Today marked the final day of cleanup of the World Trade Center, and once again we were subjected to 24-hour coverage of reruns of the crashing planes, the fireballs, the falling towers, the choking dust storms generated by cascading debris. Speech after political speech. Endless statistics of the numbers of missing people and unattributed body [...]
First, there was Survivor. Then came Big Brother, the Mole, and the Amazing Race. The reality TV phenomenon continued with Fear Factor, Murder in Small Town X, and Temptation Island. In what is becoming a saturated genre, do we really need the Anna Nicole Smith Show?
A weekly half-hour show, debuting sometime this summer, will chronicle [...]
I’ve only applied to be on three television shows in my life — Jeopardy, Survivor, and The Amazing Race — so it’s no wonder that with Survivor IV and Amazing Race II aired and the winners paid, I find that my Wednesdays and Thursdays now have a void that needs to be filled.
My potential race partner in the Amazing Race just picked up my half of everything needed for the application. It’s been a long journey in the making and I’m glad it’s over.
The castaways had no intention of leaving the heavily trafficked island, all thanks to the drug-smuggling Howells.
Gilligan’s Island. A three-hour tour? Are we sure about that? What were they really doing out there?
