For the first time, reality television hosts have an Emmy Award category all to themselves.
Here's a list of who is up for the honor of top reality host:
While there's still no premiere date for the latest Mark Burnett-produced reality show, Jingles, there is a host for the series.
Kimberly Caldwell - a finalist on the second season of American Idol and rumored girlfriend of David Cook - will host the show, which asks contestants to write and perform jingles about a wide variety of products.
With the recent launch of I Love Money - VH1's amazing acknowledgment of its own shark jumping into the breast implant-abyss - here's a look back at some past reality TV low points. And by low, we mean high. Sure.
Moment of Truth (Fox, 2008)
Complete fools sit in a hot seat of sorts and take way too long to answer "scandalous" questions about their usually uninteresting lives.
Jail (My 9 Network, 2008)
It's no surprise that the creator of an original new-low show, Fox's COPS, is behind this. This season included footage of O.J. Simpson!
Hey Paula! (Bravo, 2007)
We love that someone sat around at a brainstorming session and concluded that Paula Abdul should really have her own show. Brilliance.
A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila (MTV, 2007, below)
Watch this video of Tila and Kristy Morgan. That is all.
Kid Nation (CBS, 2007)
Hey, let's exploit children! Then again, at least they're up front about it. Forty kids, aged 8-15, attempt to form a functioning society in New Mexico.
Keeping Up With the Kardashians (E!, 2007)
Their names all start with K. Brody Jenner guest stars. That's about it.
Flavor of Love, Flavor of Love 2, Flavor of Love 3, I Love New York, I Love New York 2, New York Goes to Hollywood (VH1, 2006-present)
The fact that a network rewards its craziest, most obnoxious reality TV show star with a reality series of her own tells you all you need to know.
Big Brother (CBS, forever ago-present, below) / Real World (MTV, same)
Throw a bunch of people into a house and what will happen? At first, not a lot. Until drunk meatheads realize that footage of them starting fights and lying around naked could maybe make them a tiny bit famous.
Wife Swap (ABC, 2005)
It's called frickin' Wife Swap. Even if you haven't seen or heard of this one, do we need to elaborate?
The Simple Life (Fox, 2003-2005 and E!, 2005-2007)
The basic message of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie's TV road trip - "Do poor people suck or what?" We despise them. We used to watch, although only because we were praying they would run out of gas, or even more ideally, get pancaked by an 18-wheeler on the way back to L.A.
Britney and Kevin: Chaotic (UPN, 2005)
Possibly the most unnecessary, unwatchable show in history.
The Anna Nicole Smith Show (E!, 2002)
We take it back. This is.
We hate Denise Richards because she's an attention whore that exploits her children and late mother for publicity and fame.
The neighbors of this abhorrent actress and reality TV star hate her, however, because she's made their neighborhood into a quasi movie set; they are unhappy about her E! reality show, specifically what it's done to their previously calm community.
"This is a gated community, not a zoo," a source in posh Hidden Hills told Star Magazine.
As a result, Richards has put her $4.2 million mansion up for sale.
Denise Richards is an attention-starved train wreck.
The former Playboy model has also run afoul of the L.A. County Department of Animal Care and Control after featuring her 14 dogs on her terrible series. Another source says that she received a letter warning her that if she's living with more than three dogs, she has to obtain a kennel license.
"She was none too happy about it," adds the source.
As his sister battles rumors of an affair with Alex Rodriguez, Christopher Ciccone will appear on the Oxygen channel's reality series The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency.
Dickenson hired Madonna's estranged brother to design the new sleeping quarters in her home where her models sleep, according to E!
Meanwhile, Ciccone is set to release his literary memoir "Life with My Sister" on July 15 and is creating his own design reality TV series. He's not throwing his family under the bus in order to make money at all.
Aren't you just dying to watch a Christopher Ciccone reality show?
While it may have seemed as though the entire reality TV world stopped last night, when Kristy Morgan broke the heart of Tila Tequila, two shows did manage to go on...
America's Got Talent: Getting the Texas clichés out of the way, there's a bluegrass trio, a cowboy on a horse, a tap dancing lady in a blue frilly dress and . . . a person flinging hula hoops around? -- BuddyTV
Hell's Kitchen: This is part one of the finale, where final contestants Petrozza and Christina design their restaurants and have to complete a service with some of the eliminated contestants... -- TV Squad
Remember when reality TV was just a harmless way for D-list celebrities to make a name for themselves?
Well, the latter part of that statement still holds true. But as the photos below depict, there was nothing harmless about reality TV shows for a number of couples, families and friends.
Relationships were ruined as a result of this industry, many of them beyond repair...
Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson were once Newlyweds. Now? It's impossible to recall the days when they were together.
Hogan might still know best. Sadly, though, it's the best way to break up a loving family.
When The Hills premiered, Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag were close friends. No, seriously. They really were.
What, you think anyone can be a reality TV star?
It takes a learned ability to pose in a bikini like Heidi Montag; or reject your supposedly perfect mate like, well, any star of The Bachelor.
Fortunately, you can learn these traits and more at the New York Reality TV School! Seriously!
As the official website says:
Every week thousands of people audition for Reality TV shows, the competition is fierce and the odds of making it past the first round of submissions are very slim.
AND if you are lucky enough to be noticed and fortunate enough to be called in, will you be able handle the pressure of this once in a lifetime opportunity?
Gain the competitive advantage by training with professionals who are passionate about the business and who work in Reality TV development, casting, producing and directing.
Send in your application today! Then fill out your will. Your life is pretty much over.
While one reality TV show narrowed down its remaining semi-finalists, another premiered last night. Let's recap both...
So You Think You Can Dance: Our guest judge this week is Adam Shankman, who directed Hairspray and dropped by a couple times last season. Adam has just finished shooting Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler, and tells us that Lacey Schwimmer and Travis Wall are in it... -- Reality News Online
Shear Genius: So the first short cut challenge (get it?) is to cut their clients' hair blindfolded. The clients, bless them, are all wearing safety glasses -- and it seems that all of them make it through without being cut... -- Zap2It
Does America have taken in the kitchen? That question sums up the pair of reality TV shows that aired last night. Here are recaps of each...
America's Got Talent: Many more bad acts were showcased to the Michael Jackson tune of, "Beat It," until we finally had a decent act in Eli Mattson, an impressive young man who played his way across the country to follow his dream to audition for America's Got Talent... -- Reality TV Magazine
Hell's Kitchen: The chefs are greeted by Chef Ramsay, when they learn that they will be eating a signature breakfast dish prepared by Gordon himself. As an added bonus, the chefs get to dine with their loved ones... -- TV Guide
