Reality TV News (Page 5)

Wondering who will be competing on NBC's Celebrity Family Feud? Come on, you know you are!

Here's a look at the families set to do battle on this remake of the classic game show. It debuts on July 1.

Episode 1
- Christopher Knight/Adrianne Curry and family vs. the Teutul family (American Chopper)
- Margaret Cho and family vs. Corbin Bernsen and family

Episode 2
- Bill Engvall and family vs. Larry the Cable Guy and family
- Mo'Nique and family vs. Vivica A. Fox and family

Episode 3
- Ice-T and family vs. Joan Rivers/Melissa Rivers and family
- Raven-Symoné and family vs. Wayne Newton and family

Episode 4
- The Kardashian/Jenner family (including Kim Kardashian and Bruce Jenner) vs. Deion Sanders and family
- Ed McMahon and family vs. Tiki Barber and family

Episode 5
- The primary cast of My Name Is Earl (including Jason Lee, pictured, and Jamie Pressly) vs. the secondary cast of Earl (including Tim Stack and show creator Greg Garcia)
- The cast of The Office (including Creed Bratton and Brian Baumgartner) vs. the cast of American Gladiators (including Titan and Venom)

Episode 6
- Vincent Pastore and family vs. the cast of The Girls Next Door (including Holly, Bridget, and Kendra)
- Kathie Lee Gifford and family vs. Duane "Dog" Chapman and family (Dog the Bounty Hunter)

Here's a recap of a pair of reality shows from last night. In one, contestants think they can dance; in the other, contestants think they can milk a cow out of love...

So You Think You Can Dance: The first profile of the evening was of roommates, Katee Shean and Natalie Reid, who planned to audition and, hopefully, both make the trip to Vegas together.  Katee was first up and had a flawless audition which got her the ticket to Vegas she wanted from judges Nigel, Mary and Mia Michaels... -- Reality TV Magazine

Farmer Wants a Wife: Last night, Matt played a drinking game with the girls that quickly turned crass, and the contestants battled each other in a bake-off... -- BuddyTV

Because many households were tuned in to see Barack Obama become the first Africa-American nominee for President (at least we hope they were), allow us to recap the two major reality TV shows from last night...

A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila: Bionic Bo had his stitches removed, so he's free of the chin bandage. The Message in the Bottle is about what the contestants are willing to do for Tila Tequila. They roll up to a tattoo parlor, and Brittany is excited by the prospect of getting another one... -- BuddyTV

Hell's Kitchen: Corey and Christina want to make Jen's life a living hell, now that she's back on the red team (Matt is back on the blue team). It doesn't really matter, though, because Chef Ramsay merges the two teams into one (black and white uniforms!) on top of the London West Hollywood... -- TV Squad

Might Americans finally be tiring of reality TV?

The fourth season of So You Think You Can Dance debuted to 8.7 million viewers last week. While that's "up 59% over Fox's previous four-week Thursday night average," it's "down a slight 5% year-to-year," according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Meanwhile, NBC's Last Comic Standing earned its lowest rating ever, with a mere 5.9 million viewers; American Gladiators' second season continued to plummet in viewership with just four million households tuned in.

Lastly, the paper notes that The Bachlorette 4's debut (with Deanna Pappas) "was down slightly from last year" with 8.8 million viewers; of course, the series hasn't actually aired in eight years, so we're not sure with what these figures are being compared.

VH1 has announced that Brooke Hogan's ridiculous spin-off to Hogan Knows Best, Brooke Knows Best, will premiere on July 13 .

Here's a portion of the press release about the series:

"No longer an innocent teenager [her parents are divorced and her brother is in jail], Brooke learns what growing up is really about. For the first time, Brooke is learning how to deal with the ins and outs of daily life, new relationships, of her family's recent struggles, as well as managing her career and finances without Mom and Dad."

The cast of Brooke Knows Best will consist of Brooke, and her two roommates, Ashley and Glenn.

We'd love to know: Does anyone think Brooke Hogan really knows best? About... anything?!?

We understand the minds of many readers are still blown after last night's Lost season finale. Therefore, let us make it easy for you to catch up on the latest in reality TV...

So You Think You Can Dance: Our first hour of auditions takes place in Charleston, SC where Dmitry, Natalie, Heidi and Travis were all found. Along for the ride is Tyce DiOrio who'll be judging along with the ever-present Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe... -- Zap2It

Last Comic Standing: We're in Los Angeles, screening hundreds of hopefuls to find the funny. Angela Kinsey and Oscar Nunez from The Office are on hand to scout out the best comics, and Fearne Cotton keeps us updated on how it's going outside... -- Reality TV Magazine

MTV has announced a new, thorough, slightly disturbing slate of reality shows.

For starters, there's an untitled project that focuses on rapper 50 Cent and his search for the nation's next street-smart business mogul. Sounds like the perfect person to go on that adventure to us.

There's also Buzzin' on the horizon, a comedic reality series that will chart the rise of music artist Shwayze; Busted, a half-hour that chronicles kids that break the law; and Making the Rock Band, a new take on Diddy's music reality series.

Also in the scary mix - seriously - is 16 and Pregnant, which chronicles the path of a real-life Juno. We know what you're thinking, though, and the answer is no: it doesn't star Jamie Lynn Spears.

What's Matt Neustadt been up? We're so glad you asked. Here's a recap of his exciting reality show, along with a summer classic on FOX...

Farmer Wants a Wife: The episode starts off with the girls talking about the crazy stalker antics of Brooke and Lisa.  They think it's hilarious that Matt might think of them as immature psychos after the incident in the previous episode... -- BuddyTV

So You Think You Can Dance: First up, and with a lengthy intro video showing her with her family, was Chelsie Hightower who danced flawlessly with her partner, wowed the judges, and was immediately given a golden ticket to Vegas... -- Reality TV Magazine

In a match-up of self-absorbed attention whore, Denise Richards narrowly defeated Dina Lohan Monday night.

Denise Richards: It's Complicated nabbed 1.5 million total viewers for the evening (each of whom should be ashamed of themselves), while Living Lohan 1.45 million people with absolutely nothing else to do.

Both shows launched back-to-back on Monday on E!.

Dina Lohan recently told The View that she opened her home to cameras, "to defuse rumors about my family." Naturally. The more people think you care more about fame than your children, the more you should be on television.

Meanwhile, Richards has been criticized by ex-husband Charlie Sheen and his fiancee Brooke Mueller for including her daughters on the series. She's a terrible human being.

We can live with farmers searching for wives on national television, or even the non-stop smattering of Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag photos.

We understand it's reality TV's world and we're just living in it.

But MTV might be going too far with its upcoming series. The network has ordered eight episodes of a show focused on rapper T.I., letting viewers watch him do community service prior to his one-year prison sentence, which he'll start serving in the spring of 2009.

Come on, MTV. You're really gonna reward an infamous lawbreaker with his own series?!?

The untitled series has already captured T.I.'s release from house arrest and will begin shooting full-time this summer, as he performs his 1,000 hours of community service.

T.I. was arrested last October after his bodyguard-turned-informant delivered three machine guns and two silencers to the hip-hop star, who is not allowed to own firearms because he was convicted of a felony in the late 1990s for selling crack cocaine.