America's Toughest JobsReality TV:
America's Toughest Jobs
Reality TV: Producer Thom Beers has carved out a cable niche around manly men and the dangerous jobs they do, so NBC's new series, "America's Toughest Jobs," has a "best of" quality — drawing from those existing programs to create a competition as 13 contestants tackle perilous vocations that Beers knows well, including crab fishing, ice trucking and oil drilling.
U.K.'s 'Loveland' lures Fox
Reality TV: Net in talks to pick up dating show — Fox is in talks to pick up the format rights to “Loveland,'' a U.K. dating format with a virtual reality twist.
'Human Wrecking Balls' to hit G4
Reality TV: Pumphrey brothers to host nonfiction series — Cable net G4 hopes to satisfy its young male aud’s appetite for destruction this fall with the launch of the nonfiction series "Human Wrecking Balls."
ABC blasted for format memo
Reality TV: Org raises concerns over studio's directive — Fox Reality Channel prexy David Lyle has launched a scathing attack on Disney, accusing ABC Studios of encouraging its producers to rip off international formats.
'Solitary' gets third season pickup
Reality TV: Show is net's most successful original program — Fox Reality Channel has given a third-season pickup to "Solitary."
Lifetime applies 'Blush'
Reality TV: Launches companion series to 'Project' — Lifetime is putting its best face on for a potential companion series to its soon-to-be-acquired "Project Runway."
WGA pushes a new reality
Reality TV: Guild labors for improved 'Idol' — In its first major post-strike campaign, the Writers Guild of America has completed a monthlong push to organize reality shows by targeting allegedly unfair working conditions on "American Idol."
BBC invests in Clarkson's company
Reality TV: 'Top Gear' host will drive brand's global rollout — The BBC's commercial arm has taken a stake in a new venture set up by Jeremy Clarkson, the host of the pubcaster's hit motoring show "Top Gear," to help it exploit the skein around the world.
Cuatro takes Fremantle's 'Farmer'
Reality TV: Grundy to reversion format for Spain — Spanish free-to-air channel Cuatro has acquired the format to hit reality skein "The Farmer Wants A Wife" from FremantleMedia."Farmer" will be reversioned for Cuatro by FremantleMedia’s Spanish subsid Grundy Producciones.