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Posted Sep 30th 2009 12:02PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Celebrities

It's getting harder and harder to keep up with the Kardashians. I know - why bother, right? But that krazy klan does keep me company while I work into the wee hours.
But when I heard that Khloe and her beau, Los Angeles Lakers star Lamar Odom, were getting married after just one month of seeing each other, all I could think was, really? And the kicker is that Khloe is all huffy over Kourtney getting back with her baby daddy Scott (at this writing anyway), and here she herself goes and gets hitched after knowing the guy for only one month.
Now E! is planning on
airing their wedding in a special, hour-long episode of the family's reality show, titled "Keeping Up With the Kardashians: The Wedding." The pair were married earlier this week; the episode will air in November.
How long do you think the marriage will last? I say they'll split up before the the wedding airs.
[Watch clips of
Keeping Up With the Kardashians and
Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami at SlashControl.]
Posted Mar 24th 2009 8:08AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, OpEd, Talk Show, Pickups and Renewals

I cover the night shift at
TV Squad, which means I edit and schedule posts in the blogging queue from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. I actually like the quiet time to work, since my household is pretty noisy during the day.
But one thing that gets me through the night is
Chelsea Lately, the late night talk show featuring comedian Chelsea Handler and her
little nugget Chuy. In my neck of the woods, her show airs at 3 and 3:30 a.m., just the exact moment I need a boost to carry me through to morning.
So I was pretty excited to read that
Chelsea's inked a shiny new deal with Comcast Entertainment Group. The agreement includes continuing to exec produce and star in her E! show,
Chelsea Lately, through 2012. She's also establishing a new company, Borderline Amazing Productions, which will have a first-look deal with Comcast's cable networks.
Continue reading Chelsea Handler inks new deal with Comcast - I'm saved!
Posted Jul 31st 2008 1:02PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Programming, Pickups and Renewals

No doubt envious of all the buzz
The Soup is getting, E!'s sister channel, Style Network, is planning their own version. Premiering August 16th,
The Dish will cover more topics than The Soup including TV, celebrities, fashion and beauty. Here's the kicker though:
The Dish is set to be hosted by Topanga herself,
Boy Meets World's
Danielle Fishel.
Style executive VP Salaam Coleman sums up
The Dish's appeal, saying, "What's great about
The Dish is that it takes a not-so-serious look at the often very serious world of fashion and finds the comedy in celebrity lifestyle." Well yes, that would be great--in theory.
The problem is, this is a type of show that is very difficult to do well. You need a strong group of writers and a charismatic host. While
The Soup may be the toast of the town now, it kind of sucked when it first aired. While two of
The Soup's executive producers are behind
The Dish, I'm not sure if Danielle is going to quite have the "pop" that this show is going to need.
Posted Jun 11th 2008 12:38PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Super Skank Wednesday

Welcome to
Super Skank Wednesday. This is where I celebrate the awesomely skanky people on the following shows:
Miss Rap Supreme,
I Love Money,
Charm School,
New York Goes to Hollywood, and
The Surreal Life. Basically, I'll discuss the skankalicious shows that make VH1 the network it is today.
Notice how I've changed my introduction? I almost added
Living Lohan and
Denise Richards: It's Complicated but I realized that would compromise my integrity. I did, however, watch both of those shows Sunday night. I'll tell you about them and the finale of
Miss Rap Supreme after the jump.
Continue reading Super Skank Wednesday: Dina, Denise, Byata, & Rece - VIDEOS
Posted Jun 4th 2007 2:04PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities

The
gossip columnists like to portray Lindsay Lohan's mom as being an opportunistic bitch, and she evidently isn't doing anything to dispel that notion. Now that her young daughter is in rehab for Oxycontin abuse, Dina Lohan
is reportedly pushing hard for her own reality show on E!
It's called
Mom-ager, and it's supposed to be about Dina's efforts to propel her other two children, 14-year old Ali and 11-year old Cody, to stardom just like their older sister. Their older sister is doing a bang-up job with her stardom, by the way, since she is on the cover of People magazine this week with the headline, "What Happened to Lindsay Lohan".
Sounds like a responsible mom. Hopefully even E! doesn't stoop this low. It's okay to watch adults self-destruct because they have a choice in the matter, but giving this woman a camera crew to watch her destroy her children is really, really wrong.