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If you didn’t watch Anchorwoman last night, you weren’t alone. After just one episode, Fox has cancelled its newest reality show, which I’m pretty sure is a record, even for Fox.
The show premiered to 2.7 million viewers, a far cry from last week’s first place finish with the So You Think You Can Dance final four (but still ahead of On The Lot).
Those interested in seeing the remaining episodes can watch Anchorwoman online on Fox’s website.
The CW has revealed the cast for the 9th cycle of America’s Next Top Model, a list that raises more questions than it answers, since it answers no questions. America’s Next Top Model 9 premieres Wednesday Sept 19th at 8PM on The CW.
Ambreal
Occupation: College Student
Age: 19
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Bianca
Occupation: College Student
Age: 18
Hometown: Queens, NY
Chantal
Occupation: Student
Age: 19
Hometown: Austin, TX
Ebony
Occupation: Nursing Student
Age: 20
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Heather
Occupation: College Student
Age: 21
Hometown: Valparaiso, IN
Janet
Occupation: Aesthetician
Age: 22
Hometown: Bainbridge, GA
Jenah
Occupation: Student
Age: 18
Hometown: Farmington, CT
Kimberly
Occupation: College Student
Age: 20
Hometown: Ocala, FL
Lisa
Occupation: Dancer
Age: 20
Hometown: Jersey City, NJ
Mila
Occupation: Recent College Graduate
Age: 20
Hometown: Boston, MA
Sarah
Occupation: College Student
Age: 20
Hometown: Heath, MA
Saleisha
Occupation: Receptionist
Age: 21
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Victoria
Occupation: College Student
Age: 20
Hometown: New Haven, CT
In episode 21, the contestants finally got what they’ve been hoping for since week one: Jen finally got (and stayed) on the block. I’m not so sure it’s the smartest move to get rid of her, but it does appear quite likely that they will. Can she somehow manage to scramble and save her life in the house?
Dick’s truce with Jen is over, as he doesn’t believe he needs her any more. He’s probably right, but instead of waiting to be sure, he jumps the gun as usual and immediately just assumes he’s going to get what he wants.
Jen seems pretty carefree about the nomination but decides she doesn’t want to go to sequester. She immediately packs and starts cooking, despite the fact that she’s supposed to be on slop for 30 days. Then proceeds to grab Dick’s cigarettes and destroy them. In retaliation, Dick steals her clothes.
And it’s time to eat: a turkey burger, cottage cheese, and an apple, none of which resemble slop. Stick it to the man. Of course, Big Brother is not happy with her decision. She receives a penalty vote in return, as if it matters. Nobody else has ever been bold enough to break the food restriction rule, as threats by BB are normally enough to prevent it. While she’s trying to eat, Dick blows smoke in her face, and things get even more heated. She tries to take away his cigarette, and he obviously has no problem using it as a weapon against her.
Amber and Danielle get to go on Power of Ten as their reward for coming in first and second in the veto competition. Amber’s cousin is there to meet her. It goes without saying that Danielle’s boyfriend isn’t anywhere within 1000 miles, but Nick shows up to greet her. Amber waves to the crowd as if she’s popular. The show will air on Tuesday on CBS.
Danielle looks forward to sitting with her dad in the final two because she feels nobody likes him. As we get closer to to finding out the winner, this actually becomes a more compelling reason for everybody to keep him around.
Votes:
Big Brother-Jen
Amber-Jen
Dick-Jen
Eric-Jen
Zach-Jen
Jessica-Jen
By a vote of 6-0, Jen has been evicted from the Big Brother house. This leaves us with three pairs of two and one wildcard (Zach). I’d be surprised if someone doesn’t regret not making a deal to grab Jen as another swing vote. Dick, of course, does not say goodbye to Jen, and is the first person I can recall to ever to leave the room when someone’s leaving. These two should have much fun together in sequester. Despite that, everybody has positive farewell comments. As positive as “you’re not as bad as I first thought” can be anyway.
Jameka is on week three of not being able to compete for HOH, which has been helpful for her thus far, making her seem non-threatening. Jen gets to dunk anyone who answers incorrectly in the competition.
Joe said a slop diet would best suit Zach. Everybody got it right.
Carol said Jessica (her arch enemy) would do worst in a spelling bee. Eric got it wrong.
Kail said she would give her bible to Dick. Everybody got it wrong.
Nick said he was least fond of Zach streaking. Amber and Zach got it incorrect.
Joe said his BB experience could best be described as Meet The Fockers. Dick got it incorrect. Jessica is the new HOH. The most logical target from here is Amber and Jameka. However, Eric has a lot of influence over her, so America may be able to change that. Granted, I suspect America will likely vote for one of those two, thereby just simply cementing the nomination.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 23, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.
A month before it goes on the air, and CBS’ newest reality show, Kid Nation, is already the subject of controversy over the issue of child labor laws and child endangerment.
The LA Times reports Janis Miles, the mother of a 12-year-old girl who was burned in the face while cooking, filed a complaint in June in Georgia, where she lives. She has asked for an investigation into “abusive acts to minors and possible violations of child labor laws.” Her complaint was forwarded to Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano, who on July 20 posted an item on his department blog revealing Miles’ claims and stating he had found no criminal wrongdoing related to the production.
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“These kids were in good hands and under good care with procedures and safety structures that arguably rival or surpass any school or camp in the country,” the CBS statement read.
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The children did receive $5,000 stipends, and they competed for $20,000 gold stars in each episode.
(CBS legal counsel) Anschell, however, said the stipend and rewards are not considered wages for work because, “It’s a stipend for participating in the show. It’s not tied to specific output or tasks.”
Anyone who considered allowing their kids to do this had to know what they were getting themselves into. Despite the potential for money/fame, it’s not summer camp, and just as if they were at home, accidents may happen, which in this case they did to a handful of the kids (with nobody being seriously injured). That being said, as much as this show is billed as being about kids surviving on their own, these kids have more adult supervision than anyone they know.
I’m finding it hard to believe that CBS would intentionally break laws like this just for the sake of producing this show. At the end of the day, this is similar to the race tribes on Survivor, which I thought worked out fine but was blown out of proportion before anyone really knew what was happening. CBS is ultimately just getting massive amounts of free publicity, which should only help to enhance the ratings.
What do you think? Has CBS gone too far, or is this much ado about nothing?
It’s one crazy Tuesday here at dingoRUE, with the On The Lot winner and America’s Got Talent 2 winner, but it’s also Big Brother night, so I’m obviously going to do a live blog of that as usual. In episode 20, Danielle nominated Amber and Jameka for eviction but revealed that her actual target is Jen. Will the nominations remain the same, or will the veto change them?
Jameka doesn’t buy Danielle’s explanation that she’s nominating them because they’re nice to people, nor should she. Jameka is in reality just a placeholder, one who can’t participate in the next three HOH competitions. Jen feels somewhat safe but doesn’t believe the nominations are the true targets.
Whether there’s anything there or not, CBS wants Eric and Jess to be in love. Zach, on the other hand, just wants to mess with Eric’s mind and run interference.
Amber says she had a vision sent from God that she will win the POV, save herself, and get to the final two with Jameka. Amber also says she’s not going to cry any more (while crying). I’m not touching this with a ten foot pole.
Eric gets his task from America. He first has to figure out what the hell a woobie is. America rightfully tells him to give his childhood woobie to Jessica. He gives it to her in bed and hops in there with her.
Zach and Danielle start talking about all the people they hate, which is everybody, and both settle on Jen at the end of the conversation.
It’s time for the veto. The winner and the second place finisher will win a trip outside the house.
Danielle picks Dick (houseguest’s choice).
Amber picks Jessica at random.
Jameka picks Zach at random.
Eric is the host.
The competition is taken from a survey. The furthest away from the actual answer is eliminated. There are also motorcycles involved for some reason.
What % think Kail would make a good politician? Actual 19%. Dick was the furthest away with 78% and is eliminated.
What % think life in the Big Brother house is easy? Actual 14%. Zach is eliminated with 62%.
What % think Dustin is a better boyfriend than Joe? Actual 47%. Jessica is eliminated with 67%.
What % would rather have a beer with Nick than Mike? Actual 70%. Jameka is eliminated with 87%.
What % said Zach was the sexiest bunny of all? Actual 35%. Amber is eliminated, and Danielle wins the power of veto, giving her the chance to change the nominations if she wants.
Danielle and Amber are thinking along the same lines. Danielle asks for a one week deal of not being put up. Without Danielle saying a word beyond that, though, Amber is a dumbass and begins promising everything, including a vote against Jameka if needed, safety for the entire time she’s in the house, and yet again swears on her daughter’s life. Jameka warned her not to give up too much, and Amber said she wouldn’t, but so much for that.
As originally planned, Danielle has removed Amber from the block. In her place, Jen is nominated. I don’t like Jen’s odds of survival here. Dick and Amber will vote against her, which means her fate is in Zach’s hands, someone who never liked her (but is at least a wildcard), and then from there she has to get America on her side to swing Eric and Jessica, which might not be that easy because despite Jen being seemingly more popular than Jameka, America may just do whatever Dick wants.
The special trip out of the house is a promotion as usual. Danielle and Amber will appear on Power of 10.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Big Brother 8 episode 22, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.
Because it’s not available to watch online (hint, hint, NBC), I haven’t been able to watch all of this season of America’s Got Talent, but I have watched it each week for the first hour. We’re now down to the final four heading into tonight, all of whom utilize singing to some extent in their acts.
Julienne Irwin is a good, young singer. Emphasis on the word young. In a couple years, she has the potential to be great, but she’s not quite there yet. Antoinette “Butterscotch” Clinton strikes me as a jack of all trades but master of none. From what I understand, she’s a great beatboxer, but I always get so distracted by the fact that she tries to beatbox and sing at the same damn time, with each muffling out the other. Cas Haley is a singer/guitarist who primarily does blues and reggae, and definitely the producers have played up the family aspect with him as well, as he’s a stay at home dad and seems just like a nice guy. I have not been as impressed with him lately as I was initially, but he’s certainly a very talented musician. Terry Fator combines singing and ventriloquism. With impersonations of everyone from Garth Brooks to Tony Bennett and a good singing voice to go along with the ventriloquism, this guy kicks ass. Who will be the America’s Got Talent season 2 winner? We’ll find out after a couple hours of filler.
Butterscotch performs with Sean Kingston. Julienne sings with Taylor Swift. Terry does a James Taylor song with Kermit The Frog. Cas performs Red Red Wine with UB40.
Julienne Irwin is the first person eliminated. Butterscotch is next. So it’s down to either Cas or Terry.
And the winner of America’s Got Talent season 2 is… Terry Fator. Well deserved.
Following very strong ratings this year, Fox has already announced that there will be a season 3. Hopefully next year they stretch it out a bit more, as they cut people way too fast.
The combination of Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett sounded like a great one. I kept watching (mostly online), but most people didn’t. Still, this ended up being an enjoyable show, regardless of the low turnout.
After the final four showdown in On The Lot Episode 14, I was hoping for a final three battle, but last week we were instead treated to just a recap show, with each director showing his favorite two films. We also learned that Sam Friedlander was the final person to be eliminated, leaving us with a final three of: Will Bigham, Jason Epperson, and Adam Stein. Stick arround for a live blog to find out who the On The Lot winner is.
In the finale, we get to watch the movies that the final three liked the most from the other directors. Adam picks Zach‘s Die Hardly Working. Will chooses Hilary’s Under The Gun, the sperm bank robbery movie. Jason’s pick is Mateen’s Catch, with the undercover cop from action week.
Adam is the first person to be eliminated from the final three. So the final two comes down to Jason and Will, which was to be expected.
And the On The Lot winner is… Will Bigham. The prize is a million dollar movie deal with Dreamworks. The show concludes with Will meeting Steven Spielberg for the first time.
While it was an interesting experiment that was fun to watch, it’s unlikely we’ll be seeing any more of this show. The past two weeks, it’s dipped down to the 2 million viewer range, following fairly weak ratings throughout the summer. If it does return, though, can we get rid of Adrianna Costa?
As a followup to yesterday’s Survivor: China cast revealing, check out the video preview of the new season. Chicken looks like another Big Tom, Peih-Gee believes she will be the bitch (uh oh), and Frosti is the youngest Survivor ever.