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I Like to Watch: The new Worst Show on Television, "The Real World" crosses the line, and we all savor the final days of "Six Feet Under."; By Heather Havrilesky Aug 7, 2005
Casting couch: We sit in as reality TV pros pick the contestants on Fox's "The Rebel Billionaire," making sure they're angry, ill-informed, hyperbolic and have beautiful skin.; By Benjamin Wallace Nov 9, 2004
"The Real World," with beer bongs: MTV's "Fraternity Life" brings back all the boneheaded bluster and enforced insularity of campus Greeks and their semi-anarchic pack mentality.; By Heather Havrilesky Apr 17, 2003
New Jack City: From "The Bachelorette" to "documentaries" on the Bunny Ranch, America is wallowing in boobs and butts like never before. But just how nasty do we wanna be?; By Heather Havrilesky Jan 18, 2003
Tom Daschle's little MTV problem: A "Real World" star's sexual hijinks cause some grief for her brother -- a Daschle speechwriter whose colleagues are decidedly unamused.; By Jake Tapper Apr 4, 2002
Blue Glow: Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, July 10, 2001; By Joyce Millman Jul 10, 2001
Blue Glow: Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, July 3, 2001; By Joyce Millman Jul 3, 2001
"The Real World" refuses to grow up: The show that spawned reality television comes back for its 10th season, forgetting the lessons it taught everyone else.; By Andy Dehnart Jul 3, 2001
The week in dirt: "Survivor" Amber gets naked, but not paid. Plus: Classic rock is dead; Republican senators wrestle Arnold Schwarzenegger; a "Real World" cast member's unusual quest for "social healing."; Read by Amy Reiter May 9, 2001
"Survivor" stripper strapped: Amber shows some skin -- but nobody pays her to do it; Julia Roberts' head size debated by knitters. Plus: Classic rockers get the classic diss, and a "Real World" vet lands in real trouble.; By Amy Reiter May 8, 2001
Blue Glow: Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000; By Joyce Millman Nov 7, 2000
Blue Glow: Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000; By Joyce Millman Sep 12, 2000
Oh, behave!: The adults are psychotic on "Big Brother" and "The Real World," but the kids are all right on "American High."; By Joyce Millman Aug 14, 2000
"Big Brother," meet "Survivor"; "Survivor," meet "The Real World": What reality TV shows should learn from one another.; By Andy Dehnart Jul 12, 2000
Who's the real voyeur?: An adult Web site claims CBS's "Big Brother" TV program steers too close to its own online "reality show."; By Damien Cave Jun 29, 2000
Blue Glow: Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, June 13, 2000; By Joyce Millman Jun 13, 2000
Blue Glow: Salon's TV picks for Weekend, May 5-7, 2000; By Joyce Millman May 5, 2000
Men II Boyz: The new reality series "Making the Band" exposes the emasculating truth about boy bands.; By Joyce Millman Apr 3, 2000
Island fever: I was willing to spring my gay porn past on my unsuspecting family if it would get me on the TV show "Survivor." But would it?; By Dylan James Mar 13, 2000
"The Real Island": It's not what you know, but who you know -- and what they think of your hair -- that determines whether you'll survive!; By Carina Chocano Mar 13, 2000
The wacky world of television: On American game shows, you answer questions and win money. In the rest of the world, you get naked and bob for false teeth in a bucket of pig eyeballs.; By Gavin McNett Mar 13, 2000
Blue Glow: Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999; By Joyce Millman Nov 9, 1999
Hacking toward Bethlehem: Abe Ingersoll, a former punk hacker and infamous "Road Rules" cast member, reflects on his ill-fated 15 minutes.; By Jonathan Vankin Jul 21, 1999
Sid and Christopher's naked lunch: The real meaning of the Blumenthal-Hitchens flap; on-the-air job tryouts on Barbara Walters' 'The View'; By James Poniwozik Feb 9, 1999
star chamber: How to save the Russian space program and MTV's "The Real World" -- at the same time!; By David Futrelle Sep 18, 1997

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