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"Amazing Race"

  • Are 'Race' contestants getting younger?
  • Next version set for late 2007
  • Do Rob and Amber deserve to be on ''Amazing Race: All-Stars'? (March 2007)
  • David and Mary showered with gifts
  • How do Racers get money, plane tickets?
  • How long does entire show take to film?
  • All-Star edition; Uchenna and Joyce family plans
  • Is fall 2006 season full of complainers?
  • Where do ousted contestants stay?
  • Winter clothing for Alaska
  • Going through customs
  • Why timeslot change?
  • Airplane seats for camera operators
  • Why was family version so dull?
  • Can they bring maps?
  • Unlimited gas prize
  • Second-place prize

    "American Idol"

  • First 'Idol' not from the South (July 2007)
  • How did 'Idol' recreate Elvis? (May 2007)
  • Is Ryan Seacrest too rude? (May 2007)
  • How do 'Idol' singers choose their songs? (April 2007)
  • How much are 'Idols' paid? (April 2007)
  • Powter's 'Bad Day' replaced with Daughtry's 'Home' (March 2007)
  • What's the deal with Dial Idol? (March 2007)
  • Vets offer audition tips
  • What happened to Clay Aiken?
  • Why the bad singers?
  • Voting by time zone
  • Is there a fee to audition?
  • Who decides order of singers?
  • No record deal yet for Elliott Yamin
  • Taylor's hair color
  • Does Ace have a twin?
  • Who chooses first singles?
  • Montages in audition episodes
  • Ending clips different from performances
  • 'Bad Day' song
  • Contestant now a soap-opera star
  • What's the latest on Fantasia?
  • What's the latest on Ruben?
  • Were some Idols too old?
  • How do families afford to attend?
  • Constantine's sitcom
  • 'Idol' clothing budget
  • Update on first-season Idols
  • 'Idol' contracts

    "America's Next Top Model"

  • 2007 premiere date, audition info (Sept. 2007)
  • Should show have All-Star season? (March 2007)
  • Why don't the winners make it big?
  • Are images Photoshopped?

    "Apprentice"

  • Celebrity edition planned for 2008
  • Derek answers questions about suitcases, tasks, more
  • Lyrics to 'Rubble Man'
  • Ratings for LA season (Feb. 2007)
  • What's Troy up to?
  • How did Martha work on house arrest?

    "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?"

  • How kids can audition (June 2007)
  • Lyrics to theme song

    "Bachelor/Bachelorette"

  • Byron and Mary update (2007)
  • Why do relationships always fail?
  • Prince Lorenzo dating runner-up Sadie?
  • Song from 2006 finale
  • Travis and Sarah broke up
  • Meredith and Ian broke up
  • Bob wed soap-opera star

    "Beauty and the Geek"

  • Show to return on Jan. 2007

    "Big Brother"

  • What do contestants get paid? (Sept. 2007)
  • When will show start again? (June 2007)
  • Which All-Stars were voted in?
  • Where is the house?
  • Whose eyeball is that?
  • Real camerapeople?
  • About the sequester house
  • Did cast know about Hurricane Katrina?

    "Biggest Loser"

  • How to audition (Sept. 2007)
  • 'Biggest Loser' returning, but Caroline Rhea's been replaced
  • Do contestants have excess skin removed before finale?
  • How much time passes between time at ranch and finale?
  • What happened to Jillian?
  • How to audition? Plus: Theme song
  • Suzy and Matt got married
  • Big scale is just a prop
  • How do they lose so much weight?
  • Did anyone gain?

    "Brat Camp"

  • Where was the camp?

    "Contender"

  • Another season? (May 2007)
  • Purse for rematch?

    "Cupid"

  • Hank and Lisa today

    "Dancing with the Stars"

  • How to find songs from the show
  • Fans don't like host Samantha Harris
  • Who does choreography?
  • UK seasons
  • Weird scoring
  • Are stars paid?
  • Who picks songs?
  • Dancing to 'Lust for Life'
  • More questions on 'Dancing'

    "Deal or No Deal"

  • Apply for 'Deal or No Deal'
  • How does 'Deal or No Deal' pick contestants?

    "Don't Forget the Lyrics"

  • How to audition (Sept. 2007)

    "Extreme Makeover"

  • Show canceled, again

    		•  "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
  • Who pays the increased taxes?
  • What happens to the knickknacks?
  • Are families really surprised?
  • How do they get permits so fast?

    "Fear Factor"

  • Will show return?

    "Grease: You're The One That I Want"

  • Runners-up won't understudy lead roles (April 2007)
  • 'Grease' winners have one-year contracts (March 2007)

    "House" shows on PBS

  • Any more to audition for?
  • New shows still airing in U.K. (Sept. 2007)

    "Hell's Kitchen"

  • Are chefs paid actors?
  • What happened to winners?
  • Diners are paid
  • More profanity in second season

    "High School Reunion"

  • No DVDs, no return

    "Iron Chef"

  • Ingredients aren't secret
  • History of show, Chairman Kaga
  • Who gets extra plate?

    "Laguna Beach"

  • Has show been canceled? (August 2007)
  • Is it fake?
  • Spinoff: 'The Hills'

    "Last Comic Standing"

  • Unfair to use pros
  • Who won season 3?

    "Law Firm"

  • Moved to Bravo

    "Making the Band 3"

  • Third season, take two

    "Meerkat Manor"

  • Letting nature run her course on 'Manor' (Oct. 2007)
  • Show returns in August 2007
  • What happened to Shakespeare?

    "The Mole"

  • Old episodes to rerun starting July 2007
  • Will it return?

    "On the Lot"

  • Why did show stumble? (July 2007)

    "Outback Jack"

  • Outback Jack weds Nat
  • Outback Jack and Nat have a baby girl

    "Paradise Hotel"

  • New season planned for 2008

    "Pirate Master"

  • Who won? (Sept. 2007)
  • Cancelation and contestant suicide (August 2007)

    "Project Greenlight"

  • Will show ever return? (Sept. 2007)
  • Future of 'Feast' (updated)

    "Project Runway"

  • Fourth season scheduled for late 2007
  • Music from final runway show
  • How long to film entire show?
  • Laura has daughter, five sons
  • How much time do designers have?
  • Clothes auctioned off online
  • Four collections at Fashion Week?
  • Heidi Klum disses Jay McCarroll
  • Season one DVD

    "Real World"

  • You can rent former home of Vegas cast, with only minor changes
  • 'Real World' must face decline
  • Beth S. responds to her critics
  • Danny assault update
  • Hurricanes affect 'Real World'
  • 'Gauntlet' theme song
  • 'Real World' alum on soap opera

    "Restaurant"

  • What happened to Rocco's restaurant?

    "Road Rules"

  • Will 'Road Rules' return?
  • Full cast lists from all seasons

    "Rock Star"

  • Show not returning in 2007
  • Did they memorize all INXS songs?
  • History of mansion
  • Lukas Rossi wins Supernova season

    "So You Think You Can Dance"

  • Host, prize money, Canadians not included, more
  • Claire didn't return due to pregnancy (August 2007)

    "Starting Over"

  • Show canceled in 2006
  • Rhonda never told of cancellation
  • 'Starting Over' alum's arrest

    • "Survivor"

  • How come Survivors aren't starving these days?(Sept. 2007)
  • Did 'Survivor' break its own rules?(Sept. 2007)
  • 'Survivor's casts getting less real each year(Sept. 2007)
  • How to audition (Sept. 2007)
  • How to audition (Sept. 2007)
  • Frosti only 20, yet allowed on show (Sept. 2007)
  • How come they're no longer starving? (Sept. 2007)
  • Casts getting less real (Sept. 2007)
  • Jeff on 'Survivor' really does tally the votes
  • What happened to luxury items?
  • What is Yul doing with his winnings?
  • Final vote tally for Cook Islands season
  • Hygiene items, medicine
  • Jury members go to Loser Island
  • Can jury discuss show?
  • Probst dating Julie from Vanuatu season
  • Probst's tribal-council knowledge
  • Why are Survivors so dumb?
  • Shane's magic number
  • How far is it to tribal council?
  • What happened to the gong?
  • Second-place prize
  • Why no cold-weather locations?
  • UPDATE: Possibility of a cold-weather location raised again? (April 2007)
  • Skulls were only props
  • How immunity idol works

    "Swan"

  • Unlikely to ever return
  • Entire series out on DVD

    "Temptation Island"

  • Unlikely to ever return
  • Still no word on show's return (Sept. 2007)

    "Top Chef"

  • Second season coming, with changes

    "Treasure Hunters"

  • Copying 'Amazing Race'?
  • 'DaVinci Code' connection

    "What Not to Wear"

  • Do subjects really throw away all their clothes?
  • Can Canadians apply?

    "Work Out"

  • Did Doug's death cut season short? (August 2007)
  • 'Work Out' returns with sad news

    Questions about more than one show

  • How do I sell my great reality-show idea?
  • How to audition for shows (FULLY UPDATED: Feb. 2007)
  • Reality shows our readers would like to see (April 2007)
  • Where do contestants go once they're kicked off?
  • Which shows pay best?
  • Reality show honors, dishonors for 2006
  • Readers give honors, dishonors for 2006
  • Disabled contestants
  • Can non-Americans audition for reality shows?
  • Celebs get paid for shows
  • Best and worst hosts
  • Who can afford to go on shows?
  • What is incentive to return for reunions, jury?
  • When shows don't air
  • Favorite reality TV Web sites
  • Protecting a show's secrets
  • 'Under the radar' players
  • 'Survivor,' 'Amazing Race' DVDs

    Other shows

  • Best question ever
  • 'Airline' theme song
  • 'American Casino' death
  • Simon Cowell's 'American Inventor'
  • 'Anna Nicole Show' unlikely to rerun, but is on DVD
  • 'Beauty and the Geek' role reversal
  • Will 'Being Bobby Brown' return?
  • Who was 'Big Fat Obnoxious Boss'?
  • 'Blow-Out 3'
  • Who narrates 'Bridezillas'?
  • 'Cash Cab''
  • What happened to 'Eco-Challenge'?
  • What happened to 'The Family'?
  • 'Family Plots' canceled
  • 'Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive' canceled
  • 'Flavor of Love' contestants going to 'Charm School'
  • 'Girls Next Door' theme song?
  • 'Great American Dream Vote' canceled
  • 'How to Get the Guy' canceled
  • 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here'
  • 'Ivana Young Man'
  • Kathy Griffin's show: Did divorce end it?
  • John Ratzenberger's 'Made in America'
  • Invention show, 'Made in U.S.A.'
  • No more 'Moms on the Road' (Feb. 2007)
  • 'Monster House' gone, host moves on
  • Sad ending of 'Murder in Small Town X'
  • What happened to bride on 'My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance'?
  • Bridal processional on 'My Fair Brady'
  • What happened to 'National Bingo Night'? (August 2007)
  • What happened to 'The One'?
  • How to apply for 'Pimp My Ride'
  • 'Playing It Straight' ending
  • 'Queer Eye' canceled
  • 'Real Housewives'
  • What's up with 'Search for the Pearl'?
  • Simon's Vegas-act search
  • 'Survival of the Richest'
  • Will 'Surreal Life' return?
  • 'Texas Ranch House' saddles up
  • What is 'Tuckerville'?
  • Who won Fiji house on 'Under One Roof'?
  • What happened to 'The Will'?
  • What happened to Tim on 'Wing Nuts'?
    • updated 4:30 p.m. ET Oct. 21, 2005

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