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A few notes on the 20th edition of “The Real World,” which launches on MTV tonight:
* Just as “Real World 10” was the second edition based in New York, “Real World 20” is the second edition based in Greater Los Angeles.
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I think I read somewhere about someone adapting Michael Apted’s British film series into an American version, but I think also maybe we’ve already got something like it in “The Real World/Road Rules Challenge.”
The “Challenge” edition kicking off tonight, “The Gauntlet III,” features a whopping 32 MTV vets, including Beth Stolarcyzk, 23 when she was tapped for “The Real World: Los Angeles” and 38 now.
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Some notes on “The Real World Sydney,” launching tonight with a casting special:
* According to this piece in the New York Daily News, this 19th edition of the series is the first to feature a Muslim cast member. So I guess this means Mohammad from season three wasn’t a Muslim.
* The Sydney season’s Muslim, the gorgeous Parisa Montazaran, doesn’t always wear a berqa and, according to the same Daily News story, is one of those Muslims who (unlike “Big Brother” alum Kaysar Ridha) likes to get hammered on occasion.
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I am – Hercules!!
Pierced, tattooed and bespectacled chain-smoker Frankie Abernathy was afraid of large watercraft, but also adorable, and perhaps the most memorable component of 2004’s “Real World: San Diego.”
She was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age three, which apparently ensures a very short lifespan.
I really liked her, and she passed away Sunday at age 25, and this makes me unusually sad.
Read Variety’s story about Frankie here.
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I am – Hercules!!
MTV, fearful of slipping ratings, has supposedly been steering away from reality programming, but only certain types of reality programming. The channel is pumping out more “Real World,” “Road Rules” and “Real World/Road Rules Challenge” than ever before. Tonight the channel adds another component to the franchise, a reunion series that pulls together the players from 2002’s “The Real World: Las Vegas” – still widely held as the most compelling of the series to date.
The official “Reunited” debut slot is 10 p.m. Wednesday, but MTV is also offering an “afternoon sneak” of the show at 4:30 p.m. (or even 1:30 p.m. if you’re on the West Coast with DirecTV).
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I am – Hercules!!
Fox bills tonight as “television’s biggest” because it airs the season finale of “American Idol,” its highest-rated series and the highest-rated series on TV.
It’s a big TV universe out there! NBC greets “television’s biggest night” by repeating its “SNL in the ‘90s” special, followed by a brand spanking new “Dateline” that, disappointingly, features no online pedophiles getting cuffed in suburban garages.
The CW strikes back by devoting its entire primetime block to “One Tree Hill” repeats. Sister network CBS has reruns of “NCIS,” “Criminal Minds” and “CSI NY.”
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