Bravo's 'Launch My Line' misses runway
Bravo's newest "Project Runway" replacement Fashion design competition series "Launch My Line" couldn't retain much of its enormous "Top Chef" lead-in. With "Chef" drawing a hearty 3 million viewers, 11 p.m.'s "Line" series premiere attracted only 800,000. Sure, we're going from primetime into late night here, but a 73% drop is pretty harsh.

Not Ready to Launch
Bravo's already-better-than-Project Runway knockoff Launch My Line brought in a measly 800,000 viewers last night, which is a phenomenal fall from its Top Chef lead-in. Not acceptable. How can we change this? It's not like Tim Gunn has a...

Michael V., Project Runway Philippines Receive Runner Up Honors at the 14th Asian Television Awards
Although the Philippines did not win any trophy at the recently concluded 14th Asian Television Awards, it managed to bring home two runner up honors courtesy of GMA-7 and SBN-21. Project Runway Philippines , which is being shown on SBN 21, received runner up honors (Highly Commended) in the Best Adaptation of an Existing Format category. The local franchise of the popular reality program is co-produced by Solar Entertainment, ETC and Unitel Productions. The trophy went to Amazing Race Asia...

The City : Subhuman Resources [Recaps]
Due to an unfortunate run in with an Elle magazine intern we were unable to watch The City last night. However there is one intrepid reporter who can not be kept down, and she was there to fill us in. She's Not the Bad Guy: Erin Kaplan Clears Her Name by Betsey Morgenstern PRWeek.com Have you heard of Elle magazine? Well, of course you have since it's been a knockout on the newstands for years as well as the main prize for winners of America's Next Top Model and Project Runway (before the...

Who Was Your Favorite Top Chef Contestant of 2009?: PHOTO
Over the past year we've been lucky enough to experience two seasons

Reality Check: Padma Lakshmi Doesn't Mind Gaining Weight: PHOTO
Gaining Weight isn't something many of us would be psyched about, but when it comes to being pregnant, it's common to put on between 11 and 40 pounds to grow a healthy baby. Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi, 39, is not only accepting the Weight Gain, but embracing the extra poundage, by posing nude on the cover of Page Six Magazine . The former model says, "I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way . . . When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are...

Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (December 04, 2009)
More reader avatars! Your chance to meet some of your favorite soap stars! Your chance to have a say in the final Power Rankings! Plus Cheyenne Jackson looks adorable in a Christmas sweater!

Most Evil Reality Show Villains on TV Right Now
When it comes to Reality show stars, we remember the ones we love to hate. Johnny Fairplay or Puck, Santino or Joan Rivers (what, you didn't want Annie Duke to win 'Celebrity Apprentice' ?) ... viewers want to get their blood boiling. Here are some of the scoundrels (and circumstances) currently gritting teeth on your TV grid. 'Survivor: Samoa' Villain: Russell H. What Makes Him Evil: Welcome to Apocalypse Aiga, where Colonel Hantz has taken over. That would be Russell Hantz, a wealthy Texas...

TV Ratings: Friday November 27, 2009: PHOTO
Source: MediaWeek , Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM CBS Ghost Whisperer (R) 5.63 1.3/4 FOX Ice Age Two: The Meltdown (Movie) 4.34 1.3/4 NBC The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Movie) 4.79 1.2/4 ABC Supernanny 3.48 0.9/3 CW Smallville (R) 1.58 0.6/2 9PM FOX Ice Age Two: The Meltdown (Movie) 5.17 1.5/5 CBS Medium (R) 5.11 1.2/4 NBC The 40-Year-Old Virgin 3.95 1.3/4 ABC Ugly Betty 3.39 0.9/3 CW America’s Next Top Model (R) 840,000 0.4/5 10PM ABC 20/20 6.25 1.7/5 CBS Numb3rs (R)...

TV Ratings: Wednesday December 2, 2009: PHOTO
Source: MediaWeek , Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM CBS Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (R) 10.12 3.5/10 NBC Christmas in Rockefeller Center 8.70 1.8/5 FOX So You Think You Can Dance 6.45 2.3/7 ABC Modern Family (R) 5.97 1.7/5 CW Gossip Girl (R) 1.05 0.4/1 8:30PM ABC The Middle 6.4 2.0/6 9PM FOX Glee 8.05 3.6/9 NBC Law & Order: SVU (R) 7.87 1.8/5 CBS Grammy Nomination Concert 7.44 2.7/7 ABC Modern Family (R) 6.67 2.3/6 CW The Vampire Diaries (R) 1.12 0.5/1 9:30PM ABC...

'Launch My Line' - Reality TV's Latest Fashion Smackdown Begins Tonight: PHOTO
Leave it to Bravo, the original home of

Local 'Runway' alum lights up this weekend's THREAD show: PHOTO
In an otherwise forgettable, inconsistent season of the Bravo-turned-Lifetime hit Reality TV show, “Project Runway,” San Diego’s Gordana Gehlhausen was a breath of fresh air. Gordana Gehlhausen, a 45-year-old designer who owns a San Diego boutique, appeared on Lifetime's "Project Runway." (Photo courtesy of Lifetime) More often than not, the 45-year-old owner of the downtown boutique Goga turned out perfectly constructed, wearable, stunning garments; and more...

POLL: What's Your Take on Jersey Shore?: PHOTO
Following the season finales of The Hills and The City, MTV premiered its latest lifestyle Reality show Thursday, introducing the world to the stars of Jersey Shore.

Reality TV Stars
TV Week, God bless them, this week did a huge story on where Reality stars are now, see my previous blog posts on Long forgotten Reality shows

Rat Cooking Lands Celeb Reality TV Show in Hot Water
Contestants on 'I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here' are charged with Animal Cruelty after activists lodged a complaint about a segment in which stars cooked a rat to eat. SYDNEY -- Two stars of the "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here" television show have been charged with Animal Cruelty after allegedly killing and cooking a rat to eat during filming. Chef Gino D'Acampo, who won the viewer-feedback contest series, and actor Stuart Manning were charged after animal welfare activists...

Audrina Patridge and Kristin Cavallari: Audy and Kris…..A 'lesbian' act for show?
What with the heady festivities and wild revelry on in full swing, to ring in the season finale of the widely watched 'The Hills' at a plush night club in Shark City (read: NYC), two glam ladies it appears might have gone a trifle overboard! You will have seen the glam twins Audrina Patridge and Kristin Cavallari, run a whole gamut of emotions together, over the numerous episodes of the popular prime time Reality show 'The Hills'. But this was something you would never have imagined the...

Ryan Seacrest | What's Happening: PHOTO
American Idol 's Michael Sarver is back with the release of his debut single "You Are"...check it the world premiere below! LISTEN | Michael Sarver - "You Are" (Lyrics below) The season 8 finalist recently signed his first record deal with Dream Records/Universal Music Group and will release his first country album with them in the Spring of 2010. Michael is currently on tour with former American Idol stars Gina Glocksen , David Hernandez and Alexis Grace on the "American Stars in Concert" tour...

Ryan Vieth and Simon Barney Have Facebook Drama On Tonight's “Real Housewives of Orange County”
They’re ba-ack. After taking a week off along with Top Chef , The Real Housewives of Orange County are returning tonight to give us more Tuscan architecture porn. On tonight’s episode, Vicki has a “Southern California” barbecue (because no one else in the country has cook-outs in the summer, apparently) to hook her daughter Brianna up with a son of one of her Insurance colleagues and to make Tamra cry. Actually, the latter is probably producer-inflicted pain. See, Vicki...

Top Chef's Jen: "I Was Thrown" by Tom Colicchio's Comment
It was down to the final four in Part 1 of the Top Chef finale, and a salty goat cheese dish for the farm-fresh challenge stood in the way of cheftestant Jennifer Carroll's dream to win it all. So did the 33-year-old Philadelphia native agree with the judges' critiques? Find out why she was "disappointed" by what was said about her duck and why she didn't agree with a comment made by Tom Colicchio . Plus, see why she found the experience to be so emotional. Top Chef 's Eli on emotional exit: I...

Sourpuss Finally Packs Her Knives And Goes On Top Chef: PHOTO
I always knew Jen Carroll was not going to make it to the final three on this season’s Top Chef , Eric Ripert mentor-ship and all. She started cracking under the pressure in the middle of the season and always looked like she was about to burst into flames after being picked second. Like all tests, whether or not you win is not just a measure of how good you are at the task, but how good you are at competing . And Jen just lost her mojo and was never able to quite get it back. She actually...

Top Chef's Eli on Emotional Exit: I Was "Tired, Beat-Up and Exhausted"
In the last challenge before the Top Chef finale, Eli Kirshtein's lack of precision and inedible lamb resulted in his elimination following the mini-Bocuse d'Or competition. TVGuide.com caught up with the 25-year-old cheftestant to find out why he became so emotional after being cut, what we didn't see in the kitchen and what he thinks of Robin now that time has passed. Top Chef 's Robin: I felt "victimized" by the other Chefs TVGuide.com: Why do you think you became so emotional after being...

Pregnant Padma Lakshmi Poses Nude For Magazine Cover: PHOTO
A few months ago, Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi confessed to a news venue that she prefers being nude over clothed: "... When you put clothes on," Pakshmi said, "You immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw and you can't hide." Thirty-nine-year-old Lakshmi, who's six months pregnant, is clearly not hiding as she graces the cover of Page Six Magazine in the flesh, and nothing more...except jewels. Padma...

Top Chef S06E13: Please Pack Your New Haircut And Go (To Napa Valley!): VIDEO
Top Chef S06E13: Please Pack Your New Haircut And Go (To Napa Valley!) The final four Chefs have had a few weeks to recuperate from the stressful rush of the first 12 weeks (or however many days they actually take to film this show, four?) before coming back to compete in the final two episodes, and you know that that means! HAIRCUT TIME! Everyone has got a new look. Kevin, who managed to keep his bald spot pretty hidden for most of the season has shined that puppy up! You can see that thing...

'Top Chef: Las Vegas': The brothers Voltaggio sweep Napa, and duck confit gets a contestant sent home
Never thought that duck confit would get someone sent home, but in the end, Jennifer's last-minute switcheroo got her tossed right before the finals. She couldn't muster her old "I make boys cry" bravado, and apparently time away and a new perm weren't enough to fuel her A-game. It's an all-guys finale. Having said that, the judges' decision -- and how they arrived at it -- seemed a bit murky for me. Jennifer's mistake was kind of a big one. She wanted to grill...

Top Chef Napa Valley: Season 6 Finale Part I
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