LOS ANGELES — Lowe’s Home Improvement has found itself facing a backlash after the retail giant pulled ads from a reality show about American Muslims. The retail giant stopped advertising on TLC’s “All-American Muslim” after a conservative group known as the Florida Family Association complained, saying the program was “propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda’s clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values.” Read full article > >

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Home improvement giant Lowe’s threatened with boycott for yanking ads from show about Muslims

The reality show “Fear Factor” returns to NBC on Monday night, and its producers have upped the ante for viewers who want “badder and grosser.”

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‘Fear Factor’ Returns to NBC on Monday Night

It might be true that no American has spent more one-on-one time with the leading Republican presidential candidates than Donald Trump. The real estate mogul and reality show host has devoted the second half of this year to fashioning himself as the single most important potential endorser in the GOP sweepstakes. The candidates have cycled through his offices at Trump Tower to ask for his support, and he has cycled through Fox News’s anchors talking about it. The latest to come calling is former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who will visit on Monday. Read full article > >

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Is one child enough? Two? Three? How about 20? The stars of the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting” announced on the “Today” show that they’re expecting their 20th child. Although very, very few of us make the call that Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar have, their news does bring up a question that most parents grapple with at some point: Should we have another? Read full article > >

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The Duggars are expecting a 20th child. How do the rest of us decide how many?

When Kate Gosselin’s reality show “Kate Plus 8” got canceled in August, many of you were concerned about her potential employment options . All right, fine. You weren’t really that concerned. You were actually overjoyed. Still, Gosselin is a mom, like many of us, and she needs to support her kids. Which is why I am happy to find out that she has a new job: She is now a coupon blogger for the Web site CouponCabin.com. Read full article > >

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Kate Gosselin has a new job: coupon blogger

Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed tied the knot Saturday after almost three decades together, in a ceremony that — like their engagement — was filmed for their A&E reality show, “Gene Simmons Family Jewels,” which returns to the airwaves tonight. The timing of the event has led some, including , ironically, fellow reality-TV bride Khloe Kardashian, to speculate that the wedding was held solely to amp up TV ratings. Read full article > >

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Gene Simmons, Shannon Tweed and reality-TV weddings: When is it staged and when is it love?

US clothing brand Abercrombie and Fitch offers to pay the hard-partying cast of MTV reality show The Jersey Shore not to wear its clothes.

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Company offers to pay TV actors not to wear its brand

T hose who compete in mixed martial arts say that 50 percent of the sport is how skilled a fighter is; the other 50 percent is how many seats a fighter can fill. The good ones — the marketable ones — have compelling stories. After a few false starts, Zach Davis finally resides in that bunch. On Wednesday night, the 2006 University of Maryland graduate will fight in a match televised as part of Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show . He is one of eight contestants remaining who are competing for a six-figure contract with Ultimate Fighting Championship , the mixed martial arts promotion company. Twice, Davis previously had auditioned for the show, and twice he was denied. Read full article > >

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UFC: Maryland grad Zach Davis a contestant on ‘The Ultimate Fighter’

You mean she just did it for the attention? Producers for VH1′s “Celebrity Rehab” have canned Michaele Salahi from the reality show, saying the White House party-crasher doesn’t have an addiction and is therefore ineligible to be on the show. So why…

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Salahi Fired from ‘Celebrity Rehab’

Former X Factor contestant Stacey Solomon has been crowned “queen of the jungle” in ITV1 reality show I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

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Now she’s got the X Factor – Stacey wins I’m A Celebrity

Should we be expecting a reality show? Pop singer and former Newlyweds star Jessica Simpson is engaged to Eric Johnson, an NFL player who formerly played for the San Francisco 49ers but is now a free agent. “Yes, we are excited to confirm that they are…

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Jessica Simpson Is Engaged

Fredrik Eklund, who is in talks with Bravo for a reality show, has acted in porn films and been followed by the Swedish tabloids.

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From Porn to Real Estate Mogul

The last Chilean miner hasn’t been above ground for even 24 hours, and already the television networks are cashing in: Spike TV is set to announce a new mining reality show made by the producers of Deadliest Catch. The network denies capitalizing on…

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Deadliest Catch Team to Make Mining Show

What the papers had to say about the long-delayed return of reality show The Apprentice.

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Reviews round-up: The Apprentice

Former air steward Brian Dowling wins Ultimate Big Brother as the Channel 4 reality show comes to an end.

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Brian wins the last Big Brother