These days it can be hard to keep people’s attention for two minutes, no less two decades. That’s part of what makes the CBS series The Amazing Race so, well, amazing. The people behind the Emmy’s agree, giving the show a pair of nominations in the reality and host categories (Phil Keoghan) at Thursday morning’s…

Reality shows can be addictive, even if some are not particularly healthy to be watching. Take ‘Big Brother’, … please, as the old joke goes. It’s an interesting study of how strangers behave when confined together for days, weeks and even months at a time. All for the lure of $500,000. Sounds tempting, right? Except…

There are many different things to get dangerously hooked on in life, and hoarding is certainly one of them, especially in America with its relative wealth. The A&E show Hoarders points out at the beginning of each program that 3 million people have the addiction. It also defines hoarding is “a mental disorder marked by…

Perhaps it was the economy. Perhaps the backers, like the well  known Bobby Flay and Curtis Stone, didn’t back it enough. Or maybe three restaurant openings across the country at the same time were too much. Whatever the reason, America’s Next Great Restaurant “Soul Daddy” shuttered its doors after just two months. The NBC series…

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