This week brought major news in the world of Reality TV. With several news show about to begin, information is slowly being leaked and casts are being revealed. It was such a huge week in reality tv that I’m going to do one big review about so let’s begin:

It’s Time to Renew: Two major reality shows got renewed for more seasons this week. Survivor will be airing at least two more seasons after Micronesia and yes Jeff is returning. This is great news for all those who have been waiting to turn 21 to apply and gives me high hopes it will continue far into it’s 20s for seasons. A more shocking renewal was the Celebrity Apprentice. It seems like NBC likes the new celebrity format so it is returning for at least one more season and it will air next January. Mark Burnett says that the celebrities on the show have raised over a million dollars so far, so that could be one of the reasons NBC chose to pick it back up.

No News is BAD News: Two new seasons of shows that generally air in the summer will be put on for a special Winter edition this year and those are Big Brother 9 and Paradise Hotel 2. Both have kept their format and cast very secret only leaving commercials to tease about would COULD happen. All the Big Brother fanatics watched Julie Chen walk onto the Late Show stage Tuesday night but nothing came of it. Julie revealed NOTHING about the seasons but rather gave us a history lesson of the shows past. Paradise Hotel has been less secretive as it’s initial cast has been released only in pictures. It’s also being reported that one of the players committed suicide after the show completed but his scenes will still air.

Survivor Adds More Twists and two more Rombers: Jeff Probst in his pre-show interviews revealed a little to much about the season it seems. Micronesia will once again feature an exile island but this time two people will go to it each round. One player from each tribe will visit the desolate island together and will have to fight in order to find the single hidden idol in the game. If that weren’t news enough, Jeff let it slip that not one but TWO relationships formed over the course of the 39 days. Is it just me or were they trying to top Romber and the preview All Star season? It will be interesting to see WHO forms these bonds. My guess is its on the fans tribe but you never know.

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I’ve finally realized why the Celebrity Apprentice isn’t as good as I’d hoped it would be. Last night made it clear to me, even though I was suspecting so, that the Celebs aren’t really living in a “loft” like past seasons. If you listen carefully to when the guys return to “help” Gene and Stephen, you will hear Tito say that they went back to the HOTEL and couldn’t sleep. Um what? Yes they are celebrities but the show is missing tons of footage! I WANT to see them outside the boardroom… outside the “game mode”. If you watch other shows like Top Chef for instance, most of the drama and “good tv” happens IN THE HOUSE. Basically what the Celebrity Apprentice is missing are those pivotal moments outside the game that make the show interesting. I’m tired of watching them “work”, put them in a house, turn on the cameras and I’m sure the show would be ten times better.

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