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Cheryl Kosewicz, a contestant on CBS' now-canceled Pirate Master reality series, was found dead on Friday.

Kosewicz was a deputy district attorney in Sparks, NV. She had also worked in the district attorney offices in Reno and Las Vegas. Her boyfriend, Ryan O'Neil, committed suicide in June. On the MySpace page of another Pirate Master contestant, Kosewicz had written: "Truthfully, I've lost the strong Cheryl and I'm just floating around lost." She then added, "And this frikin' show doesn't help because it was such a contention with Ryan and I and plus it's not getting good reviews."

The 35 year-old Kosewicz was eliminated on the fourth episode of the show. CBS canceled the show after really low ratings. The remaining episodes will be shown on the network's web site.

Is this really a surprise to anyone?

CBS has canceled the lame Survivor redo reality show Pirate Master. And that's right away, folks. There are still five episodes that haven't aired, so CBS is going to (you guessed it) run them at CBS.com for all you fans dying to find out what happens.

I wonder if this is a rejection of a Survivor knock-off (which would be a good thing), a rejection of Mark Burnett (add to this his failure with On The Lot and so-so response for the latest Apprentice) or a rejection of reality shows in general? I hope for the latter but it's probably just a specific rejection. But we can dream can't we?

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• NBC has a new, two-hour America's Got Talent at 8, then the premiere of The Singing Bee.
• PBS has a new Nova at 8, followed by a new Wide Angle.
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• BBC America has a new MI-5 at 9.
• At 10, CBS has a new Pirate Master.
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• Also at 10: Spike has a new Ultimate Fighter.

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• At 8, CBS has a new Pirate Master.
• ABC has the special Fast Cars & Superstars at 8, followed by the Cavaliers/Spurs game.
• FOX has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? at 8, then a new So You Think You Can Dance.
• TBS has four excellent episodes of Friends starting at 8, including the one where Ross dates the girl with the messy apartment and Chandler falls for Joey's girlfriend.
• At 9, TLC has a new American Chopper.
• USA has a new episode of The Starter Wife at 9.
• At 9:30, HBO2 has a making-of special about John From Cincinnati, then the movie Brick.
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• At 10, NBC has a new Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
• There's a new Ultimate Fighter on Spike at 10.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Showbiz Show with David Spade.

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Hey, Brigitte here with TV Squad Daily. I'll be covering the TV stories I find interesting each day, Monday through Friday, in this video blog.

Today on TV Squad Daily:

• Pirate Master hurts to watch.
  
• Paula Abdul's still talking about her personal life. Hoping, no doubt, to drum up interest for her reality show Hey Paula that debuts later this month.
  
• The Daytime Emmys are opening up to online content. That may not mean a whole lot this year, but it's a step in a good direction!
  

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(S01E01) So, yeah. It's pretty much Survivor on a ship. There's no way to avoid comparing it. Pirate Master is produced by Survivor creator Mark Burnett-- and if you couldn't tell by the challenges, his style is also quite evident in this new series. The psychological games are similar as well.

Here's what it's about: A crew of people behave as pirates and work on a real ship. They also do challenges as teams and compete for different parts of real pirate treasure once belonging to a guy named Captain Henry Steel.

• At 8, ABC has the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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• FOX has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? and a new So You Think You Can Dance.
• Four more great Friends episodes at 8 on TBS.
• TCM has two hostage dramas starting at 8: The Desperate Hours, with Humphery Bogart, and The Night Holds Terror, with Jack Kelly.
• At 9, USA has the premiere of the mini-series The Starter Wife.
• TLC has a new American Chopper at 9.
• HBO Zone has the high school noir drama Brick at 9.
• At 10, NBC has a new Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
• Food Network has a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay at 10.
• Also at 10: Spike has a new Ultimate Fighter.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Showbiz Show with David Spade.

Check your local TV listings for more.

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