'Idol' crushes all in
'Idol' crushes all in its path
Reality TV: Latest episode nabs 30.3 million viewers — Fox's "American Idol" may not be kicking off its seventh season as big as last year, but it's decimating the competition.
Sony taps Holly Jacobs for reality
Reality TV: Former Fox TV exec to top syndication unit — Sony Pictures Television has tapped former Fox TV Studios exec Holly Jacobs to head up reality and syndication for the studio.
Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann
Reality TV: Clearly reluctant to pull a "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and dip into the "Dancing With the Stars" well too often, ABC does the next best thing by spinning off "Dance War," a transparent six-week stop-gap measure.
MTV to find new 'Blonde' star
Reality TV: New reality show will cast next Elle Woods — Call it the Grecian formula: Like "You're the One that I Want," the reality show that cast the recent Rialto revival of "Grease," Broadway tuner "Legally Blonde" is going to MTV to find its next Elle Woods.
CBC hunts for next 'Maria'
Reality TV: 'Sound of Music' reality show hits Canada — Following in the footsteps of the BBC reality series that spawned a hit London revival of “The Sound of Music,” CBC Television will scour Canada to find its own novice nun torn between the Captain and the convent in “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?”
It's Fox's 'Idol' to the rescue
Reality TV: Megahit's new season seen as key during stike — Having come to Fox's rescue on more than one occasion, "American Idol" this year faces a far tougher mission: keeping the lights on in TV land during one of the medium's darkest hours.
'Idol' down but hardly out
Reality TV: Seventh season opens with 10% ratings drop — The opening-night ratings for Fox's "American Idol" offer a good news/bad news scenario for the net's rivals: While the megahit show looks to have peaked, there's likely little the competish can do to take advantage of it any time soon.
ABC bringing back 'The Mole'
Reality TV: Reality show scheduled for summer trek — ABC has given a 10-episode order to Stone&Co. Entertainment ("Tim Gunn's Guide to Style") to revive the reality competish, which hasn't aired in four years.
'Idol' also-rans get another chance
Reality TV: Duo team on CD of former contestants — Artists' Addiction Records and Rocket Science, a sales and field marketing company, figure there's still an audience for "American Idol" finalists voted off in the early and middle rounds.
'Mission Fashion' kicks off
Reality TV: LBC launches racy reality show — From a TV studio nestled in the mountains over Beirut, soap bubbles rain down on a group of scantily clad dancers as they perform a provocative routine choreographed to "Umbrella," by R&B sensation Rihanna.