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'Happy Endings' Renewed

Posted 05.11.2012

ABC has renewed "Happy Endings." The cult favorite comedy will return for a third season, consisting of 22 episodes, according to The Hollywood Report...

Antonio Sabato Jr. Fights With Fiancee On 'Wife Swap'

Posted 04.01.2012

It was a successful first season for "Celebrity Wife Swap" (Tue., 9 p.m. EST on ABC), which wrapped its inaugural run by swapping the wives of Antonio...

Guide To Christmas Marathons And Specials

TVLine | Posted 02.24.2012

This Christmas, Santa isn't just stuffing stockings, he's filling DVRs -- with more TV specials and marathons than you can shake a candy cane at! Amon...

Pastor Ted Haggard, Gary Busey To Swap Wives

Posted 11.22.2011

Welcome to reality TV at its finest. According to ColoradoSprings.com, Ted Haggard, the pastor and former president of the National Association of ...

Reality TV Is Not Reality

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Jim Taylor

Reality TV promotes the worst values and qualities in people -- and disguises them all as entertainment. Reality TV makes heroic decidedly unheroic values, characters and behavior.

Reality TV Makes People Do the Darndest Things!

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Ostroy

Reality television is a stain on our society and an insult to culture. It's dumbed-down television at its worst, lowest common-denominator.

Is Balloon Boy's Mom, Mayumi Heene, a Victim of Her Husband?

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

Disgrasian

Mayumi and Richard have separate legal representation. In other words, if the Heenes are going to go down like their little Mylar balloon for this hoax, they're not going to go down together.

Falcon Heene: Balloon Boy, Wife Swap Son (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

(Scroll down for NEW Falcon, Richard and Ryo Heene PICTURES & Multiple Videos) Falcon Heene was, says KUSA and MSNBC, reportedly the boy stuck in a...

Falcon's Aftermath: The Danger Was on the Ground

Jim Watkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Watkins

I would call in child protective services to look into the greedy, selfish, publicity-grasping response by the mother and dad to the whole thing, a response that clearly borders on being abusive.

When a Hot Air Balloon Flies on Empty

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert J. Elisberg

When we see the major news breaking in with non-stop reporting on a balloon spacecraft from a family on Wife Swap, the failures of the media become clear.

The Balloon Hoax and Emotional Abuse Awareness

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 11.17.2011

SaraKay Smullens

Richard Heene's type of abuse is a glaring example of a largely ignored aspect of violence, emotional abuse. If not addressed emotional abuse easily morphs in physical and sexual violence.

Media Blow 'Boy in Balloon' Story

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Greg Mitchell

Tragic story or hoax? The press and news agencies reported for over an hour that a boy was in the balloon, even though the only witness was a sibling who saw him climb inside.

'Wife Swap' mom accused of stabbing husband

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey mother once featured on the reality show "Wife Swap" has been accused of stabbing her husband. Jamie Czerniawski t...

Weekend Late Night Round-Up: Michelle Obama, The Queen, And Wife Swap (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 05.25.2011

The jokes about the Obamas meeting the Queen just kept on coming this week with Seth Myers, Jay Leno and Bill Maher all poking fun at the world leader...

San Francisco Man In Massive "Wife Swap" Fallout (VIDEO)

AP/YouTube | Posted 05.25.2011

(SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEOS) SAN FRANCISCO - It's safe to say Stephen Fowler probably wishes he never appeared on "Wife Swap." Fowler's stint on the ABC...

Must See Video: Huckabee Eats Squirrels, Crazy Baltimore Cop, An Awful Hillary Theme Song, & More!

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 05.25.2011

What do you get when you combine unabashed support for Hillary Clinton, a shameless rip-off of a Jackson 5 song, and some of the worst dance moves in ...

Must See Video: American Gladiators, Celibate Idol, Oprah Out Of Context, Bindi And More!

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 05.25.2011

"Wife Swap" has done a pretty good job of featuring people that bear no resemblance to the typical American family. This week's episode didn't stray ...

Reality Shows Breakout Hits For Networks During Strike Crunch

New York Times | Bill Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

The striking members of the Writers Guild of America may have hoped that television viewers, upset that their favorite dramas and comedies had gone da...

This Week's Must See Video: Robin Williams Splits His Pants, A Spoiled Beauty Queen, Overly Sexual Magician, Tyra Shames A Drunk And More!

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 05.25.2011

If you didn't catch "Wife Swap" this week, you missed a scary look into the world of beauty queens. Alicia is the 15-year-old daughter of a former pa...