One of the most successful spin-off series in the history of television, CSI: Miami returns for a fifth series this fall. The show, reported by Reuters this year as the most watched television show in the world, returns this season with the continuation of an explosive story line that threatens to destroy full story »
With its biting humor and eccentric characters, Taxi is widely lauded as one of the top sitcoms in television history. The brainchild of James L. Brooks, whose golden touch played a role in such hits as The Andy Griffith Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and The Simpsons, Taxi continues to entertain and gather generations of full story »
The Apprentice has been a huge, multi-season hit for NBC, and was an immediate breakout hit for the network when it first aired during the 2003-2004 television season. Interestingly enough, NBC was in a major slump at the time, having just sealed the final shows on the mega hit series Friends and Frasier. full story »
Work Out, a fitness-based docu-drama featuring trainer to the stars, Jackie Warner and the opening of her new workout facility, was Bravo’s sleeper hit of the summer of 2006. Work Out gained viewers near the end of its short television run, drawing in an audience of close to one million for its finale. full story »
We’re getting near the very end of the second season of Fox’ smash hit reality competition So You Think You Can Dance. So You Think You Can Dance has proved to be a grueling 12-week competition for the dancers. The show is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions, and was created by Simon Fuller full story »
Little People Big World is as entertaining as it is educational. Airing on The Learning Channel (TLC), the show portrays the family life of the Roloffs, a family of six living on a self made farm near Portland Oregon. In many ways, the Roloffs are like other American families – their kids argue with each other, go to school and soccer practice, full story »
Wife Swap is a prime time major network reality series that airs Monday nights at 8:00 pm EST on ABC. The show debuted in 2003 and is still in production.
Each week, from across the country, two families engage a life-swap, entering into a two week challenge period when each family receives a new “wife” and “mother”. ABC takes a very active role in choosing the two families full story »
The Amazing Race is a rarity among reality shows — a recipient of three Emmys for Best Reality/Competition primetime program. Heralded as a family program that actually teaches concepts of teamwork as well as gives the best geography lesson on television, The Amazing Race has been on air with full story »
Honey, We’re Killing the Kids is a nutrition and healthy living reality show that premiered in the United States on The Learning Channel (TLC) in 2006. The show originated in the UK as a BBC healthy living series. The US installment is a one hour weekly full story »
In August of 2006, a Scottish family began to seek legal advice claiming that the reality television series, Super Nanny, had distorted the image of their family in order to gain higher ratings for the television show. Super Nanny herself, the British Jo Frost, was called in by the Docherty family to help organize their household, put the family on full story »