Tag: REALITY TV

In the corporate pond of celebrity product endorsements, there are guppies, and there are belugas. After having already reeled in Ashton Kutcher, location based social networking site Foursquare may have just harpooned the Moby Dick of contemporary celebrities: DJ Pauly D, of 'Jersey Shore' fame. The Pauly partnership will test a new Foursquare feature known as 'Celebrity Mode,' which lets ...

Forget those boot camps for Internet addicts in China. In America, we work out our problems on television. That's why MTV is searching for Internet addicts to star in a new installment of its 'True Life' series. According to urlesque, the episode will be titled 'I Can't Disconnect.' If you've never watched the documentary series, each episode focuses on a different topic, from the absurd ("I'm a ...

Sure, the United States has reality-television talent competitions. It's all old hat material though -- some cute little girl with a seriously big voice or some guy who can bend his body at weird angles. Now, India on the other hand. That country knows how to really come up with some inventive stuff for television. A group of contestants on the show 'India's Got Talent' have recreated an entire ...

Twitter is going Hollywood. Well, kind of. Although, contrary to rumors, no official Twitter TV show will make its way to the airwaves anytime soon, Twitter has indeed signed a deal with Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, known for such shows as 'Politically Incorrect,' 'Just Shoot Me' and 'The Steve Harvey.' Per that agreement, the microblogging service will be featured in an as-yet-unnamed ...

In case the hefty airtime devoted to 'American Idol' each week isn't enough for you, a new iPhone app might do the trick, according to Reuters. The folks at FreemantleMedia, the production company behind 'American Idol,' are offering extra content to the show's fans, and have chosen the iPhone as their delivery system. The mobile application, which costs $1.99 and is currently available at the ...

Don't ever let anybody tell you playing video games all day won't get you anywhere... at least not if you live in Japan. Game Center CX is popular Japanese reality TV show staring Shinya Arino, who, clad in a light blue workman's suit, plays through classic, and mind bogglingly difficult video games. Arino has played everything from well know titles like 'Super Mario Bros.' and 'Galaga' to ...