• Michigan company tired of misdialing 'Dancing With The Stars' callers

  June 29, 2005
  Misguided telephone voters for John O'Hurley's dancing skills on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" have rung up $500 in charges for an oil field company.

• Former '60 Minutes' contributor Shana Alexander dead at 79

  June 24, 2005
  Shana Alexander, who gained fame as the liberal voice on the "Point/Counterpoint" segment on CBS' "60 Minutes" in the 1970s, has died. She was 79.
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  NBC reveals the identities of its 'I Want To Be A Hilton' contestants

  June 18, 2005
  NBC has announced the identities of the fourteen people who will be competing on its new upcoming I Want To Be A Hilton reality series.
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  'Simple Life' star Paris Hilton plans to "retire" in two years

  June 13, 2005
  Paris Hilton has announced she's giving two more years to being a television celebrity before becoming a mother.

• NBC nudges July 21's 'I Want to Be a Hilton' premiere to 9PM

  June 2, 2005
  NBC has announced that it has changed its previously announced summer programming lineup, tweaking the premiere schedule for six of its upcoming reality series, including I Want to Be a Hilton.
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  Bunim/Murray's 'Starting Over' wins 2004/05 'Special Class Series' Daytime Emmy

  May 18, 2005
  For the first time, a reality series has won a 'Best Series' Daytime Emmy Award. This Daytime Emmy also happens to be the first Emmy ever won by the widely acknowledged creators of the modern reality TV genre, Bunim/Murray Productions.

• Jilted wife wants compensation for "alienation of affection"

  May 12, 2005
  A North Carolina woman wants compensation and is suing the woman she claims broke up her marriage under an old alienation of affection law.
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  Gregg Carey becomes the fifteenth contestant to exit 'Survivor: Palau'

  May 6, 2005
  Falling victim to a desperation alliance comprised of three castaways who felt they had nothing left to lose by chancing a tie vote that would result in a random draw elimination, Gregg Carey was voted out of Survivor: Palau during Thursday night's CBS broadcast, making Gregg the fifteenth castaway to exit the competition

• HBO's 'Six Feet Under' to move to Monday nights

  May 5, 2005
  "Six Feet Under" will move from Sunday nights to Mondays when it returns for its fifth and final season, HBO announced Thursday.

• NBC to air six summer reality series, including shows featuring Tommy Lee and Paris Hilton's mother Kathy

  May 1, 2005
  NBC has announced plans to air six reality series as part of its Summer 2005 programming schedule. Staggering their debuts throughout the summer, the network will launch the shows in three waves, starting with I Want To Be A Hilton and Average Joe 4: The Joes Strike Back in late June, followed by The Law Firm and Meet Mister Mom in late July/early August, and concluding with the mid-August premieres of Tommy Lee Goes To College and the second season of The Biggest Loser, its Fall 2005 surprise hit.

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