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Everyone seems to be wondering how Sanjaya is still around. Can you offer any explanation? Also, would you ever go on a reality show like the Real World or Big Brother? It could be a good career move.   -- Brandon, Plano, Texas</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>ABC ratings: A 'Lost' cause?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/02/news/companies/abc_sweeps/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/02/news/companies/abc_sweeps/index.htm</guid><description>What a difference a few months made for ABC.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Heroes' comes to NBC's rescue</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/19/8400166/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/19/8400166/index.htm</guid><description>This season's most popular new television character is a geeky Japanese office worker who devours comic books and has an encyclopedic knowledge of "Star Trek." But Hiro Nakamura is no ordinary Trek... </description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New race row for 'Big Brother' broadcaster</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/channel4.race.row/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/channel4.race.row/index.html</guid><description>British broadcaster Channel 4, already facing a backlash for alleged bullying and racist remarks by contestants in "Celebrity Big Brother," is at the center of a new row over comments made in another of its reality shows.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bollywood star voices racism fear</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/18/bigbrother.racism0930/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/18/bigbrother.racism0930/index.html</guid><description>Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has spoken for the first time of her fears that she is the victim of racism in the "Celebrity Big Brother" house.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blair enters 'Big Brother' row</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/17/uk.bigbrother.1030/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/17/uk.bigbrother.1030/index.html</guid><description>Tony Blair spoke out against racism "in all its forms" after complaints about the treatment of an Indian film star housemate on the British TV show "Celebrity Big Brother."</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Big Brother' racism denied</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/17/uk.bigbrother/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/17/uk.bigbrother/index.html</guid><description>Channel 4 attempted to cool an escalating row over alleged bullying of Indian Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty on "Celebrity Big Brother," saying there was no clear evidence of racism.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Anger over reality show 'racial slur'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/16/uk.bigbrother/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/16/uk.bigbrother/index.html</guid><description>Britain's media watchdog has received scores of complaints of alleged racism over treatment of a Bollywood actress on a reality television show, it was revealed Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Idol' fatigue? Think again</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/10/commentary/mediabiz/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/10/commentary/mediabiz/index.htm</guid><description>The calendar may say January. But now the new TV season can begin in earnest.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fox gets swept away</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/01/news/companies/november_sweeps/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/01/news/companies/november_sweeps/index.htm</guid><description>Fox is going to need a lot of help from the next Taylor Hicks if it hopes to win a key network ratings battle for the third year in a row.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What Animal Planet and 'American Idol' have in common.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/17/news/companies/pluggedin_mehta.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/17/news/companies/pluggedin_mehta.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>A music-snob acquaintance recently confessed to watching - and voting on - the finale of 'American Idol,' the music schmaltz-fest that aired in May. 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