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  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    America's Strangest Eating Addictions Include Dryer Sheets, Human Ashes, Rocks

    TLCAre you ready for rocks?​In the category of reality shows that truly messed up people watch to feel less messed up compared to the even-more-messed-up people on the show, we give you TLC's My Strange Addiction. It features, just as you might expect, people who are into all sorts of weird sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Jazz, Woman Who Grew 24-Inch Fingernails to Become Famous, Is Kind of Famous

    Do you remember Jazz Ison Sinkfield, the lady from Atlanta with the abnormally long but incredibly special 24-inch fingernails that, she told America, were going to make her famous and help her meet Oprah? Well, the Oprah thing didn't pan out (yet), but Jazz has been honored by reality TV. She is th ... More >>

  • News

    June 22, 2011

    Reality-TV Porn

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

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Fundraising in Japantown; Sandra Lee Mum on Budget

    ​The new caffeine concern is energy drinks, which "might pose just as great a threat to individual and public health and safety" as alcoholic ones, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. [NY Times] Nine months after restaurant letter grades debuted, more than half of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Food Network Losing Its Fan Base

    newsworld22.comDon't worry, Giada, men are surely still watching you.​Things aren't looking so cheery for Giada De Laurentiis and Sandra Lee. Their TV home, the Food Network, is showing signs of decline as it experienced a 10.3 percent drop among viewers ages 25 to 54 -- a key demographic for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Willow Palin's Homophobic, Illiterate Facebook Remarks

    ​ Sarah Palin's TLC show Sarah Palin's Alaska is a touching, beautiful tribute to the state Palin basically said "fuck you" to by dropping out of the Governorship to grab more money and power. Well, in defending the show on Facebook, her 16-year-old daughter Willow Palin told someone, "Your s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Review: Sarah Palin's Alaska is "Special," Just Like Her Family

    http://tlc.discovery.com/​The average American Sunday of many is something like: brunch, nap, football. This Sunday, however, might look a bit different, because now Sarah Palin might cross your channel-flipping path, hunting wild animals to kill in cold blood while she balances life as an Ala ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    La Bella Torte Opens Holiday Pop-Up Location in Williamsburg

    Cannolis popping up.​You might know La Bella Torte as one of the vendors at the ever-so-short-lived Greenpoint Food Market. Chef-owner Joe Glaser will soon also be recognizable as a contestant on TLC's Cake Boss spin-off, The Next Great Baker. Tomorrow, November 9 through December 31, you'll b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Freaky Eaters: Worst Food Show on TV

    ​Daniel examines his raw meat options on Freaky Eaters. We now acknowledge the primacy of reality TV - and TV in general - to the foodie experience. Stand around the water cooler in any office on Thursday morning, and the conversation is likely to turn to who won the Quickfire on Top Chef the ... More >>

  • Film

    September 15, 2010

    The Cream Puff of Food Docs, Kings of Pastry

    ​Daniel examines his raw meat options on Freaky Eaters. We now acknowledge the primacy of reality TV - and TV in general - to the foodie experience. Stand around the water cooler in any office on Thursday morning, and the conversation is likely to turn to who won the Quickfire on Top Chef the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Sarah Palin's Camping Trip With Kate Gosselin Denotes Evil Forces Afoot

    ​Here's some news that will make you forget all about the oil spill and whether Charlie Rangel violated ethics rules and how freakin' hot it is. This news, in fact, will make you forget possibly everything except the clear and present reality that we are all most certainly doomed. Kate Gosseli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Laurent Tourondel Migrates to Sag Harbor; Michael Psilakis Still Waffling on Williamsburg

    ​ Christopher Lee of Aureole and the creators of TLC's American Chopper have joined forces to open Orange County Choppers Roadhouse, an 8,500-square-foot "restaurant, bar, microbrewery, gaming, hospitality, retail and entertainment experience" in Newburgh, N.Y. [Zagat Buzz] Laurent Tourondel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Earth Day Cheat Sheet: Buy Less Crap, and 6 Other Sustainability Tips

    How much fun is recycling, you guys?​It's Earth Day tomorrow, which has all of us wondering: How do we treat the world we live in a little bit better? According to the second annual Earth Day survey from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry , there are a few simple steps tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2009

    The further media adventures of Balloon Boy's dad

    ​Reality TV wannabe Richard Heene, whose 6-year-old son didn't float off in a homemade fake UFO followed by essentially everyone in the national press with a camera earlier this week, is talking to the media again after a self-imposed hiatus of, um, last night. Heene, who finished up Thursday ... More >>

  • News

    September 1, 2009

    Bloomberg Keeps His Billions Separate From His Mayoral Obligations? Yeah, Right!

    ​Reality TV wannabe Richard Heene, whose 6-year-old son didn't float off in a homemade fake UFO followed by essentially everyone in the national press with a camera earlier this week, is talking to the media again after a self-imposed hiatus of, um, last night. Heene, who finished up Thursday ... More >>

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    Motor Suburb Madhouse

    Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP

  • Art

    March 23, 2004

    The Urge to Purge

    Television's many cleaning experts poke their noses into other people's beloved trash

  • News

    March 2, 2004

    Blind on Blind

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

  • Art

    February 10, 2004

    My Big Fat Obnoxious Prank

    The Lawless and Ever Expanding World of Hidden-Camera TV

  • Art

    June 10, 2003

    Heel Thyself

    Saving Souls Through Fashion

  • Columns

    December 31, 2002

    The Best & Worst of Sex in 2002

    Saving Souls Through Fashion

  • News

    December 18, 2001

    From Cesareans to Sweatshops

    The 'Times' Does Reality TV

  • Film

    September 11, 2001

    Short Sharp Shocks

    The 'Times' Does Reality TV

  • News

    August 1, 2000

    Flight 800's Last Stage

    The Four-Year Investigation Ends, the Mystery Endures

  • News

    July 25, 2000

    Nation

    The Four-Year Investigation Ends, the Mystery Endures

  • Music

    July 4, 2000

    Motor Suburb Madhouse

    The Four-Year Investigation Ends, the Mystery Endures

  • Columns

    February 1, 2000

    NY Mirror

    The Four-Year Investigation Ends, the Mystery Endures

  • News

    December 8, 1998

    Spycam Chic

    The Surveillance Society: Part Two

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