TV Buzz Post reality-TV-star-turned-murderer, Vh1's trying to clean up its act and change its format to include “classier” television. Think that's ridiculous? You're not alone. Current TV's Ben Hoffman begs Vh1 to never change.
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Ryan Jenkins, the former reality star, and main suspect in the the murder of his wife Jasmine Fiore, was found hanged to death in a hotel room, the town of Hope, British Columbia. Early evidence points to suicide.
Simon Cowell gave the 27-year-old teacher a standing ovation on The X Factor, possibly making him the Susan Boyle 2.0 of a different British talent competition. (Video embedding is disabled, but you should click through, it's worth it.)
After the recent news of 'Megan Wants a Millionaire' contestant, Ryan Jenkins, being revealed as a “person of interest” in a murder case, Lemondrop wonders if any other reality TV contestants have sordid pasts — because you can never be too careful when choosing emotionally unstable people to be on TV.
Is a Person of Interest to the Police! Megan Wants A Millionaire contestant Ryan Alexander Jenkins is being sought for questioning about the murder of Jasmine Fiore. He is apparently a “person of interest”. Incidentally, he won last week's date with Megan - in case for some reason you haven't been following the show.
Apparently Jon Gosselin isn't satisfied with his current reputation, so he's hanging out with American's favorite father, Michael Lohan, to get advice on how to be a bigger douchebag. Doesn't this look like a fun crowd? Let's hope that all 8 Gosselins turn out just like Lindsay.
TV Buzz STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE YELLED AT GIRL LIKE THIS. WHEN MY MOTHER YELLS LIKE THIS IT'S BECAUSE SHE LOVES ME. I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU. WE WERE ALL ROUTING FOR YOU. HOW DARE YOU!!!! And on that note, here are 20 of the best reality TV fights ever.
The theme of reality TV contestants hating friendship endures in a new year. Where this breaks down, weirdly, is with Paris Hilton's My New BFF and British Best Friend where they are there, actually, to make friends. Thank you, FourFour, for documenting the robust nature of cliche.
TV Buzz Bravo released a promo for its real-life Gossip Girl, which debuts in a couple weeks. The kids are whiny, I've been pining over the 3.1 Philip Lim dress they show at 2:00 for about six months now, and there are no one-liners. So personally, I'm not exactly “won over.” Bring back Rich Girls.
TV Buzz AT&T may have “influenced” Kris Allen's win after they providing phones (with text-messaging services and lessons) to parties organized by fans of the Arkansas-bred kewpie. Theory: the blind guy was in the lead all along! Has American been cheated out of its own Andrea Bocelli-Gene Wilder hybrid?
TV Buzz If you watch The Real Housewives of New York City, you probably know by now that the only cast member with a trace of sanity is Bethenny, the saucy chick who, here, proves she can do a killer impression of “fifth Housewife” Simon van Kampen. Note to Bravo: put this on the air!
TV Buzz Coming soon on Fox: real-life layoffs as reality TV. Each week of the exciting series “Someone's Gotta Go” will feature a struggling small business that needs to fire an employee. The entire staff will be told how much everybody makes, what their performance reviews have been like, etc. Then they will discuss and vote on who should be let go. It's being described as like The Apprentice meets Survivor meets The Office, but really it is like “so depressing” meets “makes me uncomfortable.”
Celebrity Buzz Wildly famous English reality star Jade Goody (virtually unknown stateside), became “somewhat of a national touchstone” - sparking debate about race, class and celebrity - after she decided to have her fatal bout with cancer documented, which ended yesterday, after she passed away in her sleep. She leaves behind a husband, two kids, and a very weird, fascinating legacy.
TV Buzz NBC's The Marriage Ref will employ comics and celebrities to listen to couples “lay out their marital issues.” Sounds hilarious. Not to be a total h8r, but hasn't the comedic take on marriage been done once or twice before?
TV Buzz Jeff Probst, the guy behind Survivor and other reality shows, has a new program coming on CBS: A last adventure show for people with terminal diseases. Can a reality show about dying people with a title cribbed from a Tim McGraw album really be all that bad? Yes, of course it can.
Celebrity Buzz The Australian actress has dated Jude Law, Benji Madden and Ryan Seacrest, and is now being rewarded with her own reality show. Monk had a brief recording career in Australia, but now she’s aiming higher: She wants to be bigger than Paris Hilton. Don’t we all?
TV Buzz In between almost every down during Sunday’s football games, Fox kept reminding viewers to tune in for Hole In The Wall, their remake of a crazy Japanese game show. In the show, contestants of all shapes and sizes try to rearrange their limbs to fit through an approaching hole in a wall, or risk being dumped into a pool of water. There’s a spate of YouTube videos from both the Japanese show and the American one, so take some time and get to know what may become your newest obsession.
TV Buzz Brody Jenner — son of old lesbian Bruce, stepbrother to “porn famous” Kim Kardashian, and ex-boyfriend of The Hills star Lauren “I Design Stuff” Conrad — has inked a deal with Ryan Seacrest’s production company to host a reality show in which “bros” will compete to earn the spot in his posse once occupied by the infamous Spencer Pratt. Contestants will live in a bachelor pad together while vying to “prove their worth as wingmen” and “remain composed in the thick of the paparazzi,” all before possibly being sent home in an elimination ceremony that takes place — no joke — in a hot tub. Don’t call Brody gay, though. He may have shapely eyebrows and surround himself in a jacuzzi with half-naked dudes, but it’s all in the name of turning “appearing on reality shows” into a discernible talent.
TV Buzz The reality show starring stage mom Dina Lohan and her 14-year-old daughter Ali Lohan, is scheduled to premier on the E! network on Memorial Day. I don’t care how high-brow you claim to be, this show will undoubtedly be your new guilty pleasure. Which is perfect timing, now that the Hills season is over.
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