked to Colby about hosting in the summer of 2010, when he talked about...
October 22, 2011
Eight years ago, Rupert Boneham was introduced to the world as a jolly, big-bearded, tie-dye-wearing cast member on Survivor Pearl Islands. Now, he's a jolly, big-bearded, corduroy jacket-wearing candidate for governor of Indiana.
Rupert "made the announcement at a public pizza party and free shirt tie-dye workshop that Boneham and his family hosted Saturday afternoon on the grounds of American Legion Post. 64 on Indianapolis's Westside,"...