GeneSimmons-related stories
Posted Jul 17th 2008 12:26PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Ugly Betty, Casting
I've always enjoyed jingles, you know, those catchy commercial tunes that get in your head and never leave.
"Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun." See, after all these years, it's still there. I wonder if Gene Simmons would have liked that McDonald's jingle?
We'll soon find out what the Kiss star likes in musical commercial craftsmanship because Gene Simmons has been tapped as
one of the judges on the CBS reality show
Jingles. It's a competition show, from producer Mark Burnett, he of
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, Survivor and
The Apprentice fame. We'll just forget about the ones that didn't fly, like
On the Lot (that was painful to watch),
Pirate Master (unwatchable) and
Rock Star: INXS (truly a train wreck).
Jingles should be pretty challenging for contestants; it's hard to fake it when it comes to writing words and lyrics. The winner gets a contract with an advertising agency and $100,000.
Continue reading Gene Simmons to judge Jingles
Posted Jun 6th 2008 11:59PM by Jay Black
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Awards, TV Squad Awards, Celebreality
Like a lot of my TV Squad assignments, I went into this one under the belief that it would be a hoot. I figured that unreal reality shows would have a high camp value and I could enjoy them the same way that I enjoy
The Last Dragon.
Here's what I learned: Gene Simmons... Bruce Leroy you are
not. The next time I refer to something as a potential "hoot", I've given my wife permission to beat me unconscious with a shovel. A severe beating would be less painful than watching another minute of our nominee shows.
That said, I did enjoy the process of figuring out which show would "win" this award. After careful consideration of the words of my wizened TV Squad colleagues and the input of our enlightened readership, we have finally found our winner.
Continue reading The Reality Shows Have Writers!? Award: Winner - VIDEO
Posted May 30th 2008 10:02AM by Jay Black
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Awards, TV Squad Awards
There's a bit by Patton Oswalt on his brain-meltingly good comedy album
Feeling Kind of Patton regarding reality television. The short version: if we keep making reality shows, we will eventually run out of reality to film. (Believe me, the short version isn't even in the ballpark of how funny the bit is; go
buy this album immediately).
Like Arthur C. Clarke's predictions of geostationary satellites and floating man-god fetuses, Oswalt's vision of a reality-free future is eerily accurate. While our physical space hasn't quite been eaten by a giant white wave yet, the signs of reality's destruction are as obvious as the motivations behind Tila Tequila's bisexuality. Most glaring? The very words "reality television" connote an unreal experience.
After careful consideration, we at TV Squad, along with your input, have winnowed down the hundreds of possible candidates for "most unreal reality show" to these five...
Continue reading The Reality Shows Have Writers!? Award Nominees
Posted Jul 22nd 2007 5:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 7, NBC has a new Dateline. - At 8, CBS has a new Big Brother.
- Lifetime has a new Side Order of Life at 8, followed by new episodes of State of Mind and Army Wives.
- At 9, PBS has a new Mystery!
- There's a new Gene Simmons Family Jewels on A&E at 9.
- WE has a new Bridezillas at 9.
- HBO has a new John From Cincinnati at 9, followed by new episodes of Entourage and Flight of the Conchords.
- Also at 9: Spike has the series premiere of The Kill Point.
- At 10, HGTV has the season premiere of Design Star.
- Comedy Central has a new Mind of Mencia at 10, then a new American Body Shop.
- USA has a new Dead Zone at 10.
- The History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 10.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Jun 4th 2007 3:02PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Pickups and Renewals
I recently got over my infatuation with both Criss Angel: Mindfreak and Dog the Bounty Hunter, so maybe I should check out Gene Simmons: Family Jewels, which just recently got the greenlight for a 24-episode third season on A&E. The popular reality series is apparently only second to Dog the Bounty Hunter right now in regards to ratings.
The Simmons family have been described as a more functional version of The Osbournes, which sounds intriguing, but I've never been much of a KISS fan, nor have I ever had much interest in the perpetual self-promotion machine that is Gene Simmons. Also, while almost all "reality" programming is scripted to some degree, this one is "scripted" to the point where it's barely a reality series at all, or so I've heard, and so Variety writes, too.
Posted Apr 19th 2006 3:58PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Video, Celebrities
According to Gene Simmons, the reason women work out is because they
want to look sexy. I think if the famous rocker thought about it a bit longer he'd realize that's not always the
case, but then you wouldn't want to purchase his new "Sexercise" video. The man likes money, who are we to
keep it from him? Simmons was on EXTRA recently trying out women for his new video, which is supposed to
combine real exercise with sexy moves. I'm not sure what's more interesting to me: the idea of someone like Gene
Simmons coaching women on the best way to shake their money makers, or the fact that he brought along his thirteen year
old daughter to watch as her father tells strange women how to bounce their booty in time with the music.
Posted Sep 3rd 2005 9:30AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, OpEd
They're only three weeks in and Gene Simmons and the kids have four weeks until their final exam (opening for Motorhead). Simmons is looking for a keyboard player so he holds auditions. The kids play fairly well but it's usually only classical pieces. Camilla, with her hair pulled tight behind her head, is still not into the whole rock scene. During the audition, she finally lets her hair down (literally), and swings it about a bit while playing a piece. It's definitely not a rock piece but she tripped up on so many notes that she decided to let go and speed it up. It added something extra and Simmons was impressed to see this change in Camilla's efforts.
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