Reality Shows

Bret Michaels at Hard Rock Live February 18

Miami Marlins May Get Their Own Reality TV Show on Showtime

​Given the amount of, shall we say, "strong personalities" that have so far been signed by the Miami Marlins for next season, we almost have to wonder if Jeffrey Loria has been assembling the cast of a guilty pleasure reality TV show or a playoff-caliber team. Turns out he might have been doing bo ... More >>

Judas Priest's Epitaph Farewell Tour at Klipsch Amphitheater December 1

​Given the amount of, shall we say, "strong personalities" that have so far been signed by the Miami Marlins for next season, we almost have to wonder if Jeffrey Loria has been assembling the cast of a guilty pleasure reality TV show or a playoff-caliber team. Turns out he might have been doing bo ... More >>

Top Chef Texas Recap: Motherf**king Snakes and a Quinceañera

Photo by Virginia Sherwood/BravoUnfortunately, Padma wasn't the quinceañera.​The dust of more than a dozen would-be cheftestants hauling it back to where they came from has finally cleared, and now it's time to really start the new season of Top Chef: Texas. The show promises to move around the s ... More >>

Top Chef: Texas Contestant Molly Brandt Talks About Working on a Ship

​Courtesy of Molly BrandtMolly Brandt, executive chef at 150 Central Park, dishes about Top Chef.​Top Chef: Texas premiered last week with a gigantic cast of cheftestants, including two chefs with local ties, Lindsay Autry, executive chef at Michelle Bernstein's restaurant at the Omphoy Palm Bea ... More >>

Tyra-nnosaurus Wrecks

​Courtesy of Molly BrandtMolly Brandt, executive chef at 150 Central Park, dishes about Top Chef.​Top Chef: Texas premiered last week with a gigantic cast of cheftestants, including two chefs with local ties, Lindsay Autry, executive chef at Michelle Bernstein's restaurant at the Omphoy Palm Bea ... More >>

Skinnygirl's Bethenny Frankel Invited: When You Lose the $120 Million, C'mon to Miami!

Bethenny Frankel is being sued by former agent​At this year's South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Bethenny Frankel, the loud-mouthed token "single girl" on Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York attempted to prepare stuffed peppers, but the standing-room-only crowd of women wanted stories ... More >>

Steve Berke: Comedian for Miami Beach mayor

Bethenny Frankel is being sued by former agent​At this year's South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Bethenny Frankel, the loud-mouthed token "single girl" on Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York attempted to prepare stuffed peppers, but the standing-room-only crowd of women wanted stories ... More >>

Goldie at Electric Pickle February 19

Bethenny Frankel is being sued by former agent​At this year's South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Bethenny Frankel, the loud-mouthed token "single girl" on Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York attempted to prepare stuffed peppers, but the standing-room-only crowd of women wanted stories ... More >>

Miguel Exposito's Leadership Questioned Again Over Violent Reality TV Show Promo

​On Saturday, Miami police shot and killed a 27-year-old suspect in Overtown -- the sixth black man they've killed since last summer. The latest death has left Chief Miguel Exposito fighting for his job and pleading his case to community leaders that cops only use violence when absolutely necessar ... More >>

The Amazing Race contestant fires black employees

​On Saturday, Miami police shot and killed a 27-year-old suspect in Overtown -- the sixth black man they've killed since last summer. The latest death has left Chief Miguel Exposito fighting for his job and pleading his case to community leaders that cops only use violence when absolutely necessar ... More >>

Jersey Shore Season 4 May Shoot in Miami

We miss Snooki almost every single day, and when the crew headed off in their black Escalades at the end of Jersey Shore's Miami-set second season back to whatever hell it is they came from we thought we'd never see her again (well, save for an odd club appearance here and there). Well, The New York ... More >>

Jersey Shore Damage Report: Farewell Sweet Guidos

via MTV​Our long, local nightmare is over. Actually, it was more like a slightly upsetting drunken fever dream, but whatever the case last night we said "So long, farewell, auf Guido-sehen, goodnight" once and for all to our most infamous temporary residents: the cast of Jersey Shore. Amazingly, d ... More >>

Jersey Shore Damage Report: The Situation's Bitchuation

via MTV​With the recent Angelina defestation of the Metropole hotel it seemed a new era of peace and prosperity was about to rule through the Jersey Shore house. Even Sammi and JWoww made awkward attempts at burying the hatchet. But then a bigger bitch emerged: The Situation. The manchild didn't g ... More >>

Jersey Shore Damage Report: Fight Night

​Let's get to ready to ruuuuuuuuuuuumble! Yes, last night was fight night on South Beach for the Jersey Shore crew. We saw the thrilling conclusion to Sammi vs. JWoww, an undercard featuring of Vinny vs Ronni, Snooki vs. Latino dating rituals, Paul vs herpes, Fossil watches vs. smooshing, the enti ... More >>

Chad Ochocinco To Appear on Basketball Wives, Dating Evelyn Lozada

​Liberty City-native Chad Ochocinco failed to find love with his own VH1 reality show, but as luck would have it he's apparently found love another star from the channel's reality TV line-up: Basketball Wives' Evelyn Lozada, the ex-fiancé of former Heat player Antoine Walker and owner of a s ... More >>

Ke$ha

​Liberty City-native Chad Ochocinco failed to find love with his own VH1 reality show, but as luck would have it he's apparently found love another star from the channel's reality TV line-up: Basketball Wives' Evelyn Lozada, the ex-fiancé of former Heat player Antoine Walker and owner of a s ... More >>

Ricky Williams Wants a Reality Show, But What Should it Be?

​Dolphins running back Ricky Williams is looking for a way to pay down some his debts and is reportedly in talks with the production company behind Chad Ochocinco's VH1 dating show to star in a reality show. No word on what the format will be, but since he got hitched last year, we doubt there'll ... More >>

Gloria Govan Leaves Basketball Wives, Says She Was Misled By Shaunie O'Neal

​Basketball Wives, VH1's Miami-set train wreck involving NBA-connected ladies, may be coming back for a second season, but one of the cast members won't be. Gloria Govan, the painfully boring and un-entertainingly drama-free wife of the Magic's Matt Barnes, will not be returning for he close up, a ... More >>

Michelle Bernstein To Be A Judge on Top Chef Once Again

Photo by Jacquelynn D. PowersMichelle Bernstein. ​Last night at a casual dinner at Michy's, Short Order found out that chef/proprietor Michelle Bernstein judged an episode of the new season of Top Chef, which begins this Wednesday night on Bravo. While Bernstein has officiated Top Chef in the past ... More >>

Rumors: Jersey Shore Castmate Picked up Cocaine Habit in Miami

​We know Jersey Shore is a show that trades heavily on stereotypes, but did one of the cast members really have to go down the tired trail of becoming a coke addict while living in Miami? How cliché.RadarOnline reports one of the castmates evaded producers and went on a few cocaine binges du ... More >>

Rock of Love Star Megan Hauserman Arrested for DUI on Way to Strip Club

​Megan wanted a millionaire, instead she got a DUI.Megan Hauserman, the prolific reality TV star, was arrested yesterday morning on Miami Beach for driving under the influence. At about 3:15 a.m. police observed her 2008 BMW weaving between lanes and traveling 75 mph in a 55 mph zone. Police ... More >>

Carmen Gonzalez Wins in Second Episode of Top Chef Masters Season 2

The only chef with a Miami connection in the second season of Bravo's Top Chef Masters won last night's episode. After a bout of unlucky events, Carmen Gonzalez seemed an unlikely winner in an elimination challenge that required the chefs to put their twist on soul food for actor Mekhi Phifer's bir ... More >>

Jersey Shore Leaving Miami, Heading Back to New Jersey For Rest of Season 2

​The nightmare or dream of playing host to the cast of the Jersey Shore is about to be cut short. Of course, it never made much sense to shoot a reality show called Jersey Shore anywhere else besides the Jersey Shore to being with.MTV's own site reports that the first few episodes of season two, w ... More >>

Jersey Shore Casting New Guidos, but for Miami or a Whole New Group?

​So the original Jersey Shore cast in definitely in town. Lesley Abravanel reports the cast members are staying at the Catalina Hotel until they move into their new home, and our sources confirm it. But today, Doron Ofir Casting posted a seemingly legitimate casting call for mo ... More >>

Announcements: Danny Gokey's Culture Room Show Nixed

​American Idol Season 8 star Danny Gokey, who finished third behind Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, will not perform at the Culture Room on April 8, according to the venue's website. Gokey's debut country album My Best Days is selling briskly, though. The album's first single is "My Best Days A ... More >>

Paris Hilton, Snooki, Various Kardashians All in Miami This Week

​Are you prepared for what could be the most reality-TV-infected Winter Music Conference week on record? At least three of the genre's favorite air heads are rumored to be in South Beach this week. This could be the biggest meeting of the minds since the Yalta Conference.The Sisters Kardashian hav ... More >>

It’s All About the Situation

​Are you prepared for what could be the most reality-TV-infected Winter Music Conference week on record? At least three of the genre's favorite air heads are rumored to be in South Beach this week. This could be the biggest meeting of the minds since the Yalta Conference.The Sisters Kardashian hav ... More >>

American Idol for Amateur Cooks: Casting Call in Miami Announced for New Gordon Ramsay Series, Master Chef

Fox BroadcastingDo you have the bollocks?​First there was the original kitchen battle from Japan, Iron Chef.  Then came Food Network's Iron Chef America, Fox's Hell's Kitchen, and Bravo's Top Chef series; Top Chef Masters soon followed.  You would think the pot has boiled over, but no!&n ... More >>

Fowl Play

Fox BroadcastingDo you have the bollocks?​First there was the original kitchen battle from Japan, Iron Chef.  Then came Food Network's Iron Chef America, Fox's Hell's Kitchen, and Bravo's Top Chef series; Top Chef Masters soon followed.  You would think the pot has boiled over, but no!&n ... More >>

Journey

Fox BroadcastingDo you have the bollocks?​First there was the original kitchen battle from Japan, Iron Chef.  Then came Food Network's Iron Chef America, Fox's Hell's Kitchen, and Bravo's Top Chef series; Top Chef Masters soon followed.  You would think the pot has boiled over, but no!&n ... More >>

The Revolution Will Be Televised

Fox BroadcastingDo you have the bollocks?​First there was the original kitchen battle from Japan, Iron Chef.  Then came Food Network's Iron Chef America, Fox's Hell's Kitchen, and Bravo's Top Chef series; Top Chef Masters soon followed.  You would think the pot has boiled over, but no!&n ... More >>

Cisco Adler and Shwayze Return to South Florida for a Gig at LIV on September 2

via shwayze.com​Those who frequent too many Internet gossip sites might forever (in Internet years, anyways) associate Cisco Adler with a certain waist-down photo that circulated a couple years back. That's okay though. Here in South Florida, land of a thousand chances, the one thing blog notoriet ... More >>

Tweet-Watching Reality: Top Chef Masters

TwitterIn it together​Back in prehistoric times, you'd call up a friend and watch your favorite TV show together.  You'd laugh, maybe you'd both call out one of the characters for doing something stupid -- or each other for disagreeing on that assessment.  Maybe you'd give your undivided ... More >>

D-List Diva

TwitterIn it together​Back in prehistoric times, you'd call up a friend and watch your favorite TV show together.  You'd laugh, maybe you'd both call out one of the characters for doing something stupid -- or each other for disagreeing on that assessment.  Maybe you'd give your undivided ... More >>

Reality-TV People Continue to Do Things in Miami

Oh look, a hotelier is allegedly dating a Bravo reality star. No, we're not talking about Baron Hilton and PC Peterson. According to Life & Style, André Balazs and Kelly Bensimon were seen "getting close" during fashion week. Balazs owns The Standard and The Raleigh and for years dated act ... More >>

Meet the Cast of Miami Social, You May Want To Immediately Lose Their Number, But At Least Say Hi

Top row: Katrina, Ariel, Maria, George. Bottom row: Hardy, Sorah, Michael. Miami Social is everything you hate about Miami Beach. It is the reality television iteration of guest list culture, of egotistical 30 somethings who've mistaken a sense of self for being able to get a bottle of Goose co ... More >>

Architects of Gay Marriage Ban Need Money To Defend Florida from Evils of John & Kate

Once apon a time Jon & Kate Gosselin were folk heros in the pro-life movement for refusing to selectively reduce a few embryos after Kates invitro fertilization resulted in six fertilized eggs. Instead they chose to take their chances with having sextuplets, which t ... More >>

Kimbo Slice's Path to Redemption Goes Through Reality TV

via Wiki CommonsKimbo SliceFormer EliteXC super-hyped, superstar Kimbo Slice sunk his career and the organization after suffering a knockout in 62 seconds by an unknown. Apparently, the brawler wants his Mixed Martial Arts stardom and credibility back, and is set to do it on reality televi ... More >>

Miami Social Set to Debut Next Month

Possible cast for Miami Social: George French, Hardy Hill, Sorah Daiha, Katrina Campins, Michael H. Cohen, Maria Lankina, and Ariel Stein.Word around town is that an air date has finally been set for Miami's latest reality series (being billed as a "docu-drama"). Details from Bravo TV's Miami Socia ... More >>

Brooke Hogan Continues To Plot World Domination Through Reality TV

You got to hand it to a girl like Brooke Hogan. The official reasoning behind her family's decision to enter the reality TV fray with Hogan Knows Best was that it would help promote Brooke's burgeoning singing career. Fast forward four years, and three seasons past the fame, and her brothe ... More >>

Feed me, Colicchio

Top chef takes top billing

The Real Housewives of Various Governor's Mansions

I was just checking the ol' RSS reader, and discovered that Naked Politics has a post up alerting readers to outtakes from The Real Housewives of New York City featuring Florida's First Lady Carole Rome.  I am insanely jealous we did not have this first (btw, anyone notice that the Rome has exc ... More >>

Old People, Brooke Hogan Beat Governor

I was just checking the ol' RSS reader, and discovered that Naked Politics has a post up alerting readers to outtakes from The Real Housewives of New York City featuring Florida's First Lady Carole Rome.  I am insanely jealous we did not have this first (btw, anyone notice that the Rome has exc ... More >>

Uncle Luke on Reality Television

I was just checking the ol' RSS reader, and discovered that Naked Politics has a post up alerting readers to outtakes from The Real Housewives of New York City featuring Florida's First Lady Carole Rome.  I am insanely jealous we did not have this first (btw, anyone notice that the Rome has exc ... More >>

Shaq's Resume Gets Taller

I was just checking the ol' RSS reader, and discovered that Naked Politics has a post up alerting readers to outtakes from The Real Housewives of New York City featuring Florida's First Lady Carole Rome.  I am insanely jealous we did not have this first (btw, anyone notice that the Rome has exc ... More >>

Royal Flush

I was just checking the ol' RSS reader, and discovered that Naked Politics has a post up alerting readers to outtakes from The Real Housewives of New York City featuring Florida's First Lady Carole Rome.  I am insanely jealous we did not have this first (btw, anyone notice that the Rome has exc ... More >>

With This Rose

I was just checking the ol' RSS reader, and discovered that Naked Politics has a post up alerting readers to outtakes from The Real Housewives of New York City featuring Florida's First Lady Carole Rome.  I am insanely jealous we did not have this first (btw, anyone notice that the Rome has exc ... More >>

That '60s Show

Oliver Beene goes against fake millionaires and phony idols