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Posted Jun 24th 2009 5:02PM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, The Amazing Race

After the separation of
Jon and Kate Gosselin, one is left wondering: what will happen to the children?
Jon and Kate Plus Eight isn't the first reality show to feature children, but many including Jon and Kate, place their children in questionable situations.
What makes exploiting children the same as a twenty-something who wants to win
Big Brother? Family reality shows have done everything as well, including
swapping mothers,
adventure races,
fixing houses, and
general living with life. There's got to be a point where the legal guardian has to say enough is enough. Aren't child labor laws in effect with the 24/7 families?
Continue reading Should children be allowed on reality TV?
Posted Apr 18th 2007 12:40PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Industry, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities

Dave Chappelle is back on the stage after
his departure from Comedy Central's
Chappelle's Show in 2005. On Sunday night, he took the stage at Los Angeles' Laugh Factory for
six hours and seven minutes! Not much is known about what he said or did, but the owner of the joint says the audience was howling with laughter the entire time.
Earlier this month, unfunny "comedian" Dane Cook set the Laugh Factory record for endurance at three hours, 50 minutes. The previous record was held by Richard Pryor, who was on stage for two hours, 41 minutes back in 1980. Does anyone else think Chappelle was trying to stick it to Cook for busting Pryor's record? I sure as hell hope so.
Posted Mar 17th 2006 10:01AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: NBC, Programming, Children

NBC has to look for new Saturday morning programming. For the
last four years, Discovery Kids has paid NBC to air programming from 10 am to 1 pm on Saturdays. The deal was an effort
to expand the Discovery Kids brand, which it did by more than 100 percent, growing from 21 million to 43 million
households since 2002. Discovery didn't give any reason for
splitting from NBC, but NBC
said the split was amicable and in the best interest of both networks.
More changes are underway on Saturday
mornings. CBS is developing a three-hour kids' entertainment block called
CBS Secret Saturday Morning Slumber
Party, which debuts this fall.