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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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