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Reality TV Airdate Schedule News - July 2004
UPN's 'The Player' reality dating show to premiere August 3
July 31, 2004
Move over, Fox and NBC, because UPN is making a bid to be bigger "player" in the reality television arena with the launching of its first reality dating series -- The Player.
Fox's Richard Branson-led 'The Billionaire' to premiere November 9
July 28, 2004
Fox has announced that The Billionaire: Branson's Quest For The Best, the network's new Apprentice-like series based around British billionaire Richard Branson, will premiere on Tuesday, November 9 at 8PM ET/PT with a special two-hour broadcast. After its premiere, the program will air Tuesdays at 8PM ET/PT beginning November 16.
VH1's 'The Partridge Family' reality show to premiere September 5
July 27, 2004
VH1 has announced that In Search of the Partridge Family, a reality television casting competition which will serve as a lead-in to a new VH1 The Partridge Family scripted sitcom update of the classic 1970's series, will premiere Sunday, September 5 at 9PM ET/PT.
NBC to wrap up 'Next Action Star' one week early by skipping an episode
July 24, 2004
When do you know that a reality show is really a ratings dud? When its network skips the broadcast of the next-to-last episode in an effort to hurry up and get the program off its airwaves as quickly as possible.
UPN's 'America's Next Top Model 3' to premiere on September 22 in a new 8PM timeslot
July 22, 2004
When a fledgling network has a breakout hit series one year, should it change the broadcast time of that show the next year?
Fox's 'The Next Great Champ' to now debut in September
July 21, 2004
The slugfest continues.
CBS announces 'Survivor: Vanuatu' to premiere September 16 as contestant names begin leaking
July 19, 2004
CBS has announced that Survivor: Vanuatu, the ninth edition of the long-running hit CBS reality series, will premiere on Thursday, September 16 at 8PM ET/PT.
NBC's 'Apprentice 2' to premiere September 9, Bill Rancic to guest star... and more spoiler tips roll in
July 18, 2004
Looking to get a jump on the fall television season by rolling out its schedule in the weeks immediately following the conclusion of its August Summer Olympics coverage, NBC has announced that The Apprentice 2, the sequel to its hit reality competition series starring Donald Trump, will premiere Thursday, September 9.
Fox's 'The Complex: Malibu' home renovation competition series to premiere August 30
July 16, 2004
Fox has announced that The Complex: Malibu, the network's new home renovation competition series, will debut on Monday, August 30 with a special two-hour 8-10PM ET/PT premiere. Following the two-hour special, the series will air in its regular 9PM ET/PT time period beginning Monday, September 6.
NBC's 'Who Wants To Marry My Dad? 2' finale postponed due to DNC coverage
July 16, 2004
NBC has announced that the season finale of this summer's Who Wants to Marry My Dad?, originally slated for Monday, July 26, will now air Monday, August 2 at 10PM ET/PT due to Democratic Convention coverage on July 26.
'Trading Spouses,' Fox's ripoff of ABC's upcoming 'Wife Swap,' to premiere July 20
July 15, 2004
Fox has announced that Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy, the new head of household swapping series that's made the network the target of idea theft allegations from both ABC and numerous media outlets, will premiere Tuesday, July 20 at 8PM ET/PT.
NBC accelerates 'The Contender' to November debut, matching Fox's copycat show
July 14, 2004
If you can't beat them, don't let them beat you. That appears to be NBC's new motto for dealing with the reality-TV copycats at Fox.
NBC to premiere 'Last Comic Standing 3' August 31, bumping 'Average Jane' to midseason
July 12, 2004
Another reality show is trying to follow in Survivor's footsteps and make the switch from summer replacement to year-round entertainment.
UPN's 'Amish in the City' to premiere July 28
July 8, 2004
Give Les Moonves, the head of TV networks UPN and CBS, credit -- he's learned through bitter experience that with reality TV, sometimes it's best to avoid the media limelight altogether.
'The Amazing Race 1's Drew and Kevin get their own three-part travel adventure show, premiering July 8
July 8, 2004
Kevin O'Connor and Drew Feinberg, best known from their popular fan-favorite appearance on the first season of CBS' Emmy award-winning reality series The Amazing Race, will star in their own three-part Kevin and Drew Unleashed travel adventure series on the Discovery Channel. Kevin and Drew Unleashed will premiere Thursday, July 8th, from 10-11PM on The Discovery Channel.
