Reality TV News

Tonight was the last of the competitions to reach the round of 20 next week. This show started as the prior 3 did with the announcement of which teams made the cut and vote for the fifth winner by the judges. There were absolutely no surprises in this:
 
Jonathan Burkin, Sarah Lenore, Joseph Hall and the Taubl family all won and I'm sure by a wide margin. On the bubble were Michael Strelo-Smith and Sick Step. I knew Sick Step deserved the last spot and so did the judges. Piers told Michael that he

Those who read this series of recaps know that America's Got Talent has been on NBC since June. They have excellent ratings, so the thinking must be to bet that the American Public will watch anything, including shoddy acts that had no place in the finals because namby-pamby judges (let be be specific; I mean Sharon Osbourne and David Hasselhoff) put far too many acts through to these Los Angeles rounds. This competition should be over by now, but NBC is milking it until Oct. 1, its actual ending. Tonight my commentary will have a

"Addis Family"-Still reeling from the sudden loss of their live-in grandfather, the entire Addis family is in turmoil. Granddad was actually the man of this family. Dad is now struggling to fill his father-in-law's shoes and claim his role as patriarch. With four out-of-control and disrespectful children at home all day long, Mom is juggling the demands of three jobs at once - mother, homemaker and home-school teacher to her four children. This family needs a "Supernanny" intervention, but Jo also has a surprise for the family that they'll never forget. "Supernanny" airs WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER

This week on "Stockdale/Tonkovic", a wife who manages her bluegrass family band and shelters them from mass media swaps with a liberal, modern wife who allows her kids to do what they want, on "Wife Swap," WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on ABC. Each week from across the country, two families with very different values are chosen to take part in a two-week long challenge. The wives exchange husbands, children and lives (but not bedrooms) to discover just what it's like to live another woman's life. It's a mind-blowing experiment that often ends up

  

""The Greatest American Dog Is..." - The final three dogs and owners compete for the title, on the season finale of GREATEST AMERICAN DOG, Wednesday, Sept. 10 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

The Final Three teams compete in an elaborate Best In Show competition which combines some of the more challenging competitions from previous weeks.  All 12 teams reunite for the final evaluation where one dog is crowned the "Greatest American Dog."

 GREATEST AMERICAN DOG is executive produced by R.J. Cutler, Stu Schreiberg and Stephen Kroopnick for Magic