Subject: Reality Shows

• So Long to the Real World's Frankie

  June 11, 2007

• Hard Arrowhead Knocks

  June 15, 2007

• Royals Promotional Ideas

  June 24, 2008

• Royals Promotional Ideas

  June 24, 2008

• David Cook in This Week's Rolling Stone

  June 25, 2008

• Idol Play

  April 2, 2009

• David Cook's "Happy Xmas" -- minus "(War Is Over)"

  American Idol winner and Blue Springs native David Cook sang the John Lennon classic "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" at Rockefeller Center early this month. It was a gorgeous rendition -- except for one thing:Fans of the Christmas classic might have noticed something kind of important missing. As Roger Catlin, a vigilant TV writer for the Hartford Courant, noted: The most shocking thing about "Christmas in Rockefeller Center," an event that's usually benign holiday fun, wasn't the amount of people in

  December 23, 2008

• Cook. Judge. Save some lives. Just another day for Tom Colicchio.

  In addition to co-founding Gramercy Tavern and the Craft empire in Vegas and New York and being the head judge on Top Chef, Tom Colicchio can now add lifesaving bad-ass to his resume.Saving anybody's life is quite an accomplishment but Colicchio saved a James Beard-award-winning author Joan Nathan (of Jewish Cooking in America fame) -- and in front of a star-studded audience including Bob Woodward and Rachel Maddow. (Last Rachel Maddow mention of the week. I promise.)A blogger was also in the au

  January 20, 2009

• Best Way to Beat the Weeknight Doldrums

  October 18, 2001

• Best Missouri Version of Frontier House

  October 17, 2002

• Brides of Destruction

  April 1, 2004

• Ashlee Simpson

  August 26, 2004

• Trend-Spotting

  December 30, 2004

• Ryan Cabrera

  March 17, 2005

• Kelly Clarkson

  March 31, 2005

• Flickerstick

  April 7, 2005

• The Church of Rip-Off

  March 22, 2007

• Irv Da Phenom

  American Idol Reject
  (Triple Threat Society)

  April 9, 2009

• Idol Time

  January 8, 2009

• Laugh it Up

  May 1, 2008

• Everybody Wins

  February 14, 2008

• Daring Young Men

  August 30, 2007

• New Levels of Foolery

  September 6, 2007

• Nerd Alert

  August 2, 2007

• Royal Flush

  February 15, 2007

• Wanna Be On Top?

  Former Kansas Citian Shandi Sullivan puts a spin on life after reality-TV stardom.

  February 8, 2007

• Kelly Clarkson

  July 20, 2006

• The Hometown Heroes

  Where are they now?

  April 27, 2006

• Land of the Real People

  Where does reality TV get those hayseeds? Here.

  April 27, 2006

• What About Bob?

  Funnyman Bob Saget returns to America's radar.

  October 20, 2005

• Reality Rights

  September 29, 2005

• Zeke

  September 29, 2005

• Big Brother

  Saturday, September 24, at the Record Bar.

  September 22, 2005

• Reality Bites

  Can Jermaine Jamison keep the wolves from the door in Prairie Village?

  July 28, 2005

• Pete Bones and Ebon

  Saturday, April 2, at Kabal.

  March 31, 2005

• Nashville Star Tour

  Saturday, July 31, at the Beaumont Club.

  July 29, 2004

• Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken

  Thursday, April 15, at Kemper Arena.

  April 15, 2004

• Harris Is Burning

  Sam Harris brings an eponymous performance to the Folly Theater.

  March 11, 2004

• Straight to Video

  Who will be the city's next tax break survivor?

  January 29, 2004

• Hurl Power

  KC's celebrity chicks make us sick.

  January 22, 2004

• Get Up, Stand Up

  Comics trade laughs for college funds.

  November 13, 2003

• Red, White and Boom

  Wednesday, July 9, at Verizon Amphitheater.

  July 3, 2003

• That '60s Show

  Oliver Beene goes against fake millionaires and phony idols.

  March 6, 2003

• Lone Star

  One Kansas City contestant earns her shot at Nashville fame.

  January 2, 2003

• After-School Special

  UMKC students put their real world up on the Web.

  March 28, 2002

• New Yakkers

  Edward Burns' Sidewalks does more talking than walking.

  November 29, 2001

• Jon Reep

  July 16, 2009

• Sorry Charles, Padma's in charge

  Variety broke the news yesterday that Padma Lakshmi, model and host of the cooking reality show Top Chef, is on the way to starring in her own sit com. She apparently has signed a development deal with NBC for a half-hour show, in which she stars as "a woman working in the culinary world." The working title is thought to be Single Serving (According to Padma is rumored to be a close second option). You know the name Padma Lakshmi for one of three reasons. You're a rabid fan of Top Chef, which ea

  July 21, 2009

• Breakfast Buffet: Tuesday, August 4

  The Top Ten Cheap Tacos list is put to the test via a comprehensive video, photo and written review of El Camino Real in Kansas City, Kansas. [Kansas City With a Russian Accent]A peek inside Waxy O'Shea's, a newly opened Irish pub in Shawnee. [Irish KC]A winner is crowned on The Next Food Network Star (spoilers after the link, if reality television can be spoiled) in the fifth season of the search for on-air food talent. [Entertainment Weekly]Is it science or just your imagination that Coca-Col

  August 4, 2009

• Rocking the Magazine Aisle

  American Idol alum Brooke White is currently on tour, promoting her new CD, High Hopes & Heartbreak. She's playing the Bottleneck on September 29, as part of a tour with Michael Johns, another Idol contestant. Angela Kohler​ Now, I'm sure both artists' performances will be heavy on vocal acrobatics, and your $18 is pretty much paying for karaoke. However, if you'd like to save money and meet yourself a reality show star in the flesh, White and Johns are appearing at the Lee's Summit Borde

  September 16, 2009