Viewers’ fascination with celebrities’ excesses probably all began with the ’80s TV show, “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.” But, that showcase for excess was positively bland when compared to its more recent fictionalized version, “Desperate Housewives.” That, in turn, has been trounced by its “reality TV” progeny, like “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”
Last Jan. 29, we made it a point to catch two new shows on TV5, because their formats were rather unique, and even idiosyncratic. First, at 10 a.m., we watched “Alabang Housewives.” Initially, we thought it was a local version of the “Real Housewives of…” reality shows that have become so popular in the States.
ON US TV, “reality” shows rule. Producers like them because they’re relatively inexpensive to produce, and viewers dote on them because they share glimpses of how people, especially celebrities, live, behave and misbehave, so their appeal to “electronic Peeping Toms” is acute.
“Survivor: One World” should have probably just been called “Survivor: Kim’s World.”
Ten performing acts battled for the P2-million cash prize in the Season 3 finale of the reality-talent show “Pilipinas Got Talent” (PGT) last night at the Pagcor Grand Theater Airport Casino Filipino in Parañaque City. The results show will be held tonight in the same venue. PGT is based on the “Got Talent” franchise, a [...]
Front Royal, Virginia — The husband of “Real Housewives of D.C.” cast member Michaele Salahi reported to police that he believed his wife had been abducted, but investigators said Wednesday she assured them she was with a friend and “where she wanted to be.” Sheriff Daniel T. McEathron said his office was working with the [...]
LOS ANGELES — “Survivor” producer Mark Burnett has found yet another way to toy with gung-ho contestants in his new ABC series, “Expedition Impossible,” which sends 13 three-person teams on a trek across daunting Moroccan terrain. Burnett contends he’s doing the folks a favor. “I have an obligation to the contestants to give them a [...]
