Toyota enters ring with

Toyota enters ring with 'Gladiators'
Reality TV: Automaker to promote vehicles on NBC show — It may be called "American Gladiators," but Japanese automaker Toyota has beat the competish and will promote its vehicles in NBC's revamp of the show.

Uncensored 'Hotel' to run late-night
Reality TV: FRC will air TV-MA cut of MyNet broadcast — MyNetworkTV and its Fox Reality Channel sibling have scheduled the previously announced "Paradise Hotel 2" relationship series to premiere Feb. 4, but with a new wrinkle: At 1 a.m., Fox Reality will show the TV-MA version of the hour that runs on MyNet at 9 p.m.

'Loser' finale scores for NBC
Reality TV: Reality show a ratings winner — The two-hour conclusion of weight-loss reality series "The Biggest Loser" was a ratings winner for NBC on Tuesday, lifting the net to first place on the night among young adults for a third straight week.

Lifetime ramps up reality fare
Reality TV: Femme network gears up production on shows — Lifetime is ramping up its reality output, greenlighting a U.S. version of BBC hit "The Week the Women Went," with more nonscripted fare on the way.

'Top Model' shuffles judges
Reality TV: Paulina Porizkova joins show's panel — CW's "America's Next Top Model" is playing musical supermodels, replacing one icon with another as the show preps its 10th edition.

Contractors push 'Extreme' to its limits
Reality TV: Homes are constructed at a breakneck pace — As executive producer of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," Denise Cramsey knows how quickly a house can be built. So when it comes to getting an improvement project done at her own place, things seem to move in slow motion.

Reality's dysfunctional democracy
Reality TV: Call-in shows lead to questionable winners — Winston Churchill once called democracy "the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."

TV Guide makes 'News'
Reality TV: Network picks station pair for reality series — TV Guide Network has chosen a pair of linked TV stations in Savannah, Ga., as the next 13-episode focus of its "Making News" reality series.

BermanBraun pacts for reality block
Reality TV: Production unit nabs deal with NBC — Former webheads Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun are once again flexing their network muscle.

Pennington renovates career, homes
Reality TV: 'Home Edition' host honed skills on 'Spaces' — Even as a kid, Ty Pennington had an eye for design.

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