Jeff Probst
Tom Colicchio isn't the only reality show good guy: Survivor host Jeff Probst helped out a woman who had a seizure over the weekend, E! Online reports.
While talking to the press at Sunday's Academy of Magical Arts Awards ceremony in L.A., Probst caught a camerawoman who suddenly suffered a seizure. "She fell into my arms, basically," he said. "She had a seizure and she ...
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Jeff Probst
Jeff Probst might want to make more room in his Emmy cabinet.
CBS has ordered two more editions of Survivor, set to be broadcast during the 2009-2010 television season. The new cycles will extend broadcast TV's longest-running reality competition to its 19th and 20th editions.
Probst, who won the first reality-TV hosting Emmy ever, will continue his duties as emcee.
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Emily Deschanel and Marisa Coughlan, Bones
Survivor: Tocantins — The Brazilian Highlands
8 pm/ET CBS
"Crazy" Sandy managed to avoid being ousted last week since her tribemates could no longer tolerate bossy Carolina. But if the Jalapao tribe doesn't win immunity tonight, the team's resident "old lady" will likely be sent packing. A key challenge for everyone is a rain-soaked basketball-like game that turns into a physically draining adventure.
Read on for previews of ER, Grey's Anatomy, Bones and Being Erica.
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Survivor: Tocantins - The Brazilian Highlands
Survivor: Tocantins — The Brazilian Highlands, kicks off its 18th season of the hit reality competition show Thursday (CBS, 8 pm/ET) when 16 castaways, already divided into two tribes, are stranded in the harsh interior of Brazil. TVGuide.com caught up with Murtz Jaffer, editor of InsidePulse.com and host of Reality Obsessed, to get his scoop on the players to watch, why preparation doesn't guarantee success, and what gets you far in this game.
TVGuide.com: Who are your people to watch?
Murtz Jaffer: Tyson stands out right off the bat. He's a professional cyclist. He's been compared to...
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Tyler Perry
My Name Is Earl
8 pm/ET NBC
Crabman's witness-protection journey continues tonight in an episode featuring guest stars Morgan Fairchild, Joan Van Ark and Andrea Parker. The enigmatic Darnell and his family land squarely in an upscale community, courtesy of their new identities. But you can't take the trailer park out of Joy, who struggles to adjust to her new luxury lifestyle and her privileged neighbors — desperate housewives, slinky cougars and trophy wives all. Meanwhile, Darnell's beloved Mr. Turtle (slowly) comes home, so Earl sets out to return the pet to its rightful owner.
Read on for previews of Survivor: Tocantins — The Brazilian Highlands, Grey's Anatomy, NAACP Image Awards and ER.
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Survivor
It's been awhile since a show has tried to pull the "live" stunt, save for the "live" finales of reality shows (American Idol, Survivor). Do you think shows are better off being scripted and edited, or would you prefer to see more shows take a chance on a live episode? Which shows would you love to see live?
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Survivor: Tocantins - The Brazilian Highlands
A cattle rancher, a hairstylist and a former pop star will try to outwit, outplay and outlast each other and 13 others for the title of the newest Survivor.
The 18th installment of the CBS staple, Survivor: Tocantins — The Brazilian Highlands, features, as usual, an eclectic bunch, with an age range from 19 to 53. In addition to the aforementioned three, there are two ...
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Flashpoint
Leaving only ABC and the CW to show their hands, CBS unveiled its laundry list of midseason tweaks on Tuesday, and outside of naming an "official" replacement for The Ex List, there's little to raise an eyebrow at. In fact, only four days of the week — the Saturday wasteland included — are touched.
Get all the details, after the jump.
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Dr. Drew Pinsky says that when a person's reality run abruptly ends, it can leave them with a feeling of "deep abandonment."
In August 2005, a dream came true for Paula Goodspeed. Having made it to the third round of American Idol's Season 5 auditions, she stood across a table from Paula Abdul, of whom she was a longtime fan. Minutes later, Goodspeed was subject to the frank sort of criticism the Idol panel is known to dish out. (Randy Jackson, for one, summed up her skills as "terrible.") Three years later, Goodspeed would take her own life outside Abdul's Los Angeles home.
The Goodspeed tragedy has prompted many to ask anew: Do the demands of reality television make it difficult for some people to face their "moment like this," or the dark moments that can follow?
Psychological screening processes often are involved at the early stages, yet ...
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If there's one thing we've heard time and time again at in reality shows from participants, it's the sentence, "I'm not here to make friends." But what we never realized is how many times it's actually said. Put it this way, between Apprentice, Top Model, Top Chef, Survivor and every other reality competition show to date, it was said enough times to make a three minute video. Enjoy!
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