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Buzz News Roundup, 1/26

BuzzSugar — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:34:48 -0800

NBC's Amy Poehler comedy has a likely title: Public Service. - New York Times
Anchor Bay has bought the rights to the comedy starring Ashton Kutcher, Spread, which just premiered at Sundance. - Variety
The next Real World season will be set in Cancun. - The Hollywood Reporter
It looks like the next Batman movie, a sequel to The Dark Knight, will hit theaters in 2011. - ComingSoon
Radiohead, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney have joined the lineup of performers for this year's Grammy Awards. - Billboard
A 3-D porn movie is in the works in Hong Kong. - Variety
Fox has ordered a pilot for the US remake of Absolutely Fabulous. - Zap2it

How Much Do You Know About The Real World?

BuzzSugar — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:36:32 -0800

The Real World, the show that truly gave reality TV its start, kicks off its 21st (!) season tonight in Brooklyn. Through the years, the show has spanned the globe as countless groups of strangers fight, date, and "start being real" as the cameras look on. How much do you know about this MTV institution? Take my quiz!

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TV Tonight: The Real World Turns 20

BuzzSugar — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:30:06 -0700

Think fast: Which Real World was your first? Mine was the San Francisco season, the show's third, with the consciousness-raising storylines of HIV-positive Pedro and the attention-grabbing antics of troublemaker Puck. That season got me hooked on the show, which I followed regularly for the next decade or so, watching as group after group of attractive 20-somethings moved into an immaculately decorated house together to "stop being polite and start getting real."

Tonight, the 20th edition of The Real World premieres on MTV. It's strange to think how different television has become since the series first took the air in 1992. I'm sure there were reality series before The Real World, but the show's influence is unmistakable in so many of today's shows - notably anything that puts strangers in a house together just to watch what happens.

For the longest time, there seemed to be something pure in The Real World - like the people had chosen to do the show more for the experience and less for the exposure. But recent seasons have seemed less honest and more like all the other reality shows the series spawned, with cast members seeming to have great aspirations of Hollywood fame. So it's oddly appropriate that for its 20th season, The Real World is blatantly going Hollywood. Every member of the cast aspires to work in entertainment, whether as an actor, a model, a reporter, or a singer. On the one hand, that could make the made-up drama even more annoying, since it's clear everyone wants to get noticed; on the other hand, at least they're being honest about it.

Will you be checking out this milestone season of The Real World? To watch a preview, just read more.

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The Buzz Reel: The Week's Best and Worst TV

BuzzSugar — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:10:16 -0800

Every week on BuzzSugar, I round up the week's best, funniest, strangest, and most embarrassing moments in television for your amusement. Until recently, you could only read about those highlights and lowlights in the Highlight Reel, but now, you can watch them on BuzzSugar's new weekly clip show, The Buzz Reel!

On this week's Buzz Reel, we've got tons of great clips from all of your favorite shows, including "The OC," "The Office," and "Ugly Betty," plus lots of horrifying reality TV and much, much more.

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TV Tonight: "The Real World: Denver"

BuzzSugar — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:24:31 -0800

I don't know how it happened, but I'm completely hooked on "The Real World: Denver." Not just "oh, I'll watch it if it's on" hooked; more like "better set the TiVo" hooked. For the past two weeks, the seven strangers have been in the woods, training with Outward Bound. I suppose that's the thing to do if you're in Colorado, but all that rock climbing and pooping outdoors was starting to feel a little too wholesome. Luckily, tonight's episode looks to be full of all the hot-tub nudity, drunken make-out sessions, and sexuality-switching of the "Real World"s of yore. To see a clip, read more

The Highlight Reel, 12/29: The Week's Best and Worst TV

BuzzSugar — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:46:12 -0800

Every Friday, I round up the week's best, funniest, strangest, and most embarrassing moments in television for your amusement. It was slim pickings over the holidays this week, but I still found a few priceless bits to share.

Thanks to the year-end "clipdown" episode of E!'s "The Soup" for reminding me to revisit this too-funny moment from "Dancing with the Stars," in which Joey Lawrence ... um, I'm not sure there are really words for what he does. I'll borrow from one of the judges, who called it "George Michael meets the Village People on a cruise to Brazil."
OK, I admit it: I turned on the yule log in HD for a while on Christmas Eve. Here's the thing: Logs are really ugly in high definition.

Colie, the self-described "kissing slut" on "The Real World: Denver," learns she has mono. After her doctor asks how close people in the house get (wink, nudge), Colie says: "Theoretically speaking, everyone in the house could come down with mono in a month."

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A truly bizarre incident from the Christmas episode of "Deal or No Deal": Big Bird randomly appeared and sneaked up on contestant Lamar Wilson - who is, I should emphasize, a grown man. Wilson ran away, obviously not amused, but returned to face down the yellow puppet who clearly reminded him of some really traumatic childhood experience. Nobody else - not the audience, not host Howie Mandel - seemed to think this was the slightest bit strange.
You know the John Mellencamp song "Our Country" from those ubiquitous Chevy ads that are supposed to make us proud of America by juxtaposing weird images of puppies and war? Apparently Mellencamp's label is worried the ads have overexposed the song, thus dooming his new album. I still say that's nothing compared to the sheer annoyance the inescapable ad campaign has inflicted on TV-watchers everywhere.

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What to TiVo: Friday

BuzzSugar — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:50:28 -0800

ABC is new with Supernanny, Ugly Betty, and 20/20
CBS is new with Ghost Whisperer, Medium, and NUMB3RS
FOX has repeats of House and Bones
NBC is new with Law & Order
The CW is new with Smallville and has a repeat of America's Next Top Model
Bravo has Legends of the Fall
E! has repeats of Leave it to Lamas, Wildest Dating Show Moments, and The Girls Next Door, and is new with The Soup
FX has Shallow Hal and Grandma's Boy
MTV has repeats of South Park and Real World/Road Rules Challenge
USA is new with Monk and White Collar
VH1 has Rock Docs NWA: The World's Most Dangerous Group
Late-night highlights include Ricky Gervais on The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Elizabeth Banks on The Jay Leno Show on NBC; The Pixies on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on NBC; Ted Danson, Khloe Kardashian, and Lamar Odom on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC; Rosie O'Donnell and Ian Somerhalder on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC; and Ewan McGregor and Regina Spektor on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on CBS

What to TiVo: Thursday

BuzzSugar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:50:44 -0800

ABC is new with FlashForward, Grey's Anatomy, and Private Practice
CBS is new with Survivor, CSI, and The Mentalist
FOX is new with Bones and Fringe
NBC is new with Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, and 30 Rock
The CW is new with Vampire Diaries and Supernatural
Bravo is new with Real Housewives of Atlanta and Real Housewives of Orange County
MTV is new with World's Strictest Parents and Gone Too Far
Comedy Central is new with The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report
FX is new with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The League
Lifetime is new with Project Runway
VH1 has 40 Naughtiest Celebrity Scandals
Late-night highlights include Bill Maher, Gabourey Sidibe, and Keith Urban on The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Wanda Sykes and Rachael Ray on The Jay Leno Show on NBC; Jim Carrey and Olivia Wilde on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on NBC; Florence and the Machine on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC; Denis Leary and Jena Malone on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on CBS; Ian McKellan, Paula Patton, Yoko Ono, and Sean Lennon on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC; and Matisyahu on Last Call With Carson Daly

What to TiVo: Wednesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:50:13 -0800

ABC is new with Hank, The Middle, Modern Family, Cougar Town, and Eastwick
CBS is new with The New Adventures of Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY
FOX has Game 6 of the World Series
NBC is new with Mercy and Law & Order: SVU
The CW is new with America's Next Top Model and has a repeat of The Vampire Diaries
Bravo is new with Top Chef All Stars Dinner
Comedy Central is new with South Park, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, and The Colbert Report
FX is new with Nip/Tuck
MTV is new with Real World/Road Rules Challenge
Late-night highlights include Bill Cosby on The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Joshua Jackson, Big Bird, and Slayer on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC; Jenna Bush and Laura Bush on The Jay Leno Show on NBC; Amy Poehler, Magic Johnson, and The Bravery on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on NBC; and Cameron Diaz on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC

What to TiVo: Thursday

BuzzSugar — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:50:25 -0700

ABC is new with FlashForward, Grey's Anatomy, and Private Practice
CBS is new with Survivor, CSI, and The Mentalist
FOX has Game 2 of the World Series
NBC is new with Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, and 30 Rock
The CW is new with Vampire Diaries and Supernatural
Bravo is new with Real Housewives of Atlanta
FX is new with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The League
Lifetime is new with Project Runway
Comedy Central is new with The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report
MTV is new with World's Strictest Parents
VH1 has Behind the Music: Lil Wayne
Late-night highlights include Tom Hanks and Weezer on The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Tina Fey on The Jay Leno Show on NBC; Denis Leary and The Swell Season on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on NBC; Jason Schwartzman and Rod Stewart on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC; Carrie Fisher and Sam Rockwell on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC; and Derek Luke on Last Call With Carson Daly on NBC