Big BrotherReality TV: Ten
Big Brother
Reality TV: Ten strangers, three months and one network that has taken the reality TV craze one step too far. CBS'much hyped Euro import"Big Brother"debuted Wednesday night with all of the style and drama of a Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol commercial.
Survivor: The Australian Outback (Survivor II)
Reality TV: Die-hard fans might miss Richard, Rudy and the queen of tapioca, but there are plenty of greedy and paranoid players on the prowl for $1 million in"Survivor: The Australian Outback."CBS shrewdly scheduled its money train right after the Super Bowl, and the show that earned the year's most lucrative timeslot is sure to ignite hype and water cooler chatter once more. It should — it's the original and still the best.
NBC predicts a future for'Psychic'
Reality TV: Peacock picks up reality skein from Court TV — Repeats of Court TV's"Psychic Detectives"are in NBC's primetime future. Peacock has picked up eight half-hour episodes of the unscripted franchise and will begin broadcasting the segs next week. NBC plans to edit two episodes together into hourlong segs and to air them.