Reality Shows

Why Is Everyone So Pissed About the EDM Reality Show?

By Andy Hermann As the Hollywood-based casting guru behind Jersey Shore and A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, Doron Ofir knows how the lowbrow culture game is played. But even the man who gave the world Snooki might have been caught off-guard by the outrage over one of his latest projects: a compet ... More >>

Mitt Romney is a Snooki Fan, Reaffirming That He's Out of Touch with America

As reality television slowly drags itself into the oblivion, it is safe to say that we, as a country, are pretty much done with MTV's 'Jersey Shore.' The greased-up guido and obnoxious fist-pumping fad came and went but, nonetheless, it did happen: at one point, the show was the highest rated show e ... More >>

Reichen From A-List Goes On A Tear Against Bitchy Gays Who Criticized Him

I think I was one of the more reasonable writers when it came to analyzing Logo's A-List: New York. I had my complaints, but mainly said that for true equality, gays have a right to their own trashy reality shows just like everyone else. But looking back at the mountain of self-righteous scorn the ... More >>

Dr. Drew Officially Is The Grim Reaper; Another "Celebrity Rehab"-er Bites The Dust

In what can only (and extremely sarcastically) be described as a staggering loss for humanity, "Celebrity Rehab" alum Joey Kovar has reportedly died from a drug overdose outside of Chicago.This puts the tally of dead Celebrity Rehab "stars" at three.If you're unfamiliar with "Celebrity Rehab," it's ... More >>

Farrah Abraham: The Salem Of Teen Mom?

This week's candidate for The Internet's Worst Song Ever (At Least Until The Next One) is the inaugural musical offering from an MTV reality star: Teen Mom's Farrah Abraham. The young mother released the more-processed-than-Velveeta "Getting Up From Rock Bottom" on Friday, and before you could say " ... More >>

If You Google Searched "Snooki Nude" In The Last Four Days, You're Letting The Terrorists Win (We're Looking At You, Dallas)

Much to your dismay, we're sure, nude photos of Jersey Shore star "Snooki" have surfaced and currently are making the rounds on the Internet. Snooki, as you know, is more of a punchline than an actual person -- often ridiculed for her "meatball"-esque appearance and Jersey-like demeanor. That said, ... More >>

Cannes Film Festival: Did Berlusconi Turn Italy Into a Reality Show?

Today in unexpected Cannes headline news: a convicted felon turns in one of the best performances at the festival thus far (and it's not Roman Polanski -- rimshot! -- who was the subject of a softball vanity documentary which screened here earlier in the week, and isn't really worth talking abou ... More >>

DUMB KNIGHT

Reader, do you accept this rose?

100 & Single: The Erratic Chart Fortunes Of TV-Crowned Idols, From Kelly To Scotty

​Scotty McCreery—winner of the 10th edition of American Idol, and owner of the new No. 1 title on Billboard's album chart, Clear as Day—sets a handful of chart records this week that certainly sound impressive. As Billboard reports, McCreery is the first country act to debut at No ... More >>

Jersey Shoresical Is Not A Boresical

​The raucously low-class reality show Jersey Shore tends to spoof itself, so a musical mockery of it seemed to me like a bad idea. But the production I just saw at the Actors Playhouse--which was a hit at the Fringe Festival--was a winner, because it's fast-moving, with nonstop music and raun ... More >>

A STAR IS BORN

It's time to step up to the plate and show your goods

Radio Hits One: Reality TV Propels Aging Stars Back Into The Top 40

​ When I heard that Jennifer Lopez was leveraging her new position as an American Idol judge to launch her new single, premiering the video for "On The Floor" on one episode and performing the song on another, I rolled my eyes at what I thought was her hubris. It'd been less than two years sin ... More >>

Beavis And Butt-Head Return To A Racier, More Snookified MTV

MTV turns 30 on Monday. To celebrate, we're running a bunch of pieces on the channel, its legacy, and its future. You may have heard by now that Beavis and Butt-Head are returning to MTV—a real comeback after years of cruel teasing rumors, none of them particularly believable. Mike Judge an ... More >>

Meet the Original JWoww and Snooki, Would-Be Stars of Bridge & Tunnel

Brianna and Gabriella almost escaped from Staten Island. But MTV pulled the plug on the original Jersey Shore

Reality-TV Porn

When their reality-TV star fades, some male contestants turn to gay porn

REALITY BITES

Crystal Skillman's Cut

Snooki Paid More Than Toni Morrison to Appear at Rutgers

​Not a joke: New York Times best-selling author Snooki will be paid $32,000 by the Rutgers University Programming Association for appearing at two "student-produced comedy Q&A sessions" yesterday. This has generated great controversy, as that's $2,000 more than the amount Toni Morrison, who, y ... More >>

So Long, Sweetie: Food Network Cancels Ace of Cakes

foodnetwork.comThe Ace of Cakes moves on.​Food Network has announced the cancellation of Ace of Cakes, the reality show that follows pastry chef Duff Goldman and his merry band of bakers at Charm City Cakes in Baltimore. According to The Associated Press, the show's upcoming season -- its 10th ... More >>

'Christmas at Rockefeller Center'

The Death (and Comeback) of the Music Video Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

This week's New York magazine features a short article entitled "Why MTV Is Bringing Back Music Videos," which it isn't exactly. What MTV is doing is using its sizable funds to pair working directors with musicians and possibly even famous actors for a music video series entitled Supervideo. The fir ... More >>

The Script

Steven Daigle Arrested For Beating Fellow Porn Star

​Big Brother personality turned big penis wielder Steven Daigle was one of the first reality show names to become a porn star, not vice versa. But now his life has gotten a little too real. According to this report (NSFW link), Daigle was arrested outside the Abbey last night after a bloody ... More >>

The Snooki Book, A Shore Thing, is Actually Happening

Click to Enlarge.An idea for the cover.​Dear Struggling Authors of America, please read the following around friends, family, or other people who can protect you from harming yourself. And Jonathan Franzen, look out. You think you wrote The Great American Novel? Think again. Star Jersey Shore ... More >>

The Blonds Say "Nuh-uh" to Snooki

​The big sceney fashion show of the week is tonight's spectacle by The Blonds, the sparkly duo who create glittery things for pop divas, but wisely draw the line at a certain reality star. Publicist Mauricio Padilha graciously tells me:

Tuesdays With Snooki: GTL also Includes Side Trips to Barnes & Nobles, Guys!

via BuzzFeed​Snooki and the gang of Jersey Shore-ists would like you to know that you are hopelessly misinformed as to their true nature, despite you watching them regularly on that "reality TV" show. Gah. On real, live talk show Ellen DeGeneres today, they expressed the existential dilemma of ... More >>

Jersey Shore's Snooki Found Guilty of "Annoying Others"

​Sometimes the headlines just write themselves. Spoiler: The Jersey Shore's embattled Snooki was found guilty of "annoying others on the beach with her antics," which included, apparently, using a beer bong, falling off a bike, and being entirely too tan (that's just our opinion).

Top Chef, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Win at the Emmys

BravoSmile! You won!​Although its current season has so far been its worst yet, that didn't stop Top Chef from winning an Emmy last night for best Reality Competition, ending the seven-year reign of The Amazing Race. And it looks like Jamie Oliver's uphill battle with the residents of Huntingt ... More >>

Jersey Shore Cast On Strike: Season 3 Status in Question

​The cast of Jersey Shore may be getting a little big for their True Religions. TMZ is reporting that everyone except Snooki and The Situation are on strike just as shooting is supposed to start for Season 3. Ronnie, Vinny, Pauly D, Sammi, and JWoww are all holding out for more money, it seems ... More >>

Casting Call: Want to Date a Millionaire on TV, or Be Told You're Nowhere Near Good Enough to Date a Millionaire on TV?

​Single men and ladies, it's finally your East Coast chance to be taken apart and maybe put back together again by Patti Stanger, of you know, The Millionaire Matchmaker? That utterly heinous show that also, somehow, satisfies, perhaps because she's always telling the millionaire men to grow u ... More >>

American Idol Season 9, Sinatra Week, In Which Ryan Seacrest Does a Better Sinatra Impersonation Than Any of the Actual Contestants

Hey, look, it's freaky little imp Aaron Kelly. CR: Michael Becker / FOX. ​Oh boy. Here we go. Sinatra Week. What a muddled and ill-conceived concept, even in a season that's attempted to grab attention by grabbing every iconic name off the shelf (Beatles, Stones, Elvis). I honestly can't imagi ... More >>

Steven Daigle is Doing More Porn!

​Big Brother star Steven Daigle is showing his daigle again. The Big Brother personality, who went on to make the immortal Steven Daigle XXXposed, is shooting Kings of New York, a Michael Lucas epic in which you'll undoubtedly see even more of his big brother. Goshers, it used to be porn sta ... More >>

JERSEY WHORES

Fluff that hair high for Snooki!

Is Brooklyn's Rachel Coleman the Worst Cook in America?

Rachel Coleman: Brooklynite, bad cook​Yes, friends, it's another food reality television show--Worst Cooks in America premieres on the Food Network on January 3. It turns the Top Chef paradigm on its head--instead of being covertly invited to snicker at the flailings of chefs who are meant to ... More >>

'Top Chef' to Court Cavities with 'Just Desserts'

Cake Wrecks​Just when it looked like we couldn't possibly gorge on more competitive cooking shows, the busy little elves behind Top Chef have announced that they're planning a pastry spin-off, titled Just Desserts. The competition will adhere to the TC format, with contestants living with each ... More >>

TSG: Danielle Staub Coke/Kidnapping/Escort Criminal Records

We hate reality shows and never had any interest in the gruesome-sounding Real Housewives of New Jersey, but we're a little more tempted now that The Smoking Gun has laid out Housewife Danielle Staub's criminal records under her old name, Beverly Ann Merrill. "Testing" cocaine for dealers? Involved ... More >>

The Chopping Block: Only Marco Pierre White Can Save Us

The Chopping Block, the new cooking competition show on NBC with Marco Pierre White, is serious stuff. Watching it, you might wonder if you're viewing a reality show in the comfort of your own home or a post-apocalyptic thriller at the multiplex. Times are bleak, business is hard, the streets are m ... More >>

What If the Bachelorette Was Polyamorous?

How TV shows represent open relationships—and how they could do better

Top Chef: Enough with 'The Masses'

Top Chef Upset: So Not Upsetting!

Top Chef Mania Begins with Dale

Could it be Top Chef Sara?

Rocco DiSpirito on Why Hung is Just Like Him

The (White) Rapper Show: Grand Finale

I'm From Rolling Stone and The White Rapper Show: The Progress Report

Life After Reality TV=EMC²

Project Runway contestant opens downtown shop

Remote Patrol

The Half-Life of Celebrity

Let them eat stars: Pop-culture vultures circle the flesh of the semi-rich and famous on VH1

Blind on Blind

NY Times Editors 'Inadvertently' Fail to Mention They're Promoting a TV Show the Company Produced

My Big Fat Obnoxious Prank

The Lawless and Ever Expanding World of Hidden-Camera TV

Hunks and Has-Beens

Reality TV—Pop Thrills at 'Human Amusement Parks'