CBS’s hit reality show, Survivor has been in a slow decline. The latest season, Cook Islands, started off with a not-so-surprising segregation tactic. Was this bold move meant for good television?
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FOX Sunday nights mix animated family comedy with live-action to create the ultimate adults-only family programming for Sundays. While some jokes on The Simpsons and ’Til Death may be okay for older children, FOX’s ribald Family Guy is not a program for the younger members of the household. FOX Sundays start out strongly to bring laughs, but end in a big fizzle to bring groans.
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HGTV’s daily half-hour feature, That’s Clever! shows that craftiness comes in all forms. A hand-made fly swatter? Trash turned into cash? Handbags made out of gourds? That’s just an ordinary day on That’s Clever! HGTV hopes that viewers find not just the ideas on the show, but the show itself as being clever and worth watching…but, is it?
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We have more channels to watch on cable that ever. So many different shows on television today, and yet many of them same to repeat the same themes over and over. Personal makeover shows, home makeover shows, reality TV of all kinds, poker – it all adds up to feeling like we’re watching the same show over and over and over again. Like me, are you suffering from too much similarity on your TV?
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After a successful first season of Flip This House, A&E brought back it’s most popular home makeover show for a second season. But new cast members and a different setting have flipped fans upside-down. Will Flip This House be renewed for season 3?
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The wait is over, and ABC’s successful soap, Desperate Housewives returns tonight at 9pm ET. Looking for big ratings, ABC promises this season will feature more character interaction, more delicious stories, and more excitement than ever on Wisteria Lane.
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When I saw the previews, I didn’t think it was a real show. Perhaps one of those joke commercials, you know. I laughed it off. But then…I found out it was a real show that TLC actually plans to air. Giving Reality a whole new plot, TLC’s My Husband’s Three Wives will air September 24. Is America ready?
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ABC’s wildly successful drama Lost returns this fall for its third season. A list of cast members as long as your arm, a secretive island filled with mystery, and no plausible hope of ever being found, Lost takes a rather shopworn idea and turnsit into dramatic ratings for ABC.
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When shows like Survivor and The Real World were young, the Reality TV genre was new, bold, and exciting. Anyone could become the next TV star. But now, Reality TV has become a viable answer for anyone trying to break in (or break back in) to the TV limelight. The sad truth is, a lot of these so-called Reality TV shows are just bad. Seriously, when it comes to Reality TV, just how low will we go?
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GSN will bring the Internationally successful That’s the Question to American shores this October. Featuring a mishmash of trivia and a hidden question, could That’s the Question bring new viewers to GSN?
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The top three shows that changed the face of television in our viewing history. Did your all-time favorite make the cut?
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Our countdown continues with the shows that changed television history, and perhaps our lives, for ever. Whether they did something brand-new or just told the truth, whether they made us laugh or cry, in some way they all changed the face of television.
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Whether we only tuned in for a few minutes, or we tuned in for every moment with religious fervor, we still tuned in. There are some television shows that will stick out in our memories as the best, the worst…or as the programs that changed everything. I remember anxiously watching the shows on this list, never once realizing that some of them would change the face of network television for good. Even the worst episodes, the tackiest, helped shove television into a brand-new era. Now it is time to pay homage to a few of the great times we all had watching our television sets, and re-visit them now that we have the advantage of hindsight.
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Everything changed that day five years ago when the Twin Towers fell. America became a nation, united as never before. Out of the ashes of tragedy and on the other side of the smoke, the United States has changed and it will never be what it once was. The History Channel takes us back to that event with all-day broadcasts focusing on September 11.
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Court TV’s Parco PI is one of the best reality shows on TV today. The worst thing about this is, most of you aren’t watching it!
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Discovery Channel’s highly popular American Chopper, featuring the Teutuls and the rest of the crew at Orange County Choppers, isn’t just a reality show about motorcycles. Okay…maybe it is just a reality show about motorcycles, but it’s really good.
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An upcoming movie named Hollywoodland will portray some of the rumors, questions, and suspicions surrounding the death of actor George Reeves, best known for his role as television’s Superman on The Adventures of Superman. Featuring a star-packed cast, this movie will attempt to showcase one of Hollywood’s greatest mysteries. But will it solve the mystery, or leave that up to us?
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Yesterday, in a tragic accident occurring near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the famous “Crocodile Hunter� took his last swim. Steve Irwin, known worldwide for his fearlessness and his love of animals, has died at age 44.
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Hoo-wee! If you like mechanical makeover shows, semi truckin’, or just good ole boys, you definitely want to check out Trick My Truck on CMT. This show takes automotive overhauls to the next level like never before.
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