'Big Brother' hits new
'Big Brother' hits new highs
Reality TV: Increased drama increases ratings — As the number of insults, tantrums and crying jags increased in the "Big Brother" house last week, so too did the ratings.
MTV, MySpace team on 'Love'
Reality TV: Reality show offers date with Tila Tequila — MTV is courting the MySpace demo. Net has greenlit "A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila," a reality-dating show featuring the titular star, whose MySpace profile is touted as having the most friends in the history of MySpace.
DeSanto joins reality brigade
Reality TV: Producer pacts with 44 Blue for 'Declassified' — "Transformers" producer Tom DeSanto is getting into the reality TV biz, pacting with 44 Blue Prods. to develop a military-themed docudrama dubbed "Declassified."
Promofilm catches 'Bee'
Reality TV: Company lands format rights — Promofilm has acquired format rights to “The Singing Bee” for Latin America and is preparing to produce the first versions in Argentina and Chile.
Ventriloquist wins 'Talent' contest
Reality TV: Puppet master takes trophy in NBC show — Working with puppets has certainly paid off for Terry Fator. The crowd-pleasing ventriloquist and impersonator was named the winner of NBC's "America's Got Talent" in the variety contest's second-season finale Tuesday night.
WGA points finger at 'Kid' producers
Reality TV: Guild raps conditions on CBS reality show — The Writers Guild of America has blasted the producers of "Kid Nation" over what it alleged were "deplorable" conditions for the crew on the New Mexico production — even though WGA members weren't employed on the show.
MTV orders 'The Paper'
Reality TV: Unscripted series set to debut next year — MTV will deliver "The Paper" in winter 2008. The unscripted series, which follows the lives of students who write and manage "The Circuit" newspaper at Cypress Bay High School in Weston, Fla, is set to debut in the first quarter of next year.