'Hell's Kitchen' fires up
'Hell's Kitchen' fires up finale
Reality TV: Reality show ends summer run on top — Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" ended its third season in a blaze of glory Monday night, dominating its hour and posting the unscripted skein's best numbers of summer.
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.
NBC's 'Talent' tops Tuesday
Reality TV: Finale brings in 13.9 million viewers — On Tuesday, NBC's "America's Got Talent" wrapped its second season with nice gains over its first season-ender, dominating its timeslot and finishing its run up over last year.
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."
MTV's 'Punk'd' goes into syndication
Reality TV: Kutcher's reality show to air reruns in fall 2008 — "Punk'd," the MTV reality show that uses hidden cameras to play pranks on celebrities, is going into TV syndication as a rerun half-hour in fall 2008.
Housing woes affect reality shows
Reality TV: Cable's real estate series redraw blueprints — As the housing market shifts, so does cable's cottage industry of real estate shows.
Lifetime boosts reality team with hire
Reality TV: Varo to handle development for network — Lifetime is expanding its reality team, hiring CBS exec Sandy Varo to a top post.