supermodels-related stories
Posted Oct 25th 2007 4:20PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming
Fans of TV Land have probably been hitting themselves in the head, like they do in those V-8 commercials, wondering when the cable channel was going to debut a reality show that searches for the next great supermodel.
The answer to that question is summer 2008.
That's the launch date for She's Got The Look (formerly titled The Next Great Supermodel, but that was probably too similar to America's Next Top Model for comfort), a new reality show that will look for a new 35-plus supermodel. That's age, not IQ. Though I guess it could also refer to their weight.
Continue reading TV Land to air supermodel reality show, for some reason
Posted May 29th 2007 8:40AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Web, Celebrities
Studio 60!
I'm kidding. Readers just love it when I mention that show.
I'm talking about the shows created by The TV Show Pitch Generator. Just click on the "Pitch It" button and it will randomly create a new show for you. Most of them are better than the stuff that's been announced for this fall. It's too bad they don't have an option where you can actually create the cast/plot yourself, but it's pretty fun. My favorites are after the jump.
Continue reading Here are some shows you won't see this fall (unfortunately)
Posted Nov 24th 2006 7:02PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV Royalty, BBC, Celebrities

All of Kate Moss' photos exude an air of "baby, I'm so totally out of your league", just like every other vicious, humorless ice queen. Because of this, I never would have expected her to be the type to dabble in comedy (unless you count her relationship with Pete Doherty as a joke -- oh snap!), and, trust me, even after seeing the pictures, I'm having a tough time grasping the fact...
Recently, Moss took to the stage with Little Britain's Matt Lucas to do some sketches for Little Britain's Big Night, a show being filmed for Comic Relief (not the American one, but the red-nosed English one). She played Katie Pollard, the considerably skinnier but equally trashy twin sister of Lucas' ever-popular character, Vicky Pollard. The photos look hysterical and definitely give Moss lots of cool points in my book. According to this article, as Katie left the stage, Vicky told her to "lose some weight, you fat bitch!" I hope some video pops up on YouTube soon so that we can all see Moss in all that Kappa-covered glory.
And I was going to do a "yeah, but... no, but... yeah, but..." joke, but I couldn't fit it in. Hey, don't go givin' me evils.
[via Styledash]
Posted Nov 3rd 2006 9:16AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: NBC, OpEd, Game Show
I'm officially done with Deal Or No Deal. I've tried to like the show, because I'm a game show geek, but the show is just maddening. And now, even the NBC ads are ridiculous.
Did you see the ads NBC was running the last few days for last night's episode? They showed a woman who did really well in the game. So well that she got to the end of the board with most of the big numbers ($400,000 to $1,000,000) still in play. So why did I have to watch the episode? Couldn't I have just turned in really late in the episode to see what happened? Where's the build up in the episode? Where's the drama?
Continue reading Deal Or No Deal has jumped the, um, briefcase
Posted Oct 20th 2006 1:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: NBC, OpEd, Game Show
I've already given my review of Deal Or No Deal on these pages, and Joel gave his counterpoint, so this isn't another review of the entire show, it's just an observation I have about one particular part of the show.
After a player decides to take the money, screams "Deal!" and presses the button, Howie (and viewers) want to see what WOULD have happened if the player had continued to play the game. So he'll ask "what number suitcase would you have picked?" And then the player tells him. But this is illogical. Until you're in that moment of a decision, you don't really know what you would have picked. You can think you'd pick a certain thing, but until you're faced with that decision, you don't really know, you're just guessing.
It's even worse when Howie asks the player what they would have picked after that , and then after that. You don't really know what suitcase you would have picked one, two, or three moves down the line. Makes for OK television though.
Posted Aug 2nd 2006 1:29PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Talent, The CW
Yes, I know, all the guys out there are raising their hands and jumping up and down.
The CW is going to have a new reality show titled The Search For The Next Pussycat Doll. And as the article says, it's the perfect combination of America's Next Top Model and American Idol. Sex and music. Leather and snippy judges. Songs and sultry vixens.
The executive producer will be Pussycat Dolls creator Robin Antin, who happens to be the sister of Blow Out star Jonathan Antin. Maybe he'll show up to do the hair for the contestants in some cross-promotion.
Posted Apr 27th 2006 1:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: NBC, Music and Variety

OK, so People is coming out
with their annual "100 Most Beautiful" list, and all the usual suspects
are on it: Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Halle
Berry, Scarlett Johansson, and for the guys, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matthew McConaghey. But among the 100 Most
Beautiful People In The World is ... the 26 supermodels that hold the briefcases on NBC's
Deal Or No Deal.
Now, I don't have the issue in front of me, but did the 26 take up 26 spots in the top 100 (boy, that would
really make People's job easier) or did they just include them as "one?" That would seem like an insult to
the women, eh? That they're all lumped together and interchangeable.
Wouldn't it have been funny if they
picked 25 of the models, and just didn't tell us which one they left out?
Posted Mar 27th 2006 7:50PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Talent, Industry, Programming, Syndicated, Celebrities

I could say this about
Access Hollywood too,
but just look at the stories on
The Insider and
ET tonight:
- Psychics at a nudist
colony!
- Star Jones talks about her boobs!
- Male star sex change...in 7 minutes!
- Pat O'Brien - or "P.O.B." as they call him - interviewing Sharon Stone! (Enough said.)
- New
Terry Schiavo book scandal...in 8 minutes!
Gah. These shows can make you hate humanity. (Tomorrow
The Insider goes into "Paris Hilton's million dollar closet.")
Posted Dec 22nd 2005 8:32PM by Kim Voynar
Filed under: Talent, Watercooler Talk

That infamous video of supermodel Kate Moss snorting cocaine has been turned over to police, according to Yahoo News.
Moss lost several contracts after the photos of her using cocaine surfaced, but has been making a comeback of late, with
three magazine covers - including Vogue - and a TV ad for Virgin Mobile, since the scandal broke. An
unidentified senior staffer at The Daily Mirror said the tabloid turned the video over to police only after a
court order. .
Continue reading Kate Moss video turned over to police