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This Is Not a Bubble -- It's a Wave, and You're Not on It

Beverly Macy | Posted 05.28.2012

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Beverly Macy

In surfing, it's the 'tube' ride or 'cracking the barrel' that creates heroes. There's an aura around those who've mastered this skill and they say th...

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What Is Reality on Reality TV?

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.26.2012

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Marshall Fine

Indeed, all these shows had their forebears in the days of radio. But, for the sake of argument, let's leave our family-tree tracing to the early days of TV. There are really only four models for most reality shows, four shows from which all others spring.

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Catch the Debilitating, Contagious Reality Show Fever

Hulu.com | Posted 07.31.2011

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Hulu.com

Since you're probably a human being with things like responsibilities and priorities, you most likely didn't watch every reality show finale this week. Here are all of the reality show finales from this last week summed up and videoized.

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ABC Renews 'Wipeout'

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Big Balls will return. ABC is ordering a fourth season of its summer reality hit "Wipeout."...

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Talking with Wipeout Star, Jill Wagner

Jeff Rivera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Rivera

She's hot, hot, hot! Television personality Jill Wagner had no idea her career would take off like it has since her show ABC hit show, Wipeout. But...

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Tom Sparks, "Wipeout" Contestant, Dies

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — A contestant who was hospitalized after competing briefly on the game show "Wipeout" died two weeks later of a stroke apparently c...

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2008: The Summer Without A Breakout TV Hit

AdAge | John Rash | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every summer, every network hopes for a breakaway hit -- a game-changer -- like previous summer series that crossed into the regular season. Recent ex...

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Despite the Olympics, August Things I Can Do Without

Lea Lane | Posted 11.17.2011

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Lea Lane

August is more melancholy than October: farm stands with fragrant peaches and fresh corn, concerts under the stars, top-down drives, warm bay breezes, and twilight walks for Italian ices are all fading.

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