By Drew Grant 10/26/12 11:38am

Reality TV

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New TV Show Casting for the Sexually Sluggish

Some people are willing to do anything to get on television: admit they are drug addicts, hoarders or horrible mothers/wives/girlfriends who drink almost as much Chardonnay as they throw in their co-stars’ faces. And you know what? God bless them. If not for Go-Go juice and the future of diabetes paraded around for America to laugh and love and inwardly hate themselves for allowing this spectacle to go on, how else would we get our entertainment?

But you have to wonder where the line is for some of these desperate reality show types, who, after all, can only hope to become famous for being not-famous (i.e. for playing “themselves,” not-famous people, on television, where they will become famous and have to keep up the façade that they are still leading a normal life even if they were on Jimmy Kimmel the night before, since otherwise the whole illusion would be shattered and they would have to go back to being actually not famous, as opposed to constructed “reality” of non-famousness).

Which is all a long way of saying: how desperate do you have to be to go on a casting call whose main requirement is being too tired and/or busy to have sex? Read More

By Drew Grant 7/24/12 2:40pm

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Sex House: Finally, a ‘Reality’ Series We Can All Enjoy (Video)

If you have not seen The Onion’s latest spoof on Real World/Road Rules/Jersey Shore/any reality show that involves strangers being forced to fight under barbaric conditions (lack of food, overabundance of alcohol, constant camera crews, etc.), then you need to immediately go watch Sex House. Now in its second episode, Sex House plays with the reality TV convention before ramping it up to 11.

And then it gets dark. Real dark. Read More

By Elise Knutsen 2/17/12 1:46pm

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Broker Pimps Chelsea Loft With Skeezy Photo Shoot

In the increasingly shameless game of New York city real estate, Michael Meier takes the cake for most grotesque publicity stunt to date. As part of his “Selling Higher with Michael Meier” video series—who needs reality T.V. when you have YouTube?—the broker decides to use a time old advertising technique to sell a Chelsea Loft: hot, nearly naked people! Read More

By Drew Grant 2/07/12 4:17pm

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The sausage fest of 'Comic Book Men' (AMC)

Kevin Smith on Lack of Women on AMC Comic Book Show: ‘That’s Reality’

Today over a long lunch at Caroline’s, actor/director/oversized advocate Kevin Smith discussed his new AMC reality show, Comic Book Men. The series, which focuses on Mr. Smith’s own New Jersey comic shop Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash (as well as the kooky individuals who both work at and patronize the store), has been given a prime spot on the channel: directly after the zombie drama The Walking Dead.

After various mentions of how high he was, Mr. Smith took questions from the audience. The Observer enjoys a good comic book now and then, so we just had one question about the “reality” show…where were the female comic geeks? Read More

By Christopher Rosen 6/01/10 10:35pm

When Good Taste Takes a Vacation

Summer and reality television … they go together like picnic blankets and ants. On deck for this summer is a second season of Jersey Shore, more Real Housewives of Atlanta and even Wipeout, which basically revolves around couples running through the obstacle course from hell. Or, you know, just watch Japanese television. In honor of Read More

By Molly Fischer 3/30/10 5:33pm

Project Runway Yields Legitimate Businessman

Season four winner Christian Siriano made the Crain’s list of “40 Under 40″ rising New York stars.

Crain’s says that the secret to his success is that he “quickly diversified” in the wake of the economic collapse, collaborating with the likes of LG Electronics, Victoria’s Secret, and Payless.

Siriano also credits his youth. Read More