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# Reality TV

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Big Fat Gypsy Wedding ads "offensive", says UK watchdog
Two out of four Channel 4 poster ads were slammed by Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority, which described them as “offensive and irresponsible”.
Is The Valleys the worst reality show ever?
Yes, probably.
"Go at 'em like dogs" - Celebrity Bainisteoir gets fierce*
*In more ways than one.
VIDEO: Reality star Paddy Doherty overwhelmed by Croke Park visit
“On my babies life, you’d think you’re in church,” said the Celebrity Big Brother star at GAA HQ.
VIDEO: Conjoined twins get their own reality TV show
Because that’s where we’re at right now.
RTÉ looking for participants for another wedding reality show
Are wedding-themed programmes the new interiors/cooking phenomenon for TV?
Poll: Do reality TV shows set a bad example for home drinking?
Have your say in today’s poll…
Students focus on side of drink culture 'neglected by reality TV'
DrinkAware.ie says its competition looks at the aspects of home drinking which are glossed over on shows like the Geordie Shore and Tallafornia.
Column: Tallafornia isn't real - but it is normalising bad behaviour
“Four men and three women were plucked from the desperate masses and replanted in a Tallaght semi, cultivated on Grey Goose and a terrifying amount of eggs, and kept at a near tropical temperature so as to render clothes completely unfeasible.”
And the winner of Celebrity Come Dine With Me is...
The first ever series of Celebrity Come Dine With Me Ireland was broadcast this week – and the winner has just been announced…
Watch: This may be the worst first kiss you’ve ever seen in your life
One couple in a new reality tv show chose to wait until their wedding day for their first kiss – with somewhat unfortunate results.
The Apprentice is NOT being cancelled, says TV3
TV3 said that a newspaper report saying the show was being cancelled was “untrue and misleading”.
China plans to limit 'overly entertaining' reality TV shows
Programmes dealing with marital troubles and matchmaking, talent shows, game shows, variety shows, talk shows and reality programming have been singled out.
Beavis & Butthead are making a comeback
On October 27, MTV in the US will air the first new episode of the cult phenomenon since 1997.
Who’s the daddy? Oh I am – 70 times over
What would you say if your fiancé told you he had 70 or so biological children in the world? Watch this man break the news on new reality show.
WATCH: How did the Irish guy do in The Glee Project?
Damian McGinty was among the last entrants left in the contest to win a role in the next series of Glee. So how’d he do?
Every hour of TV shortens your life by 22 minutes - study
That’s the word from the University of Queensland. Just think how much life you’ve lost to all those Friends re-runs…
Rubberbandits vs Jersey Shore: There can only be one winner
MTV channel is following the terrible twosome from Limerick in four-part web series as they take on New York… and yes, the Jersey Shore.
News Justin: Australia is hit by 'Baby Bieber' fever
Young Australia’s Got Talent contestant Jack Vidgen being tipped as the next pop sensation after
Teen Mom inspires new rash of US baby names
Pregnant teenage reality TV stars and their offspring make ‘trending’ list for 2010 – but Elvis has left the building.
Britain's Got Talent 'new Susan Boyle' accused of copying act
Edward Reid’s nursery rhymes medley likened to act of comedy duo – but he says he was inspired by “a pair of twins with autism”.
Channel 5 "confirms Big Brother to return"
Formal announcement expected to come in next day or two – with suggestions that Charlie Sheen might be approached for celebrity version in August.
Piers Morgan overtakes Alan Sugar in Twitter followers
Brit TV stars argue over who is more popular on social networking site.
Snooki wowws Letterman with 10 reasons to buy her book
Jersey Shore reality figure offers free, er, “grind” at nightclub with anyone who can show her receipt from bookstore.
West Wing creator accuses Palin of making a "snuff film"
Aaron Sorkin calls Palin “deranged” and a “witless bully” for reality TV show segment in which she shoots a deer.
Ten athletes who appeared in reality TV
Reality bites as these 10 sports personalities swap the locker room for the green room.
Is Palin's on-again-off-again son-in-law running for her old job?
Levi Johnston – the sometime fiancé of Sarah Palin’s daughter – might be running for Mayor of Wasilla.