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Carlos King, who runs Kingdom Reign Entertainment, the company behind the hit Love & Marriage franchise, knows a thing or two about producing African American-focused reality television. Kingdom Reign is behind three Love & Marriage series for OWN set in Huntsville, Detroit and D.C. as well as its…

Lizzy Musi, a race car driver who starred on Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings and multiple Discovery spinoffs, died June 27 of breast cancer at her North Carolina home, her father announced on social media. She was 33. Musi was diagnosed triple-negative Stage 4 breast cancer in April 2023 and had been…

UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film…

EXCLUSIVE: Wylleen May, who has worked on American Idol since its launch over twenty years ago, has been let go by producer Fremantle. Executive in Charge of Production May has been on the show for 22 years, having stewarded it during its initial run on Fox as well as its reboot on ABC. She left…

EXCLUSIVE: Discovery Channel is pausing production on the next season of long-running series Naked and Afraid XL. The Naked and Afraid spinoff is currently airing its tenth season on the cable network but the company said that it is taking a beat before moving into production on season 11. "We have…

“If I can help save one or two people on this planet, that’s a good thing,” says Captain “Wild” Bill Wichrowski on The Deadliest Catch Season 20 preview. Wichrowski is speaking about the decision to go public with his cancer diagnosis. The Summer Bay skipper has prostate cancer, usually a very…

Reality TV may be entering a new era of legal jeopardy. New York Times reporter Julia Jacobs today cited a 2022 federal law that gives employees who have complaints of sexual assault or harassment the right to resolve disputes through the courts. That’s even if their contract calls for arbitration…

“The Golden Bachelor was probably the television event last year," ABC TV Group President Craig Erwich said in an interview with Deadline on the day of the Disney upfront presentation. The Bachelor offshoot was so successful, it spawned a highly rated special, The Golden Wedding. But just three…

The sixth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards nominations were unveiled, and MTV’s RuPaul’s Drag Race and Peacock’s The Traitors lead the pack. Both competition series coincide in the Best Competition Series and Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series categories. RuPaul and Alan Cumming will vie…

It has been more than 20 years since Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie’s The Simple Life premiered. The reality series followed the wealthy socialites as they struggled to do manual, low-paying jobs such as cleaning rooms, farm work, serving meals in fast-food restaurants, and working as camp…

Jamie Lee Curtis expressed her support for her friend Amanda de Cadenet joining the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 14. Bravo has started filming the new season of the reality series, and Curtis spilled the tea on her friend, who is reportedly joining the show as a “friend of” the…

Ahead of the Vanderpump Rules Season 11 finale on Bravo, the network dropped the emotional trailer for the reunion. In the preview, which you can watch above, Ariana Madix breaks down in tears, telling her ex, Tom Sandoval, “I just want you away from me.” During the two-minute trailer, Madix is…