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British TV exports defy recession
Shows such as Strictly Come Dancing, Supernanny and Wife Swap help export sales climb 25% to nearly A 1bn Dancing with the Stars: Kelly Osbourne and partner on the US show.
Ralph and Karen Guastaferro Hate Video | Wife Swap Couple Admit Money Laundering
Wife Swap certainly knows how to choose its couples. Ralph and Karen Guastaferro appeared on the show with their daughter Alicia in January 2008.
Balloon Boy Family Floats in to New York
Their first appearance on national TV was on ABC's "Wife Swap" so it's fitting that their final interview before next month's sentencing for the balloon hoax, could end up on ABC.
NY 'Wife Swap' couple plead guilty in federal case
A New York couple whose lavish lifestyle was featured on an episode of the ABC reality show "Wife Swap" have pleaded guilty to federal charges in Buffalo of hiding money from the government.
Children on reality shows: Good idea?
I'm not a fan of children on reality shows. Programs like "Wife Swap" and "Supernanny" make me cringe at the way young children are portrayed, while TLC's soon-to-depart "Jon and Kate Plus 8" makes childhood look like aA full-time job withA the addition of a production crew and paparazzi following you everywhere.
Colorado parents plead guilty in balloon boy saga
Richard Heene appeared before a Larimer County District Court judge first, pleading guilty to a felony count of falsely influencing the sheriff who led the rescue effort during the 50-mile balloon chase that captivated a global television audience Oct.
Balloon Boy Parents Plead Guilty
Richard and Mayumi Heene appear in district court in Fort Collins, Colo., on Friday, Nov.
DENVER - The attorney for the Colorado father who reported his son floated away in a helium balloon says his client and the boy's mother will both plead guilty to charges in the case.
Channel 4 axes Wife Swap and How Clean is Your House?
Channel 4 head seeks 'the next generation of ground-breaking shows' as Wife Swap and How Clean is Your House? dropped Channel 4 is axing long-running popular factual shows Wife Swap and How Clean is Your House? as part of the ongoing "creative renewal" of its programming lineup following the cancellation of Big Brother.
Balloon Boy" hoax dad Richard Heene - who, as a publicity stunt, pretended his son was floating across Colorado in a runaway balloon - was roundly condemned for exploiting his family.
Reality TV: How the moster came to dominate the tube
Bradford, father Richard, mother Mayumi, Falcon and Ryo Heene pose in this undated photo for the ABC series Wife Swap at their home in Fort Collins, Colo.
Column: Reality TV exposes parents exploiting kids
Opinionline Archives Reality TV exposes parents exploiting kids Commentary By Aimee Phan These days, Americans are quite familiar with the newest breed of disgraced celebrities: reality TV parents.
Balloon Boy hoax: Losing - Reality'
The "Balloon Boy" hoax spellbound the entire country Oct. 15. Everyone empathized with the situation of the supposedly floating child or the supposedly distraught parents.
On ballooning and weenie-wagging in these troubled economic times...
Is there supposed to be a connection here? 1) Frank Rich, New York Times , " In Defense of the 'Balloon Boy' Dad " : There's also some poignancy in his determination to grab what he and many others see as among the last accessible scraps of the American dream.
Is ABC's 'Wife Swap' filming in Sebring?
This house in Orange Blossom Estates may be the home of a family being filmed for an episode of ABC TV's Wife Swap reality program.
Just like the saga of embattled reality show couple Jon and Kate Gosselin and their brood of eight, we have yet another example of dubious parenting involving the case of "Balloon Boy." Last Thursday, the story of 6-year-old Falcon Heene grabbed headlines across the nation when it was thought an experimental helium balloon was launched accidentally ...
No decision on charges in Colorado balloon case
Prosecutors said Tuesday they haven't decided whether to file charges against the Colorado parents accused of falsely reporting their son was in a runaway balloon, sparking a massive rescue attempt before the boy was found at the family's Fort Collins home.
With the desire for fame, millions of Americans seek out the spotlight
Four decades after Andy Warhol predicted a future of everyone being famous for 15 minutes, some are feeling cheated.What, only 15 minutes?Tom DeLay, who left Congress under a cloud of scandal, tried to stretch a return to the spotlight into an entire TV season.
The Heene family - Richard, Mayumi, Ryan, Falcon and Bradford - appear in a photo from 'Wife Swap' AP Six-year-old Falcon Heene sits in the box of his family's pickup truck outside their family's home in Fort Collins, Colo., after he was found hiding in a box in a space above the garage on Thursday, Oct.
Bozell Column: Losing 'Reality'
The "Balloon Boy" hoax spellbound the entire country on October 15. Everyone empathized with the situation of the supposedly floating child or the supposedly distraught parents.
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