Tag Archives: reality tv

When I look back at my early reviews of the show, I just have to sigh.

“We can’t agree on anything,” Fernando said to Bruno. “I think you are full of crap."

Does the person making offensive remarks bear responsibility if the other person takes offense even if that is not the intent?

If this is a typical white family, we're in big trouble.

Racial progress or another failed experiment?

Having neatly dispatched a distaff televised mentorial challenge from Martha Stewart, Donald Trump returns for season five of NBC’s The Apprentice. Touted as an “international affair,” with candidates hailing from the former U.S.S.R., England, and Canada, this season’s hopefuls boast degrees from Harvard, Columbia Northwestern and Cornell University. A psychotherapist, …

The fifth season of American Idol is off to an astonishing start with ratings higher than ever through the audition and Hollywood rounds. Will interest continue throughout the season? Will compelling new stars emerge? Will superstar Kelly Clarkson's cooling toward the show that put her on the map — she …

Jessica Sierra, 20, made it to the finals of American Idol last season on the strength of exuberant self-confidence and a powerful country/rock voice. Though she was just the third singer voted out of the final 12, the Tampa native has had a lot more to deal with than being …

Though the mean-spirited might refer to it as Avoiding Injury With the Vaguely Familiar, the show Skating With Celebrities — not uncoincidentally timed with the Torino Winter Olympics — has found an audience among the skate-crazy and/or sadistic as six figure skating professionals including Nancy Kerrigan and Tai Babilonia attempt …

Our own televised terpsichorean chroniclers Patfish and Beth Gottfried focus like corybantic laser beams on the second season of ABC’s popular stars-go-dancing reality competition show Dancing With the Stars. Voila: TV Review: Dancing with the Stars – Finals – Woo! Hoo! for Drew! Save a Horse and Ride Drew Lachey. …