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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1. Ryan Alexander Jenkins on Buzzfeed
2. I Love Money
3. Celebrity Rehab
4. Megan Hauserman!

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/23/c...

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.

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1. Suspect in model’s murder found dead in Canada - CNN.com
2. Ryan Alexander Jenkins [Second Update] [PIC]

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.)

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1. Dreamy pictures here.
2. Danyl’s Facebook page
3. Danyl Johnson report on the Today Show
4. Danyl is bisexual, apparently.

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.

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1. See more possible reality TV star criminals on Lemondrop!
2. Megan Hauserman!
3. Ryan Alexander Jenkins [Update] [PIC]

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.

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1. Ryan Alexander Jenkins Jasmine Fiore murder press conference
2. Swimsuit Model Jasmine Fiore’s Body Found in Suitcase
3. WANTED! Ryan Alexander Jenkins (Photo): Jasmine Fiore Murder POI
4. Jasmine Fiore’s BabeWarehouse.com Profile
5. Megan Hauserman probably banged a murderer
6. Megan Wants a Millionaire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
7. TMZ’s coverge with a phone interview with Megan
8. Megan Hauserman! Previously on Buzzfeed
9. Megan Wants a Millionaire Home Page
10. Megan Hauserman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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1. via Oh No They Didn’t

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.

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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.

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1. From FourFour

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 .

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1. Official site
2. New York Rich Kids’ Reality Show to Make the Case for Being Old and Poor
3. Daily Intel is still going to recap it, which is positive, I guess, because their recaps are fab
4. It’ll probably make you want to drink
5. “Most of the cast members don’t watch” Gossip Girl (LIE)
6. “Oh Jesus”
7. I Hate You. Die.

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.”

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1. The WaPo asks the key question, “What on Earth would motivate anyone to be on this show?”
2. “Fox takes another bold step towards live televised executions…”
3. Sacked Employees To Provide Fox with Ratings — Everyone Wins!
4. Layoffs get the reality TV treatment
5. Dailies: “Isn’t TV supposed to be an escape?”
6. Fox, Endemol USA Have ‘Gotta Go’
7. Reality TV hits the motherload
8. Bad economy good for reality shows
9. Fox orders downsizing reality series

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?

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1. Jerry Seinfeld Makes ‘Marriage’ Plans With NBC
2. Seinfeld: “Any Comedian Will Tell You Marriage is a Goldmine of Comedy.”
3. When Your Massive Microsoft Campaign Fails, What Do You Do? Produce a Reality Show!

TV BUZZ: The long anticipated Stylista — the American Idol of the fashion magazine world — premieres tomorrow. Eleven contestants will line up before the toothy Anne Slowey to find themselves and the latest trends. Oh and for a job at Elle magazine.

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1. Slate Reviews “Stylista”
2. Stylista — Official Site
3. Anne Slowey - Featured on BuzzFeed
4. 11 Contestants To Start…But Only 1 Will Win!

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.

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1. Probst Announces Terminal Patient Reality Show
2. This Is All Just To Make People Forget How Badly “Survivor” Is Doing Ratings-Wise

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?

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1. Sophie Monk On The Set Of “Bigger Than Paris”
2. Sophie Monk Photo Gallery

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.

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1. The “Oh, Crap” Woman
2. Bring On The Wall
3. A Human Version of Tetris
4. Hole in the Wall - Exclusive Preview
5. Beer Bellies vs. Six Packs
6. Crap. I missed the ‘Hole in the Wall’ preview.
7. Scheduled Against Survivor
8. remember when you could tell the difference between reality tv shows and parodies of reality tv shows?
9. Funny Japanese TV show Hole in the Wall
10. A Review

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.

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1. Talentless, Spoiled D-bag Seeks Cool New D-bag
2. Brody and Spencer Secretly “Bro-ing Out?”
3. Bravo No Longer The Gayest Channel
4. Spencer Wants Brody Back
5. “Girls Can Come and Go, But a ‘bromance’ Can Last Forever.” Let’s Hope Not.

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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1. Dave Letterman Calls Ali Lohan “Lindsay”, All But Sealing Her Fate
2. Lindsay Lohan was banned from “Living Lohan” by her mother
3. Living Lohan vs. Denise Richards: It’s Complicated - Both Premiering on E! Memorial Day Weekend
4. Watch the New Video Promo
5. Don’t Believe Anything Dina Lohan Tells You!
6. Lindsay Too Good For Reality TV, Won’t Appear on Mom’s Show
7. Ali Lohan Plays the Victim
8. “‘Living Lohan’ Pulls The Curtain Back To Reveal The Real Dina Lohan, Daughter-Pimping Warts And All”

TV BUZZ: And it all comes full circle as VH1 rounds up contestants from Flavor Of Love , I Love New York , and Rock of Love to compete for $250,000. Between all the contestants, the amount of collagen, silicone and eyeliner might officially make the set of I Love Money a toxic wasteland (in every sense of the word).

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1. People Want Attention And “Cold Cash” [How “I Love Money” Works]
2. Would A Show By Any Other Name…
3. Which Orange-skinned People That You Vaguely Remember Will Appear On “I Love Money”? Look No Further…
4. VH1 To Finally Shake Off Pesky “Plot” Middleman
5. “VH-1 Streamlines Their Reality Shows—Finally Shows Their Reality”
6. Skanks, Trannies, and Bawlers! Oh My!

CELEBRITY BUZZ: Apparently, straight gals everywhere are going gaga for the star of Work Out . And who can blame them? She’s got Ryan Phillipe’s looks, Donald Trump’s business savvy, and Matthew McConaughey’s abs. And a vagina!

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1. Jackie Warner, Queen of the Ladycrush
2. American Housewives Wanna Get With This Lesbian
3. Cougars Love Jackie Warner!
4. Your Mom Is Probably Gay For Jackie Warner
5. An In-Depth Look At “Work Out”
6. Jackie Warner Nude, Almost
7. “So It’s Not Just Me…”
8. Feast On This Sexy Montage, Heterosexual Housewives!

TV BUZZ: The perfect role is waiting for you. Here’s a round-up of reality television casting listings, as well as some of the funnier posts we’ve come across. The application process may be tedious, but it’s a small price to pay for the chance to be Paris Hilton’s BFF. Especially if that Fulbright Scholarship never quite panned out for you.

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1. RealityTVCastingCalls.com: A Virtual Hub of Free Reality TV Casting Call Notices
2. RealityWanted.com: A Site Where You Can Apply for Reality TV Casting Calls
3. For Freakonomics Blog Readers - Wanna Be on “Brain Trust” on the Sci-Fi Channel?
4. GotCast Actually Coordinates the Casting Calls and Submits Its Members Directly to Producers and Directors Looking for Talent
5. Wanted: Couples for Medical-themed Network Reality TV Pilot
6. ParisBFF.com, Where Visitors Can Vote for Paris Hilton’s Aspiring Hangers-on
7. A Roundup of the Latest Reality Show Casting Calls
8. Tito Ortiz Reality Series Casting Call
9. Interview with Lynne Spillman, Casting Director for The Amazing Race
10. Got a funny gadget? We want to hear from you!
11. Casting Call: Are you a good guy who has trouble asking women out?
12. How To Attend a Reality TV Show Casting Call