TVSquad

Americans are utterly obsessed with celebrities ... particularly their lives away from the limelight. Numerous television "news" programs and magazines highlight stars doing normal things that many of us would do on a daily basis. So, it was only logical that reality series have been built around some of these personalities to highlight their time away from the camera.

Yet it didn't work out as was intended. Rather than showing that these personalities were normal people, they showed the viewers how messed up they, and their families, really were. In some of the earlier Celebreality programs, they even showed unknown weaknesses that fans never knew existed. Despite all of this, viewers have been tuning into these shows each and every week to watch ... just like they would if video of different train wrecks were aired each week.

This fan base has given many of these stars a second, third, or fourth chance at success -- even if their boat sailed a long time ago. Such is the case during the Reality Revolution, where even the most famous can receive fifteen more minutes of fame.

What's happening on other blogs via the interweb.

• Henry Rollins wants to know what's up with Carrot Top.
• Ben Stein loves the women of the FBN.
• Time.com's James Poniewozik has some questions about Lost while we wait for new episodes.
• Speaking of Lost, check out this funny postcard (and the one that features Giles from Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
• Simon Baker (The Guardian/Smith) is returning to CBS as The Mentalist.
• I'm so glad I don't watch Celebrity Fit Club.
• Ken Jennings interviews a former Jeopardy writer.
• What if everyone died in the finale of Battlestar Galactica?

• At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes.
• NBC has a new, two-hour Dateline at 7.
• At 8, Disney has a new Kim Possible.
• At 8:30, FOX has a new episode of The Loop (another new episode airs at 9:30).
• At 9, USA has the season premiere of The 4400, followed by the season premiere of The Dead Zone.
• A&E has a new Gene Simmons Family Jewels at 9.
• Watch Dustin Diamond flip out on a new Celebrity Fit Club, at 9 on VH-1.
• HBO has a new John From Cincinnati at 9, then the season premiere of Entourage.
• Also at 9: HGTV has highlights of the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show.
• At 10, Lifetime has a new Army Wives.
• Cartoon Network has a new Robot Chicken at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• Boston's bomb scare turned out to just be advertising for Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
  
• Is all the praise finally going to Jennifer Hudson's head? She describes her time on American Idol as "abusive."
  
• Dustin Diamond was forced to be quarantined while filming Celebrity Fit Club because of something he said to past American Idol contestant Kimberly Locke.
  

• How can you tell if an actor is funny? Ken Levine has the answer.
• If case you haven't heard, Peter Jennings died and Tom Brokaw retired.
• Screech stills wants to do things with his penis, this time on Celebrity Fit Club.
• Aaron Barnhart doesn't think Isaiah Washington is leaving Grey's Anatomy anytime soon.
• Yahoo plans to launch 100 entertainment sites by the end of the year.
• Sienna Miller swore on the Today Show this morning.
• Here's a cool toy for all you Doctor Who fans.

• At 7, FOX has repeats of The Simpsons and 'Til Death, then it's new episodes of The Simpsons, American Dad, Famiy Guy, and The War at Home.
• NBC has Football Night In America at 7, followed by the Redskins vs. the Cowboys.
• At 7:30 (or after football), CBS has a new 60 Minutes, followed by the season premiere of The Amazing Race.
• The WB is showing the pilots episodes of several shows tonight, including Buffy and Dawson's Creek (it's the last day for the WB and UPN).
• At 9, PBS has a new Mystery!
• Food Network has a new Iron Chef America at 9, Bobby Flay vs. John Dechellis.
• There's a new Celebrity Fit Club on VH-1 at 9, followed by a new Flavor of Love.
• At 10, MSNBC runs this morning's Meet the Press, if you missed it.
• HBO has a new episode of The Wire at 10.
• Also at 10: Showtime has a new Brotherhood.
• At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Robot Chicken.
• Animal Planet is having a Steve Irwin tribute marathon all day and night.

• CBS has the U.S. Open men's final, Roger Federer vs. Andy Roddick, after football (probably around 4:15-4:30).
• At 7, NBC has the premiere of Football Night in America, followed by the Colts vs. Giants.
• CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7 (or after tennis).
• The WB has a new Just Legal at 7.
• At 8, ABC has (probaby) the miniseries The Path to 9/11.
• FOX has the season premieres of The Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy, and The War at Home, starting at 8.
• At 9, PBS has a new Mystery!
• HGTV has a new Design Star at 9.
• There's a new Iron Chef America on Food Network at 9.
• VH-1 has a new Celebrity Fit Club at 9, followed by a new Flavor of Love.
• At 10, HBO has the season premiere of The Wire.