Reality TV

Did Honey Boo Boo get a raise?

TLC is rumored to have increased the reality show cast's earnings by up to $13,000 an episode

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012 3:34 PM UTC
Life Honey Boo Boo, TLC, Entertainment

Simon Cowell and Will.i.am want to find the next tech entrepreneur

TV's harshest judge and the Black Eyed Peas rapper are creating an "X Factor" spinoff to find the next tech leader

Prachi Gupta Monday, Oct 1, 2012 12:10 PM UTC
Technology simon cowell, entrepreneur

Honey Boo Boo has a message for all of humanity

The TLC reality TV star tells it like it is VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Thursday, Sep 27, 2012 4:43 PM UTC
Entertainment toddlers and tiaras

Three TV rumors we hope aren’t true

Nicki Minaj getting her own show, Thomas Edison as a crime-fighter and layoffs as reality TV

Prachi Gupta Wednesday, Sep 26, 2012 9:52 PM UTC
Entertainment Celebrity, Reality TV

Fox’s populist dance spectacle

The reality show "So You Think You Can Dance" offers a fascinating blend of high and low culture

Sarah Blackwood, LA Review of Books Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012 6:08 PM UTC
Life LA Review of Books, Television

“X Factor”: Britney’s back!

The "X Factor" premiere established Britney Spears as coherent and bitchy. Her comeback is off to a great start

Willa Paskin Thursday, Sep 13, 2012 1:15 PM UTC
Entertainment Reality TV, TV, Television

Conjoined twin TV

Does TLC's new series "Abby & Brittany," about conjoined twins, keep from turning its subjects into a freak show?

Willa Paskin Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012 12:00 PM UTC 18
Entertainment Television, TV, Reality TV, TLC

Don’t judge Honey Boo Boo

The derision aimed at Honey Boo Boo's mother says more about class than it does about parenting

Willa Paskin Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 2:08 PM UTC 33
Entertainment Honey Boo Boo, TV, Television

War, just another reality show

On "Stars Earn Stripes," NBC's jingoistic embarrassment, Gen. Wesley Clark dreams of a platoon of boy-band castoffs

Willa Paskin Tuesday, Aug 14, 2012 4:10 PM UTC 10
Entertainment TV, Reality TV, Television

“Honey Boo Boo”: Lovable racist dysfunction

Six-year-old "Honey Boo Boo" mimics "sassy black women," speaks in slang and loses pageants on TV's oddest new show

Willa Paskin Thursday, Aug 9, 2012 1:59 PM UTC 81
Entertainment Reality TV, TV, Television

Dumb tweet of the day

On the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death, an audacious comparison

Salon Staff Monday, Aug 6, 2012 10:02 PM UTC 23
Life Dumb tweet of the day

Welcome back, “House of Style”

MTV's seminal fashion series has been MIA for a decade, but now it's back on the Internet. Let the nostalgia begin

Willa Paskin Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012 4:15 PM UTC
Entertainment TV, Reality TV

Mariah Carey: “American Idol” plays the fame game

"American Idol" snags the '90s diva as a judge for the new season. Paging Celine Dion -- someone has a job for you

Willa Paskin Tuesday, Jul 24, 2012 2:45 PM UTC
Entertainment Reality TV, TV, American Idol

Tripp Palin’s gay slur

Where did Bristol Palin's 3-year-old pick up a homophobic insult? (Updated)

Mary Elizabeth Williams Monday, Jul 23, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 123
Entertainment Bristol Palin, Reality TV, LGBT

Sleep with the hot one!

Another "Bachelorette" seems to choose the safe guy over the sexy one, as if you can glean values on a reality show

Willa Paskin Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 4:30 PM UTC
Entertainment TV, Reality TV, The Bachelor

Here comes the reality breastfeeding show

A forthcoming show on extreme attachment parenting will be sensitive, nuanced and build awareness. Right?

Mary Elizabeth Williams Monday, Jul 9, 2012 3:53 PM UTC
Entertainment Reality TV, Motherhood

“Push Girls”: Cocktails, guys, wheelchairs

The women of "Push Girls" may be differently abled, but their inane brunch chatter is very much the same

Willa Paskin Monday, Jun 4, 2012 9:00 PM UTC 10
Entertainment TV, Reality TV

Jon Hamm is right about Kim Kardashian

The Mad Man rails against idiocy and reality TV -- can we get an amen?

Mary Elizabeth Williams Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012 8:05 PM UTC 115
Entertainment Kim Kardashian, Jon Hamm

Why shouldn’t the Duggars grieve a miscarriage?

As the family loses child No. 20, the Internet rises up and casts wrathful judgment

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Dec 9, 2011 9:12 PM UTC 153
Entertainment The Duggar Family, Reality TV

Is reality TV good for girls?

A Girl Scouts study confuses "American Idol" with "Real Housewives," but still yields shocking results

Mary Elizabeth Williams Wednesday, Dec 7, 2011 5:00 PM UTC 26
Entertainment Reality TV, Jersey Shore

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