GreatestAmericanDog-related stories
Posted Sep 3rd 2008 11:38AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Industry, Programming, OpEd, The Amazing Race, Big Brother (US), Dancing With The Stars
No, it's not going away. The reality television genre is growing even stronger as it becomes the umbrella for shows ranging from the traditional reality "game" shows like
Survivor or
The Apprentice, to actual game shows, to real life drama such as
The First 48 or
Intervention to talent contests and beyond.
What I'll be doing here is taking a look at some of the current newsworthy bits from recently-aired shows, checking out upcoming shows, and sharing the latest reality TV gossip. Is it real or is it just reality TV? As long as I'm entertained, that's all I ask of any show, scripted or not. Are you game? Join me beyond the jump.
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Posted Jun 9th 2008 8:04PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, Casting
This July CBS will be airing
Greatest American Dog, a new reality competition show hosted by zoologist Jarod Miller. Twelve owner / dog teams will come from across the country to live together and participate in challenges that test the owner's ability to train his/her dog. Each week the judges, who include Wendy Diamond, Allan Reznick, and Victoria Sitwell, will eliminate one team. The last team will go home with the title and $250,000.
Greatest American Dog starts July 10th at 8 p.m. on CBS. Get to know the twelve teams after the jump.
Continue reading Teams announced for Greatest American Dog
Posted Apr 15th 2008 3:42PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Reality Shows, Programming, Game Show, Reality-Free
Like many of its network companions, CBS is using the lazy days of summer to roll out a schedule light on original scripted fare and heavy on unscripted programming. Unlike many of its network companions, CBS is going a different route with some of its original material.
Out of the two original dramas Swingtown is probably the one readers of TV Squad will remember as it was introduced to us during the network's upfronts last year. The show will cover the social and sexual revolutions of the 1970s -- a time when gas was in short supply, inflation was skyrocketing, and the world was in political upheaval. You know, nothing like it is now in the 2000s. The other scripted show will be Flashpoint. This cop drama will follow the adventures of SRU, a task force that is sent out to diffuse emergency situations.
Continue reading Passwords, swingers and dogs mark CBS' summer schedule
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