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Monday, November 17, 2008
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Tonight at 9 p.m. ET, the History Channel debuts a biography of Albert Einstein called, strangely, Einstein. The two-hour documentary explores "how the greatest genius of our time struggled against all odds to fulfill his destiny while weathering a devastating war, a tumultuous personal life and...
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While there was not another challenge worthy of the dye-in-the-face Roadblock from last week's episode, The Amazing Race's trip to Kazakhstan offered some great moments thanks to the ass end of two animals. Starr and Dallas continued to flirt, which is to say they started arguing about their...
Friday, November 14, 2008
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Long before the somewhat surprising ending of Survivor Gabon last night, I was struck by who was left and how much I was annoyed by that and by the direction the game has taken. During the reward challenge, I was thinking, where are all the strong people, the people I...
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Former American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe may have left the show, but he's now offering his judgment of the show he's no longer associated with. Regarding the addition of Kara DioGuardi as the show's fourth judge, Lythgoe said, "I don't like fourth judges. I think once you've been...
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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For the second time this season, an episode of Survivor Gabon has been dedicated to the memory of someone who has died. Last night's episode was in memory of Marge Boesch, the wife of first-season contestant Rudy, the cranky old man who aligned himself with and befriended Richard Hatch. His...
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Top Chef 5's debut Wednesday night was the show's highest-rated debut ever, but the show still attracted fewer people than watched the season premiere of Project Runway 5 this summer. Overall, 2.695 million total viewers tuned in to watch the 17 chefs get narrowed to 16 after the first Quickfire...
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Usually couples who meet on The Bachelor just break up, but the unthinkable has happened: a couple who met on the show and later broke up have reunited. Bachelor 7 couple Charlie O'Connell and Sarah Brice announced their break-up last fall, but they are back together again and plan to...
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Several cable networks have recently revealed plans for future reality series. SoapNet has announced two new unscripted series: Southern Belles is basically SoapNet's rip-off of The Real Housewives. The show "follows the lives of five single, modern Southern women in their 20s and 30s and gives an...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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A woman who auditioned for American Idol 5 and was identified as judge Paula Abdul's "number-one fan" was found dead of an apparent suicide outside of Paula's house last night. On the show, Paula Goodspeed, who identified herself as a student, said, "I really like Paula Abdul a lot. She's...
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Results for the entire Amazing Race 13 and Amazing Race 14 seasons have been posted on Wikipedia, although they were quickly removed and, for season 14 at least, are pretty clearly fake. (Of course, anyone can edit most Wikipedia pages any time.) The results for this season were posted Monday,...