The Biggest Loser

Not exactly on the cutting edge of "reality" programming, "If I Can Dream" nevertheless pushes the technological envelope as it works to make the real-life dramas imitate life as accurately as possible. The show still has potential to become "The Jersey Shore" with class and brains. In March, 2010, "If I Can Dream" debuted, showing specially chosen contestants pursuing their artistic, musical, dramatic, athletic, and creative gifts dreams, pushing themselves to break into the big time in their fields. In order to gain admission to the show's Hollywood, California home, contestants had to satisfy producers they really had legitimate shots at making their dreams come true. MySpace, PepsiCo, and Ford invested heavily in the project, gambling that it would revolutionize broadcasting by making optimum use of internet technology. At first, weekly episodes of "If I Can Dream" aired exclusively on Hulu. According to its website, "The "˜If I Can Dream' House is wired with 56 AXIS Q1755 H.264 cameras delivering content across 3 CDNs. Video feeds are available at both 500 Kbps and 1 Mbps. As designed, "˜If I Can Dream' will be the largest persistent live "˜event' produced by a media company."

"We're Here" is an American television show that premiered in 2020. The show is a reality series that features drag queens who travel to small towns across the United States to help locals put on a one-night-only drag show. The show's goal is to bring together diverse communities and help them embrace and celebrate their differences through the art of drag.

Each year the competition gets stiffer and the rewards larger. That is America's Next Top Model we're talking about here! The popular show has really performed and provided some spectacular results thus far when it comes to beautiful people who just happen to be extremely talented in their field at the same time. With Cover Girl as the primary sponsor and a top prize of a $100,000 contract with the IMG Modeling in addition to gracing the covers of some special fashion magazine, the competition is expectedly strong each season. Tyra Banks, Nigel Barker, and Andre Leon Talley judge the dedicated competitors. Tyra Banks has long been a super model herself and knows the business inside out. Nigel Barker is a talented photographer whose specialty is helping top models to show their best side, so he knows what to look for in the next super star of modeling. And Andre Leon Talley is the editor at large for Vogue Magazine, the most respected of all fashion and modeling magazines. The America's Next Top Model program travels around the globe, with each season being held in yet another exotic spot. Men and women enter the fierce competition hoping for the career boost that will make them the next fashion star.

Reality television has come a long way but a shoot off competition seems to be heading in the wrong direction. But the premise works! This popular program combines sharpshooting with challenging elimination rounds until there is only one left standing. Beginning with sixteen contestants who are then split up into two teams (eight to a team) they face a variety of shoot off challenges. They have time to familiarize themselves with each weapon used with help from a well experienced trainer before taking on the next challenge and the team with best scores will win the day's competition and are safe from elimination (similar to other reality show competitions but with guns). Colby Donaldson, from the TV reality series Survivor hosts Top Shot and he will hand out the $100,000 prize. Contestants include retired police officers, a former Federal Air Marshall and firearms instructor, former Marine and US Army soldier who is a 4 time winner of the "Rifle Expert" award, member of the USA National Rifle Team, and a competition shooter that was platoon commander with the British Army. They are a very capable and competitive group of contestants that make this much more than merely a shooting range competition.

"The Parent Test" is a new TV show that's been gaining popularity. The premise of the show is that parents who are struggling with their children's behavior are given a chance to spend time with three different sets of kids. The parents are then asked to choose which set of kids they think have been raised the best.

Paul Fisher has been a modeling agent since the 1980's and he knows the business inside out. He has witnessed the poor treatment of models and how much trouble most of them have managing their own lives and keeping healthy. Now Fisher plans to bring the many hundreds of smaller modeling agencies across the world together in what he is calling The Network, to help the models help themselves. From Fly on the Wall Entertainment as well as Sony Pictures we can learn all about the modeling industry from the inside out on their new television show titled Remodeled. With many well known names in the fashion modeling industry including Allison Grodner, executive producer and formerly on Big Brother, She's Got The Look, Rich Meehan also from Big Brother, You're Cut Off, and Amy Palmer from Plain Jane and You're Cut Off. Additionally we will learn from Paul Fisher himself who's previous credits include I Want To Be A Hilton, Erik Stone from Live at the Fillmore Aisha Tyler is Lit, and Greg Suess from Tug, What's Wrong with Virginia. Should be an interesting insiders look at what it takes to become a super model