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A pair of profiles examines two of Bravo’s biggest stars, one who’s behind the scenes and one who’s an on-camera star, and show how each was (in oddly similar ways) responsible for bringing success to troubled institutions. The New York Times profiles Bravo president Lauren Zalaznick, while Fast Company profiles Tim Gunn The profiles examine how each made over their respective properties (Bravo for Zalaznick, Parsons fashion design program for Gunn), and what they’re doing with their new charges (Oxygen for Zalaznick, Liz Claiborne for Gunn). Fast Company explores Tim’s transition from Yale English major to his current position. At…

The stars of TLC’s Little People, Big World aren’t quite sure why people watch the docudrama that chronicles their lives. “We’re kind of confused as to why people watch it,” Matt Roloff told USA TODAY. “The fact that we’re little people may have made people tune in initially,” he said. The paper identified his first comment by saying he “jokes,” but Amy Roloff was serious in her response, saying, “Whatever it may be, to look at the oddity of little people or for other reasons, I hope it makes others more aware of their environment and surroundings.” She also said,…

The host for ABC’s upcoming summer revival of The Mole 3 will be Jon Kelley. He replaces Anderson Cooper, who hosted the first two regular editions of the show, and Ahmad Rashad, who hosted the two celebrity editions. Kelley is “a former weekend anchor for ‘Extra’” and former “lead anchor for Fox Sports Net’s ‘The National Sports Report’ and ‘Baseball Today,’ Variety reports. Extra’s bio of him says he also worked as a sports anchor in Chicago and “played four seasons as a running back for the University of Nebraska before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast…

For the second time, Making the Band 3 group Danity Kane has reached the top of the charts on the first week of their album’s release. Welcome to the Dollhouse, which was released March 18, sold 236,000 copies during its first week, about 2,000 more than their self-titled debut (when it also landed at number one) sold its first week. Billboard reports that the record had “the second-biggest sales week of the year,” second only to Jack Johnson….

Big Brother 9 Recap for March 30

American Idol judge Paula Abdul could appear on Dancing with the Stars this fall, according to its host, Tom Bergeron. “[Abdul] said, ‘I have no ballroom training — obviously, I’ve been a choreographer — but I have no ballroom training and I’d love to be part of [Dancing with the Stars]’,” Tom Bergeron told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show last week, according to Reality TV World. According to Tom, Paula said Fox wouldn’t object, and an ABC executive loved the idea. “And I said, ‘What about Fox? Won’t they be…’ and she said, ‘No, no. I can do this….

Amazing Race 12 stars Kynt Cothron and Vyxsin Fiala visited E.O. Green School last week, as a result of the Feb. 12 shooting death of cross-dressing 15-year-old student Larry King. Students “at the Oxnard junior high school had seen King being teased by students in the weeks before the shooting for being gay and wearing high-heeled boots and makeup, and that’s partly what drew Kynt to the school,” the Ventura County Star reports. On the show, Kynt (and Vyxsin) often spent time applying makeup, and he also wore gender norm-challenging clothing like tights. The AP reports that King “used to…

The conclusion of The Celebrity Apprentice, when non-celebrity Piers Morgan won, was the number one show of the night, and brought NBC its highest Thursday ratings since November 2006. With 12.1 million viewers, the finale was “#1 for Thursday night in adults 18-49, total viewers and other key measures,” NBC said in a press release, citing fast overnight Nielsen ratings. It was the network’s “biggest overall viewership in the time period for a non-sports telecast in 16 months (since November 23, 2006).” Compared to the sixth season, the show was up “24 percent in 18-49 rating[s], … and 27 percent…

BIG BROTHER 9: 4 GUYS, 3 GIRLS – NEW RULES

HELL’S KITCHEN RETURNS!
Hell’s Kitchen returns April 1st and Chef Ramsay looks to have his hands full!