Beauty and the Geek

2005-2008
5 seasons
The CW
Reality, Drama
TV-PG

An unscripted program that pairs MENSA-worthy "geeks" with gorgeous women.

2005-2008
5 seasons
The CW
Reality, Drama
TV-PG

An unscripted program that pairs MENSA-worthy "geeks" with gorgeous women.

Ashton Kutcher's Production Company Suing California Department of Motor Vehicles

Ashton Kutcher's production company Katalyst Media is suing the California Department of Motor Vehicles for backing out of a reality TV project "abruptly and without justifiable excuse," according to The Hollywood Reporter. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Katalyst, along with production company Soda and Pop, Inc., claims that in 2010, Katalyst and the DMV negotiated to develop a half-hour series about the employees and customers of the DMV. TruTV had signed on to air the show before the DMV pulled out.

Wed, Jun 20, 2012

Ashton Kutcher's Production Company Suing California Department of Motor Vehicles

Ratings: Idol Rebounds, Kitchen Is Cooking

Tuesday's tallies:8 pm/ETIdol (23.97 million total viewers) rebounded from last week's sizable dip by gaining 2.7 mil, and actually was up four percent from last season's Top 3 performance night. NCIS (14.7 mil) added 900 thou. Beauty and the Geek wrapped up its (final?) season with a typical 1.53 mil.9 pmDWTS slipped 1.5 mil yet of course topped the hour (with 16.6 mil). Hell's Kitchen delivered an all-time best 12.4 mil. The truly penultimate episode of Shark did 10.2 mil, while renewed Reaper dropped 470K, to two mil.10 pmSVU's season-ender delivered 11.32 mil, while the Women's Murder Club series finale scored 8.45 mil, down 230 thou week-to-week.

Wed, May 14, 2008

Ratings: Idol Rebounds, Kitchen Is Cooking

Beauty and the Geek's Winners Take Home More Than Just the Money

The CW's Beauty and the Geek has every right to declare Cycle 4 winners Jasmine Moore and Dave Olsen an exemplary model of what its "social experiment" is all about: learning patience and appreciation for the disparate worlds of tanning beds and bikinis, comic books and LARPing (live-action role-playing, that is). Dave, 28, was (he confesses) a "thoughtless, tactless and careless" teammate when first paired with 22-year-old Jasmine. But by midseason, the team set aside their differences to become a cohesive and competitive force by season's end. Viewers — having been given the ability to vote for the winners for the first time in BATG history — rewarded their transformation with $250,000 in prize money. But this down-to-earth pair hasn't let the green (or that kiss in Mexico?!) go to their heads, as evidenced in their chat with TVGuide.com. TVGuide.com: Congratulations! Are you surprised th

Fri, Dec 7, 2007

Beauty and the Geek's Winners Take Home More Than Just the Money

50 Dumbest Celebs, Janice Dickinson & More!

Top 50 Dumbest Celebs in HollywoodIf someone asked you to list off the dumbest stars in Tinseltown, you probably wouldn't even know where to begin considering the massive laundry list for this year alone. Well, leave it to the New York Daily News to come out with a list of the 50 dumbest stars in the sky. Whoever said nothing good would come of posing nude, creating drunken havoc in a Walgreens or, our favorite, being a "serial sperminator"?Watch it now!Janice Dickinson's 12 Days of ChristmasGranted, this video was made to promote last season's Janice Dickinson's Modeling Agency as opposed to tonight's third-season premiere, but we couldn't resist sharing her performance of "The 12 Days of Christmas," done in that special way that only Janice could pull off. We won't take it from the top, but let's just say she was lucky enough get some lovely gifts from her true love  like, say, her three former husbands, two large breasts and a fledgling modeling agency. Victoria's Secret Fa...

Tue, Dec 4, 2007

50 Dumbest Celebs, Janice Dickinson & More!

BATG's Sparring Duo Calls Truce in Final Round

Jen Carter and William McDonald got off to a rocky start from Day 1 of Beauty and the Geek (8 pm/ET, CW). The twosome, ousted in last week's episode, made amends just days before their departure, finally learning to work together as a team and to compromise. They explained to TVGuide.com all they'd been through — including hair loss and a lot of stress — and opined on which of the two remaining teams is more deserving of the win. TVGuide.com: Wow, it's been an interesting experience for you two. I've seen all four cycles of BATG, and I don't think I've ever seen a team argue as much.Jen Carter: Yeah.... [Laughs]William McDonald: Yay for record-setters! TVGuide.com: So when did things between the two of you really go bad? It seemed like it was the superhero challenge.William: I think it was from the very first day. She foun

Tue, Nov 27, 2007

BATG's Sparring Duo Calls Truce in Final Round

Don't fret, Mike. If the ...

Question: Don't fret, Mike. If the strike goes on for a while, you can give us scoop on great programming like Beauty & the Geek, American Gladiators, The Bachelor, My Dad's Better Than Your Dad and Farmer Needs a Wife. How can you not look forward to that? Answer: Lucille, on second thought, make that two bags of X and a kilo of V.

Wed, Nov 21, 2007

Beauty and the Geek Success Story Sent Home

Few would argue that Joshua Green and Shalandra (Shay) Cham were the team that changed the most during their tenure in the Beauty and the Geek (Tuesdays at 8 pm/ET, The CW) mansion. Though often exasperated and dumbfounded by her teammate, Shay helped introduce Joshua to a world of women, working out, self-tanner (at the beach, he staunchly remained fully clothed), gift baskets and bartending. Meanwhile, Shay overcame two of her biggest fears: spiders... and math. TVGuide.com: Having earned the two lowest test scores among all the contestants on Day 1, it was really risky for you two to team up. Were you happy with that decision?Shay: I don't think Joshua wanted to at first, but I was like, "Dude, I'm going be your partner, that's it! We're underdogs!"Joshua: We thought that way we wouldn't be a threat and would last a long time, which is essentially what happened. TVGuide.

Fri, Nov 16, 2007

Beauty and the Geek Success Story Sent Home

Beauty and the Geek's Latest Twist Takes Its Toll

It's been a season of new twists and turns on Beauty and the Geek (Tuesdays at 8 pm/ET on the CW), and the game changed once again last week. First, the five remaining teams were rewarded with a spontaneous trip to Cancun, Mexico. Though the tequila was free-flowing, it wasn't all a fiesta: The two challenge-winning teams were permitted to eliminate a single team, without the standard elimination-room quiz-off. With no chance to retain their place in the game, John Gardner and Natalie Reeves were voted off the island. Though these two couldn't be more different in their real-world pursuits, they served up a united, fiercely competitive front on the show. TVGuide.com: Were you shocked that you were the ones chosen to go home? Natalie Reeves: I knew Sam would always choose John and I if we were up, and without an elimination [competition], this was the best way to get rid of us. Joh

Fri, Nov 9, 2007

Beauty and the Geek's Latest Twist Takes Its Toll

BATG's Blond Ambitions Thwarted by Brunette Nemeses

Last week's team challenge on Beauty and the Geek (8 pm/ET, CW) seemed at first like seventh heaven for the comic-loving geeks, with a trip to Comic-Con and the task of creating their own superheroes. The catch: It was the beauties who invented the superhero (complete with backstory and arch enemy); the geeks were stuck sewing their teammates' costumes. Unfortunately, Jesse Yeary and Erin Schneider — who are sporting matching platinum hair colors since Jesse's makeover — were strategically sent to the elimination room by current power couple Sam and Nicole, and lost by one question. TVGuide.com: Erin, it seemed like you were the beauty who enjoyed Comic-Con the most.Erin Schneider: At first I didn't understand comics, they kind of bored me. But then I saw that they were very creative, and I'm an artsy-craftsy person. TVGuide.com: Do you think you'll start buyin

Fri, Oct 26, 2007

BATG's Blond Ambitions Thwarted by Brunette Nemeses

Made Up But Moved Out: BATG Sends Katie and Luke Home

After losing against Sam and Nicole in the elimination room, Katie Roberson and Luke Neyer bid emotional goodbyes to their housemates. Still, the twosome left on a high note: Their final days on Beauty and the Geek (8 pm/ET on the CW) included their favorite moments — the geek makeovers and a prom. TVGuide.com got the scoop. TVGuide.com: It was said that you two were nominated because you'd become smarter and more social. Do you think that you had learned everything you could in the house?Katie Roberson:  Oh, god no, every day you learned something new. But I do think that there were people who needed to be there more than us. Luke Neyer: I'm a really fast learner, so I picked things up really quickly. That doesn't mean that I wouldn't have learned more being there longer. I just tried to make the most out of [the experience] while I was there. TVGu

Fri, Oct 19, 2007

Made Up But Moved Out: BATG Sends Katie and Luke Home

BATG's Ultimate Revenge of the Geek

When competitors deemed Rebecca Nichols' canoodling with the season's male beauty, Sam, as rude and uncomfortable and perceived her teammate Will Frank an arrogant "King Geek," the peasants of the manor on Beauty and the Geek (Tuesdays, 8 pm, the CW) planned a revolt. To everyone's surprise, Nicole, the musicology geek, played them like a fiddle. When the pair spoke with TVGuide.com, they were eager to explain themselves and apologize profusely. TVGuide.com: You were a strong team and won several challenges, but you two made a lot of enemies, too, from nominating other teams for elimination. Do you think that was ultimately what led to your downfall?Will Frank: Absolutely. Choosing people to go to the elimination room was the part of the game that was so difficult.Rebecca Nichols: You got enemies [from that] no matter what. TVGuide.com: Do you regret nominating Jesse and

Fri, Oct 12, 2007

BATG's "Old Married Couple" Are Split Up

Josh Bishop and Hollie Winnard, nicknamed the "old married couple" by the other teams on this season's Beauty and the Geek (Tuesdays at 8 pm/ET, CW), were forced to leave the mansion last Tuesday despite a near-flawless performance in the elimination room. In talking with the pair, you'd never know they now live very different lives on opposite coasts. TVGuide.com listened in as they laughed, finished each other's sentences, and discussed topics as varied as the scandalous guy-beauty/girl-beauty romance, Betty Boop and back hair. TVGuide.com: I was sad to see you two go. It was strange that the week before, Tony and Amanda were nominated for not really trying. Then they nominate you, who were taking it seriously and studying hard. Hollie Winnard: It was a shocker to everybody. Other people were forming cliques, but me and Josh were the ones who brought everyone together.Josh Bishop:

Fri, Oct 5, 2007

BATG's "Old Married Couple" Are Split Up

Beauty and the Geek's First Castoffs Focus on Life After TV

Though Beauty and the Geek (Tuesdays at 8 pm/ET, CW) is a "social experiment" and consistently fertile ground for new friendships and significant others, it is a reality competition, and that means one team has to leave each week. Season 4's first casualties, Tony Tran and Amanda Hanshaw, departed last Tuesday. The pair, both quick to defend each other, spoke to TVGuide.com about their brief stay in the mansion and life back in the real world. TVGuide.com: Were you sad to leave the show so early?Amanda Hanshaw: Yeah, I definitely had more to learn.Tony Tran: I'm kind of disappointed with the results, but relieved that I get to finish school on time. TVGuide.com: Tony, you have a considerable number of fans out there!Tony: I know, it was really surprising! I tried to bring the bowtie back, but I wasn't on the air long enough! TVGuide.com: Y

Fri, Sep 28, 2007

Beauty and the Geek's First Castoffs Focus on Life After TV

Sam Brings Shock and Awww to Beauty and the Geek

In the final moments of last week's Beauty and the Geek season premiere, the 18 newly paired hotties and nerds saw this year's biggest bombshell: an additional team of complete opposites in the competition — Sam, an L.A. club promoter, as the token male "beauty," and Nicole, a female "geek" graduate student at Tufts University. Host Mike Richards hinted to TVGuide.com that their presence in the house made this BATG season like no other. (After all, when has the show ever featured a well-groomed lad who uses several tanning creams?) We spoke to the high-maintenance himbo for more details. TVGuide.com: When you were introduced to the housemates last week, you were met with utter shock.Sam: It was not what anybody expected — I didn't even expect it. Until I walked in, I

Tue, Sep 25, 2007

Sam Brings Shock and Awww to Beauty and the Geek

Ratings: Brother's Big, But Not Bigger Than Loser

This Tuesday's ratings at a glance: A two-hour The Biggest Loser matched last week's premiere audience  7.9 million total viewers  and surged to nine mil in the 9 pm hour opposite Big Brother's finale. Beauty and the Geek scored 3.34 mil on its first-ever fall date. That's a 30-percent drop from the previous season opener. Big Brother wrapped up its season with 8.5 mil, a three percent improvement on the Season 7 closer. All told, BB8 matched 7 in average audience size.

Thu, Sep 20, 2007

Ratings: Brother's Big, But Not Bigger Than Loser

CW Gossip: New Series Eyes Kristen Bell, Hill on Hold

With the CW poised to unfurl its official fall plans any moment now, a tentative sked making rounds has new cycles of Beauty and the Geek and Top Model kicking off Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. The "comedy-thriller" ("chiller"?) Reaper will trail Geek, while O.C. creator Josh Schwartz's Gossip Girl claims the plum aprés-Tyra spot. Adding to the buzzworthy Gossip is EW.com's report that Kristen Bell (she of that little show called Veronica Mars) will serve as the never-seen narrator/blogger.UPDATE: Josh Schwartz just told Ausiello on the CW red carpet that Bell will likely be replaced should Mars live on.Contrary to previous chatter, Supernatural will stay in place as Smallville's Thursday lead-out, while a new twist has One Tree Hill being held for mid-season, at which point it would air uninterrupted (because airing uninterrupted is the new black).Once the CW coughs up its actual itinerary, we'll post it pronto to the Hottest Fall TV blog.

Thu, May 17, 2007

CW Gossip: New Series Eyes Kristen Bell, Hill on Hold

Beauty and the Geek's Nate Is No Loser

In almost every interview we've done for this season of Beauty and the Geek, when the contestants were asked who they keep in touch with from the show, Nate Dern's name was at the top of the list. The 22-year-old Harvard student and front man for the Star Wars tribute band So Long Princess connected with all of his housemates, not just his showmance partner Jennylee. And he wowed everyone with his nice-guy ways in the season finale, when he talked all his cast mates into giving the show's prize to Scooter and Megan, rather than rewarding his partner Cecille for her selfish ways. For obvious reasons, Cecille wasn't really in the mood for interviews last week, so TVGuide.com had the Stormtrooper with a heart of gold all to ourselves. TVGuide.com: Wow, Nate, we can't believe what you did in the finale. What was it like to watch yourself give up all that money?Nate Dern: Once they revealed

Thu, Feb 22, 2007

Beauty and the Geek's New Champs Share the Love

Thanks in part to the nearly universal dislike of one half of their competition, Alan "Scooter" Zackheim and Megan Hauserman were awarded $250,000 in last week's Beauty and the Geek Season 3 finale. But the Harvard grad from Montana and the Playboy model from Florida don't owe everything to Cecille, or to Nate's surprising move to convince the other teams to vote for Scooter and Megan. When they called TVGuide.com last week, the two giddily sang each other's praises, finished each other's sentences and interrupted each other (in a nice way), proving they're still a solid team who overcame their initial prejudices and became real friends. Aww. We can feel Ceci rolling her eyes from across the country. TVGuide.com: Congratulations! It must have been really hard to keep your winning a secret for this long.Megan Hauserman: It was hard, but we didn't want to tell people, because we wanted i

Wed, Feb 21, 2007

Beauty and the Geek's New Champs Share the Love

Ratings: Oh, What a (Friday) Night!

I have two words for you Panthers fans: Touchdown! (OK, it's a compound word.) Read on for Wednesday's provocative ratings recap: As Bones (12.35 million total viewers) understandably slipped 300,000 from last week's all-time high, Friday Night Lights (7.43 mil) hit a series high (save for TSMO30O, of course) to place third in the hour, yet way ahead of the Jericho clip show, in the coveted 18-49 demo. Beauty and the Geek (4.2 mil) ended its third cycle with a 200K drop (albeit a high for a season finale}. American Idol (28.54 million) was down almost a mil from last Wednesday, and Criminal Minds (15.4 mil, down 1.8 mil) returned to its pre-Super Bowl numbers. Lost's 9 pm "encore" outing, meanwhile, drew five million  on par with what the According to Jim-In Case of Emergency pairing was averaging. In its second week in the 10 pm slot, Lost (12.77 mil) lost almost another two million loyalists, and is now off more than four mil from its 9 pm numbers. (Of cour...

Thu, Feb 15, 2007

Ejected Beauty and the Geek Faves: We Wuz Robbed!

There was a collective gasp, followed by a rush to protest on the blogs last Wednesday night when Nadia Underwood and Mario Muscar were eliminated from the CW's Beauty and the Geek (Wednesdays at 8 pm/ET). Not only were the kind-hearted model and lovable comic-book fanatic universal favorites, but they also seemed to be the most well-rounded contestants on the show, and got along famously with everyone in the house. Alas, it came down to Mario's tough elimination question about what it's called when a date imitates your movements — he answered "mimicking," but host Mike Richards said it was "mirroring." We called them Thursday to find out what the difference was, and a few other things.

Wed, Feb 7, 2007

Ejected Beauty and the Geek Faves: We Wuz Robbed!

Beauty and the Geek: Drew and Erin Recall Their Reality Trek

For the first time in Beauty and the Geek Season 3's storied four-week history, the eliminated duo had zero drama with the rest of their cast mates, and even less between themselves. Rather, Drew Sawa and Erin Gipson just seemed like a couple of nice Midwestern kids trying to have a good time while they learned a thing or two. In fact, with the exception of 22-year-old Marquette University senior Drew's compulsion to quote Star Trek in every speech, and 25-year-old voice teacher Erin's belief that a pound of gold weighs more than a pound of feathers, we wouldn't want them to change a thing about themselves. The two rang TVGuide.com last week to talk about their hopes and dreams... and t

Wed, Jan 31, 2007

Beauty and the Geek: Drew and Erin Recall Their Reality Trek

Beauty and the Geek Plays Cupid! Plus: Pop-quiz Preview

It looks like Beauty and the Geek has done it again. When Nate Dern and Jennylee Berns kiss during this Wednesday's episode (8 pm/ET, on the CW), it won't be just for showmance. Though they're rivals for the $250,000 prize, the pair have actually fallen in not love or lust but "extreme, intense like." "A lot of the girls just saw our glasses and our hair. And tried to change us," says Dern. "But Jennylee really listened. She accepted my style and me." The Dern-Berns coupling is the third match made in the Beauty and the Geek mansion. The first season's odd couple Erika Ramsey and Brad Hooker dated for a few months before breaking up. And three months after Season 2 wrapped, "geek" Wes Wilson moved to L.A. to live with his "beauty" Cher Tenbush.

Tue, Jan 30, 2007

Beauty and the Geek Plays Cupid! Plus: Pop-quiz Preview

Beauty and the Geek Castoffs Blast Block-voting Blondes

After two weeks in the Beauty and the Geek mansion, former Miss Missouri USA Andrea Ciliberti and MIT grad Matt Herman knew they were being targeted by the blonde voting block. Sure enough, when Jennylee and Niels won the right to send two teams to elimination last week, they made Andrea face the platinum beauty who'd shunned her from the start: Cecile. What started all that animosity on this usually friendly competition? And was there anything Matt could do to prevent his outspoken teammate from making more enemies? TVGuide.com chatted wi

Wed, Jan 24, 2007

Beauty and the Geek Castoffs Blast Block-voting Blondes

Beauty and the Geek's First Rejects Blame... Each Other!

Normally, we don't even bother to interview the cast-offs from the first few episodes of reality shows — after just an episode or two, we don't know enough about them to care, really. Not so with the first pair eliminated from Season 3 of the CW's Beauty and the Geek (Wednesdays at 8 pm/ET), 24-year-old med student Sanjay (last name withheld) and 26-year-old model Tori Elmore. The two clashed early on, when Sanjay accused Tori of not studying enough; then she tearfully complained that he was unsupportive after she flubbed her interview with Freakonomics author Stephen Dubner. It's a good thing TVGuide.com interviewed them separately, 'cause there are two sides to this failed fairy tale. First, Sanjay's story: TVG

Wed, Jan 10, 2007

Beauty and the Geek's First Rejects Blame... Each Other!

Ratings: Sugar Bowl Is Sweet for Fox

As Fox's Wednesday-night coverage of the Sugar Bowl (averaging 14 million total viewers) scored a No. 1 ranking in each prime-time hour... King of Queens/a Two and a Half Men repeat (8.5 mil) placed No. 2 at 8, followed by According to Jim's season opener (7.28 mil) and Friday Night Lights (which, with 6.28 mil, enjoyed its best numbers since that special Monday, Oct. 20, outing, and its third-largest audience ever). Never underestimate the power of umpteen marathons! Beauty and the Geek's two-hour return averaged 4.9 million viewers, just 400K fewer than time-slot predecessor Top Model's season premiere. The debuts of ABC's Knights of Prosperity (7.18 million) and In Case of Emergency (6.29 mil) placed fourth in the 9 pm hour, but (obviously) trumped poor li'l Day Break's final numbers. At 10, trailing a CSI: NY repeat (10.41 mil), Medium (9.33 mil) was down 600,000 from its previous fresh, season-high outing.

Thu, Jan 4, 2007

Beauty and the Geek Preview: One Plus One Equals Threesomes?!

When Beauty and the Geek first debuted on the WB (remember the WB?) in 2005, many assumed it would either be a bad dating show or a cruel prank. Happily, it was neither. Exec producers Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg managed to make it a sweet, good-natured "social experiment" in which two opposite groups helped each other become more well-rounded and understand each others' worlds. Any friendships and romances were just the surprising side effect. Well, something different must have been in the air when they were filming the third go-round (premiering tonight at 8 pm/ET, on the CW), because when we caught Goldberg between his myriad projects, he told TVGuide.com that this year's beauty-geek connections shocked even him. TVGuide.com: When Be

Wed, Jan 3, 2007

Beauty and the Geek Preview: One Plus One Equals Threesomes?!

Renew News: More Kathy Griffin, Losers and Geeks

No, the title isn't redundant. Bravo has ordered a third, six-episode season of the Emmy-nominated Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, to air in 2007.... With the Season 4 finale of The Biggest Loser set for Dec. 13, NBC has gone ahead and greenlit another round of the weightloss competition.... The CW has announced a Jan. 3 Season 3 premiere for Beauty and the Geek, which, following its two-hour debut, will inherit Top Model's Wednesdays-at-8 slot.

Wed, Nov 29, 2006

CW's Fall Sked, Everwood EP Speaks

Aside from that egregious Everwood snub, CW's fall schedule is close to perfect. Monday: 7th Heaven, RunawayTuesday: Gilmore Girls, Veronica MarsWednesday: Top Model/Beauty and Geek, One Tree HillThursday: Smallville, SupernaturalFriday: WrestlingSunday: Everybody Hates Chris, All of Us, Girlfriends, The GameAlso, Reba received a last-minute 13-episode reprieve, which pretty much means Everwood is the only bubble show that didn't make the cut. Dawn Ostroff's got some explainin' to do.Speaking of Everwood, I've been trading e-mails with exec producer Rina Mimoun and she wanted to offer a "final thank you to all our fans for all their hard work and effort. I'd love to give a giant cyberhug to everyone who has been so amazing to us."The one silver lining here is that, as you know, Mimoun and her team prepared for the worst and shot an alternate series-finale ending. So at the very least, our beloved Everwood will get a fitting send-off. Little consolation, I know.Off to Madison Square ...

Thu, May 18, 2006

Beauty and the Geek Hands down,...

Beauty and the GeekHands down, this was the best episode of the season. True, it was only the fourth episode, but there was drama, there was waxing and, oh, yes, there was even a "murse." That was the word Josh conveniently made up to explain his man purse. Don't ask. Tonight the geeks were put to the toughest challenge yet: an extreme makeover... well, without the plastic surgery. It was an all-natural makeover, unless you count the chemically induced tans and hair color. But wow, what a difference a new wardrobe and haircut can make. Jennipher was so frustrated with Ankur's lack of shopping enthusiasm, she got him back with the ultimate revenge: an eyebrow wax. As a woman, I just loved every second of the guys wincing in pain at every rip of t

Fri, Feb 3, 2006

Beauty and the Geek Congratulations...

Beauty and the GeekCongratulations to Tristin and Chris for once again winning their right to stay, despite the second effort to get them kicked out. Chris is so unpopular with the beauties and the geeks, and Tristin manages to cry every 10 minutes, yet this dynamic duo is proving to be a front-runner for the $250,000 prize. Tonight's challenges had the guys show off their interior-decorating skills while the girls had to assemble a computer and burn a downloaded song onto a CD. Sound boring? Yep, it kind of was. So let's just highlight some of our winning moments. First, the guys were given a $1,500 budget to redesign a bedroom, which is just my dream come true! Oh, and Chris, it's pronounced doo-vay, not du-vette. Of course, the geeks didn't fully un

Fri, Jan 27, 2006

Dancing with the Stars It sure...

Dancing with the StarsIt sure seemed like the judges were regretting last week's score inflation — not that Drew and Stacy didn't deserve high marks, but now there's little room to mark their improvement. So in addition to handing out lower scores, Carrie Ann, Len and Bruno were downright nitpicky. I like it that way, though; how else would we know that a tango can be too Argentinean? Jerry and Anna: The football player's "go for the jugular" tactic made him look like he was concentrating too hard and not having as much fun as in the first episode, when he didn't take this whole thing so seriously. Lighten up!Giselle and Jonathan: I regret saying anything mean about Giselle last week; in her interviews she's quite likable. Her tango was ki

Sun, Jan 22, 2006

Beauty and the Geek Watch out...

Beauty and the GeekWatch out Beauties, the Geeks are quickly proving they will come out the real winners when this thing is over. With an intense karaoke competition followed by a stimulating round of political speeches, I'm not sure which moment was my favorite: Tyson busting out his Rubik's Cube on stage and actually winning the contest, or Jennipher's brainstorm that air pollution could be prevented if people stopped eating gaseous foods so they wouldn't fart anymore. Brittany sounded like she actually had a clue when it came to talking about Social Security, but it was Cher who won the game by impressing the audience with fancy words such as "Medicare" and "yield higher returns." So, as the sun set over geek town, it was time to par

Fri, Jan 20, 2006

Beauty and the Geek So Round 2...

Beauty and the GeekSo Round 2 of Ashton Kutcher's "social experiment" has finally begun, and let me tell you, what an experiment! Teaming up a beauty with a geek to compete in social and intellectual situations can only mean one thing: a solid hour of pure entertainment. So here we have a new set of eight stunning yet not so bright (as evidenced by Brittany's "I like books that have pictures") ladies matched with their total opposites, eight brainy and, shall we say, not so aesthetically pleasing, gentlemen. I'm not sure for whom I feel more sorry: Chris, whose claim to geekdom was "has kissed only one girl," or Danielle, who thought the Red Sox were a California team. Did

Fri, Jan 13, 2006

Smallville Oh no, please don't...

Smallville Oh no, please don't shoot Clark. We can't lose him. Whatever would we do without him? However would we go on? OK, I kid, but sometimes you just have to with repeats. Clark got his powers back, but not without a doozy of a prophesy: Someone close to him is gonna die — retribution for becoming SuperClark again. The WB is getting a lot of mileage out of this plot point — have you seen the promos? While we're on the subject of network promos, Living with Fran is returning. Yes, this is a guilty pleasure of mine, I admit it. Plus, I have a sneaking suspicion that Beauty and the Geek is about to come back. Maybe it's because they tell us the show's coming back every 15.4 seconds during any given commercial break. So did you catch The O.C.'s Bizarro Se

Fri, Dec 30, 2005

Beauty and Geek Reunion Surprises

In Wednesday night's Beauty and the Geek: The Aftermath reunion special, Richard Rubin received kisses from three of his beautiful costars — and his fellow runner-up, Mindi Emanuel, even slipped him a little tongue! At the very least, Ashton Kutcher's WB social experiment changed this hyperactive 21-year-old college grad's "never kissed a girl" status. Meanwhile, judging by how sorority girl Mindi (also 21) carried the team in all their elimination rounds, she must have absorbed a lot from their many geeky tasks. TVGuide.com rang them up for a thorough grilling on what they learned. TVGuide.com: You two seemed to get along the best. What was the key to working well as a team?Richard Rubin: Mindi and I had a good, solid business relationship. It was like we were a married couple for 50 years. Mindi Emanuel: I would say it was very much like that. There was a lot of patience on my part, and I'm sure there was a lot on Richard

Thu, Jul 14, 2005

Geek's Boy Scout Defends His Honor

After watching Scarlet Garcia vent her frustrations all over partner Shawn Bakken on last week's Beauty and the Geek, we were slightly scared to get them on the phone together for a post-elimination interview. Fortunately, the Dallas-based model/actress has come to terms with their loss. The assistant Boy Scout master and soon-to-be lawyer from Minnesota, however, is still beating himself up over his collapse during the camping expedition. The pair were pals once again by the time TVGuide.com caught up with them to learn how they lost their spot in the final showdown. TVGuide.com: How do you feel about the show's "beauty" and "geek" labels?Scarlet Garcia: It was interesting to find out that's where I am being placed by society. I was actually shocked at the very beginning when we were told what was going on. I never thought I'd be stereotyped as that. I never considered myself to be very smart, but I got good grades. I graduated with a business de

Wed, Jul 6, 2005

Geek Castoffs Put Up Their Dukes

Who wasn't sad to see Bill Lambing and Lauren Bergfeld booted off Beauty and the Geek last week? "Lingerie model" Lauren's running commentary was always good for laughs. And Bill, who's vice president of a Dukes of Hazzard fan club, made the most impressive transformation after his makeover. When TVGuide.com reached them on the phone, she was becoming blonder at a Beverly Hills salon, while he was fulfilling his official Dukes duties at an Atlanta Hooters restaurant. Thankfully, it seems life on Ashton Kutcher's WB show — airing tonight at 8 pm/ET — hasn't changed them a bit. TVGuide.com: You both had pretty interesting titles on the show. What are your real occupations?Lauren Bergfeld: I am definitely not a lingerie model! I did play in the Lingerie Bowl last year. I'm like 5-foot-3 — the most girl-next-door girl you'll ever see — no boobs. I do acting and hosting. I want to get into some type o

Wed, Jun 29, 2005

Dissed Beauty and Geek Fire Back!

The whole premise of Ashton Kutcher's Wednesday night "social experiment," Beauty and the Geek, was that awkward nerds would learn how to mingle with the gorgeous airheads who once shunned them. And the gorgeous ladies would, well, learn. So where did that leave a looker like Brad Hooker, the Mensa member from Mississippi who sneakily hooked up with Barbie model Erika? And is his Beauty partner Krystal Tini — who once thought North Carolina was north of South Dakota — just a shallow Philadelphia Sixers dancer? Before another duo is booted tonight (9 pm/ET on WB), TVGuide.com rang up Brad and Krystal for some Geeky gossip. TVGuide.com: What did you expect when you signed up for this?Krystal Tini: I really didn't know what it was about.Brad Hooker: My mom, my sister and my friends were determined that I was going to do it because they wanted to see me on TV. [The casting people] told me it was going

Wed, Jun 22, 2005