diddy-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 Aug 4th 2008 4:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, FOX has the Teen Choice Awards.- ABC has a new High School Musical: Get in the Picture at 8, then a new episodes of Wanna Bet? and The Mole.
- NBC has the season finales of American Gladiators and Nashville Star.
- At 9, Lifetime has the new movie The Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal.
- There's a new Monday Night RAW on USA at 9.
- TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, followed by a new Saving Grace.
- VH-1 has the series premiere of I Want To Work For Diddy.
- Also at 9: GSN has a new World Poker Tour.
- At 10, ABC has a new Middleman.
- Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at 10.
- Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations at 10.
- Showtime has a new Weeds at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Aug 4th 2008 7:33AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Our Monday morning roundup of a half dozen things TV Squad readers - and TV fans in general - will be talking about this week.1. The Olympics. NBC, along with CNBC and MSNBC and USA and the web, will have approximately 477,312 hours of coverage. (Starts Friday.)
2. Primeval. New show about a rip in time that lets dinosaurs come through to modern England. Is
this one of them? (Premieres Saturday at 9 on BBC America.)
3. The season finales of American Gladiator and Nashville Star. People do still care about these shows, right? (Tonight on NBC.)
4. So You Think You Can Dance. The season finale. We know what happens to
Idol winners, but what happens to the winners of this show? (Wednesday at 8 on FOX.)
5. I Want To Work For Diddy. I'm not saying that. It's the name of a new reality show. (Premieres tonight at 9 on VH-1.)
6. Million Dollar Listing. One of the stars was
arrested last week, just before the second season premiere. There's no such thing as bad publicity, as the saying goes. (Tuesday at 11 on Bravo.)
Posted Jul 8th 2008 9:23AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Celebreality
Hopefully, the hip-hop mogul will get one on VH1's
I Want To Work for Diddy premiering this summer. Apparently, Diddy's staff is not doing their jobs. He was almost
snubbed from his own party this weekend. He hosted a bash at Lily Pond in the Hamptons and almost didn't get in because the club was at capacity with over 1,000 people ready to get drunk and crunk with the rapper.
The artist-formerly-known-as-Puffy was denied his grand entrance (a three car procession of Cadillac Escalades). The fleet was forced to turn around and the
Making the Band host had to go in the back door. Once he got in the club, the DJ turned off the music for fifteen minutes while the V.I.P. room was readied for his highness. That will show everyone a good time. Don't do the grand entrance. Just turn off the music and make everyone wait so you can get settled.
See, if he only had a good assistant... Hopefully, he'll find what he's looking for on his new
VH1 show.
I Want to Work for Diddy comes out in August.
Posted May 28th 2008 6:40PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, Music and Variety, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals, Casting
Today,
VH1 announced its summer schedule, replete with documentaries, events and all-new celebreality shows. So far, VH1 has only been touting its new reality competition series
I Love Money, which pits cast members from
Rock of Love,
Flavor of Love and
I Love New York against each other for a $250,000 cash prize. But, now we have the full schedule for the summer season.
After the jump, I'll tell you about the new shows...
Continue reading VH1 announces summer schedule
Posted May 25th 2006 8:29AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, Industry, Programming, Music and Variety
If FOX's
So You Think You Can Dance, televised ballroom dancing, and the new talent show
America's Got Talent isn't enough dancing for you, MTV and Sean 'Diddy' Combs are teaming to create a new
street dancing reality show that will air on the network. Says Combs:
"This show will showcase the drive, determination, and expression of this dance generation - picture
Rocky, but with dance troupes."
Um, wasn't that
Staying Alive?
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