SurvivorReality TV: Who wants
Survivor
Reality TV: Who wants to be a millionaire? Sixteen people who abandoned their jobs, families and remote controls to spend 39 days on a South China Sea island — that's who. CBS'much-hyped"Survivor"doesn't have a phone-a-friend option and $200 questions about cereal aren't applicable. Instead, this"Real World"-meets-"Lord of the Flies"gamer offers up snakes, rats, cash and more personality conflicts than your average workplace.
Bands on the Run
Reality TV: If video did indeed kill the radio star, then made-for-reality TV bands have their weapons drawn for the gussied-up video stars who fill what's left of musicvideo in music television. VH1 updates"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"for a trio of scruffy rock bands, adds an element of the entrepreneur contest at the heart of"Risky Business"and then gets it all on tape for"Bands on the Run."It's"Survivor Rock'n'Roll"for these bands of dubious distinction competing for fans'dollars and VH1 fame.
Cabler slates originals
Reality TV: Psychic Edward, Gucci join WE slate — WE: Women's Entertainment has greenlit six original series, including the return of psychic John Edward and docu soaps following Gucci heir Gemma Gucci and the married life of"Last Comic Standing"alumni Kerri Louise and Tom Cotter.
E! reviving'Simple Life'
Reality TV: Cabler will pay around $700,000 per episode — E! Entertainment TV is keeping alive former Fox reality show"The Simple Life,"greenlighting 10 new episodes for late spring.