Burnett deal spurs reality auditions - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety

Friday, December 26th, 2008

Burnett deal spurs reality auditions - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety By DANIEL FRANKEL Mark Burnett has signed a multiyear agreement with Studio One Media to use the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company's new MyStudio service to audition reality show contestants. Operating self-contained kiosks in high-traffic areas like shopping malls, MyStudio lets ...

Survivor.com Goes To The Survivor Finale

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

It was at the CBS studio in Los Angeles this season, which is about a half hour from where I live, so I attended. I brought an assistant to run the video camera for me on the red carpet. We arrived early. The guard made sure we were on the ...

Exclusive: Jeff Probst creates new show for CBS | EW.com

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Exclusive: Jeff Probst creates new show for CBS | TV Biz | Hollywood Insider | EW.com by Dalton Ross Survivor’s Jeff Probst has created — and will host — a new reality pilot for CBS, EW.com has learned exclusively. The show, Live Like You’re Dying, will feature a person who has ...

On Reality TV, Even ‘Survivor’ Looks Mortal - NYTimes.com

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

On Reality TV, Even ‘Survivor’ Looks Mortal - NYTimes.com [caption id="attachment_1519" align="alignleft" width="191" caption="Trends of Reality TV Shows"][/caption]HUNCHED over a carved wooden coffee table in his office, studying drawings of a river relay race that “Survivor” contestants will soon endure, Mark Burnett sounds every bit the acclaimed television producer he is. He ...

Jeff Probst: The Survivalist - National Geographic Adventure Magazine

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Survivor: Gabon, Jeff Probst - National Geographic Adventure Magazine by Andrew Burmon Filming Survivor in Gabon brought charging elephants, leopards in the catering tent, and the potential for new tourism to the central African nation. A cloud of malarial mosquitoes is never kind. Jeff Probst knows this, having spent the better part ...

reality blurred + Pirate Master won best theme song Emmy

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

reality blurred + Pirate Master won best theme song Emmy Pirate Master, the CBS series that aired part of its season on TV last summer before being cancelled and concluding its run online, actually won a posthumous Emmy at Saturday night’s Creative Arts Emmy ceremony. Mark Burnett’s pirate ship competition seriesListen to ...

Rock Band Reality TV Show Revealed, Helmed by Survivor Creator Burnett - Shacknews

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Rock Band Reality TV Show Revealed, Helmed by Survivor Creator Burnett - Shacknews by Chris Faylor MTV is planning to create a reality television show based off the hit music-centric video game Rock Band, according to a Craigslist casting call found by Variety. Led by Mark Burnett, creator of reality shows Survivor ...

reality blurred + Ace Gordon: “We are here to win. Sometimes I think we forget that”

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

reality blurred + Ace Gordon: "We are here to win. Sometimes I think we forget that" Ace Gordon may already be the most-recognizable Survivor Gabon cast member, thanks to the airtime the bald, English-accented 27-year-old photographer is getting in promos for the new season. In those, he talks about his ...