Reality Shows

Reality Is the First Great Film about Bad TV

At the Rose Room, Re-Designing Women Puts Men in Dresses and the Audience in Stitches

Top Chef Seattle: It's over. Really. We Promise This Time.

The Top Chef: Seattle season finale was really good last night. Kristen and Brooke competed for the Top Chef title in front of a live audience and had to serve up dishes for the whole audience of 160 people, plus past winners of Top Chef, plus the judges. They were told to plan for five courses, but ... More >>

A 'Stache, a Ginger and a Tesar: Top Chef: Seattle Features Three Badass Dallas Chefs

Every week, I will watch Top Chef. I will not recap the episodes scene-by scene, because that is dumb: if you wanted to watch it, you watched it already and you don't need me to tell you that there were opening credits, chefs got sweaty, and someone yelled "fuck" at food. If you want that kind of re ... More >>

Most Eligible Dallas is Getting a Spinoff

If you missed season one of Most Eligible Dallas, Bravo's glimpse at what life is like for those Dallasites who are young, rich and telegenic enough to star in a Bravo reality show, never fear. Mixmaster can fill you in on all the juicy details, episode-by-episode. Start reading now if you want to ... More >>

Chasing the Comedy Dragon

YouTube Sensation Keith Reber Is Your Favorite DJ's Favorite Drummer

Reality shows and social media over the last 20 years have obviously altered the landscape of pop culture and entertainment. Those two mediums have also had an enormous effect on the musical evolution of drummer Keith Reber. Back in 2004, he had his first taste of fame as a bassist in the metal band ... More >>

Top Chef Texas Highlights: No One Flubs, Ever, and Padma Feels Feelings

Top Chef Texas goes to Canada​Wouldn't it be great if one of the cheftestants completely blew their chance at winning, perhaps forgetting to put the lid on a blender, burning an entire pot of cous cous, even simply running out of time in an elimination challenge? We're not even asking for a se ... More >>

Top Chef Texas Episode 3: Pre-Cooked Shrimp A Few Tears, and a Quinceañera

​Each week, we move a little closer to the best episodes of Top Chef, the ones where you know the characters' styles, tastes, personalities and Achilles' heels. This week, the third episode of the season and the first single-elimination episode, tugged, however lightly, at viewers' heartstring ... More >>

Top Chef: Texas Claims Some More Public Money, This Time for a Slick Tourism Web Site

​We're still waiting to see whether a judge thinks we're entitled to more details on how the producers of Top Chef will spend the estimated $400,000-plus the state paid to see its brand integrated into the show, which the show has thus far accomplished with lots of boots, Texas flags, and dish ... More >>

Top Chef Texas Recap: Highlights, Superlatives, and the Three Best Dishes

Top Chef Texas "Booyeah bitches!"​Last night at La Grange, City of Aters had good beer, better tacos, and an hour of fantastic television on an enormous projector screen. It was the first City of Ate Top Chef Texas viewing party, and watching the show with a beer in hand, a selection of $2 tac ... More >>

Tim Halperin Reaches No. 1 on iTunes, Sly Stone Is Now Homeless and Other News and Notes...

Tim Halperin​Last week we ran a quick item about American Idol contestant, Tim Halperin, and his publicity stunt leading up to the release of his new record, Rise & Fall. He was to sit in a mock jail cell at Plano's Shops At Legacy for 28 hours leading up the expiration of his dreaded American ... More >>

Debating the Merits of Cake Balls, Cake Pops, and Other Cake Bastardizations

Flickr​In the spirit of debate season, we're trying to settle our grievances civilly: with scathing innuendo and name calling. The topic this time: Cake. Justin Bitner, City of Ate contributor: How did cake let things get so out of hand? It used to be so wonderfully two dimensional: cup or sh ... More >>

Productions reliving the '80s miss the decade's dumb fun.

Photos: Kid Rock Isn't Messing Around at SXSW

Nick RalloKid Rock was very serious about American Idol being lame.​Kid Rock doesn't seem to be a huge American Idol fan. At last night's Jim Beam Live Music Series, hosted by Mr. Rock and flowing with copious Jim Beam and coke's, he ranted against the Fox series-as he's done in the past, accord ... More >>

Build Us a House

Good Eating: A Top Chef Rematch

It's Top Chef contestant Tiffany Derry vs. Ed Cotton​Whether it's eating food, drinking wine, watching reality television or sitting on furniture you enjoy best, Dallas has some charitable opportunities for you. The Event: Bonne Santé The Cause: National Kidney Foundation and North Texas com ... More >>

Pastry Chef Morgan Wilson's Chocolate Treat Too Bittersweet for Lovers?

BravoRitz Carlton executive pastry chef Morgan Wilson​Fellas, you may want to think hard before you nab a box of Godiva Chocolate Top Chef Just Desserts Collection for your wife this holiday season. One of the four chocolates in the set designed by the Ritz Carlton's executive pastry chef Mor ... More >>

Chef Tell: Morgan "Straight Man From Texas" Wilson Wins

​Let's just say that last night on Top Chef Just Desserts, Dallas' Morgan Wilson made quite an impression. Good, bad, sweet, saucy and everything else in between. He was even bold enough to overshadow the super enthusiastic and over-confident Team Go Diva (Flamboyant Zac, aka Zamboyant, Yigit and ... More >>

Top Ten Moments on Last Night's Top Chef D.C. Reunion

​Last night, the cast of Top Chef D.C. came back together to rehash the season with judges Gail Simmons, Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Eric Ripert and producer/consummate reunion host Andy Cohen. A lot was discussed -- some interesting and some not so much -- so I'm breaking down the best of ... More >>

Chef Tell: Savory's Finale a Little Sick, Sweet's Premiere a Little Sour

​First of all, let's get something out of the way. We all need closure. After our lovely Tiffany Derry packed her knives and came home to Dallas to get hitched, I didn't recap the finales. Partly because I was heartbroken they sent Kelly home over Kevin or Angelo on Part 1 and partly because, well ... More >>

Gail Simmons Sees How the Cookies Crumble on Top Chef Just Desserts

Gail Simmons​The Emmy-winning and highly rated Top Chef franchise on Bravo puts the icing on its cake with this week's debut of Top Chef: Just Desserts (10 p.m., Wednesday, September 15, then moving to its regular slot at 9 p.m. the following week). Hosting the competition among 12 top-flight ... More >>

Sweet Deal from Bravo's Top Chef Just Desserts

Ritz-Carlton executive pastry chef Morgan Wilson​Reality TV just got a little sweeter. To celebrate the September 15 debut of Bravo's Top Chef spinoff, Top Chef Just Desserts, OpenTable.com is offering free dessert with meals purchased at more than 30 restaurants in Dallas and Fort Worth. Make you ... More >>

Will They Make It "Their Own"?

Sleeperstar

Just Another Ghost (Self-released)

i Fratelli Pizza: Just What We Wanted, and No Sneaky Delivery Charge

​i Fratelli Pizza 2208 Dallas Parkway 972-608-8833 Promised Delivery Time: 30 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 26 minutes The Score No delivery fee or fuel surcharge: 10 points Polite, professional order-taker: 15 points No online ordering: -5 points Delivering sooner than promised: 20 Point ... More >>

Chef Tell: Tiffany Derry, Where Were You?

www.bravotv.comTiffany Derry​Oh, what's that? You wanted to know how Go Fish's Tiffany Derry fared on last night's Season premiere of Top Chef D.C.? Wish I could tell you.Derry was just off-screen for most of the show following her introduction. But, at least she did get the first intro.  ... More >>

Today In Music News: David Sitek Steps Out, DeWyze Isn't So Hot And Johnny Greenwood Gets Into Lists

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 4, 2010...TV on the Radio's David Sitek is following in the footsteps of bandmate Kyp Malone and will release a solo record.Judging by the tepid response for new American Idol winner Lee DeWyze, maybe we're all getting a little tired of AI? I k ... More >>

A Look at Bella Boyz, One Dallas-Based Show You Won't Find On Your TV

This week's Observer features the tale of Michael Manos, a parole jumper, party planner and would-be reality TV star. Unfair Park's more fashionable readers may remember meeting him last fall as "Mordan Stefanov."Before a few employees got wind of his real identity -- and complaints from his ol ... More >>

(Crazy) Man Show

The Generals Suck!

King For A Day

Meet Market

Kitchen Wasteland

Just how many food shows do we need hanging out in and around Dallas, distracting our chefs and disrupting meals?Oxygen will be shooting the Naughty Kitchen at Central 214 for the next few months. The contest winner with the hair was back in the area--this time in Cowtown. A mom from Keller is vying ... More >>

Jessie Frye

The Delve EP (Self-released)

Over At Unfair Park: Colicchio Stays Put

As Victory Park proves less and less victorious in recent months, stories have circulated that Tom Colicchio was considering moving out of the W and plying his Craft elsewhere. To which the Top Chef head judge says: Not a chance. Continue reading on Unfair Park

Jerry Jones' Promises of Change Have Been Mostly Empty So Far

Doesn't seem that the Dallas Cowboys have learned their lesson or changed one smidge

One Step Closer

In Living Color

See The Color Purple at Fair Park

The Soupman

The Majestic hosts Joel McHale

She Dances On

Sara Evans ditches the tube and goes live

Mom Jeans

See celebrity moms strut their stuff

Tonight's the Night on Top Chef

Will Casey Thompson Kick Some Aspen?

Blow Average

You, too, could be a star...but please don't try

We Are Telling You

Hey, Doc, The Bachelor Needs a House Call

Cursive, Saul Williams, Planes Mistaken for Stars and Mike Park

June 9

Best Refuge for the TLC Junkie

Lakewood Hardware