With his new gig as the host of "Reality Bites Back" and with his humor book "My Custom Van ... and 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face," there are two more reasons to recognize Michael Ian Black.

It seems almost a compliment to say the latest incarnation of “The Gong Show” is bad. After all, the idea behind the game/freak show hosted by Chuck Barris from 1976-1980 was that it was so bad, it was good fun. But Comedy Central’s “The Gong Show with Dave Attell” is just bad. If not for the always funny Triumph the Insult Comic Dog in the first episode, it would be gonged in less than five ...

The Emmy nominations are out today and finally it seems like they're getting on the right track with nominations for AMC's "Mad Men", FX's "Damages", and Showtime's "Dexter". In comedy NBC is duking it out with itself between "30 Rock" and "The Office". If any of those previously-mentioned shows wins this will be a good year for the Emmys. In particular the AMC and FX nominations are ...

S ummertime TV has been dabbling in game shows and contestant humiliation since 2001, when NBC debuted Fear Factor with an episode featuring players lowered into a pit filled with rats.

KILGORE — It's an hour before the first pitch of an East Texas Pump Jacks baseball game and the team's public-address announcer Matt Snead sits near the back row of Driller Park, near other Pump Jack employees. Suddenly the team's sound effects person, Steve Siler, has some words for Snead as he walks by.

All stars. Baseball's marathon All Star Game Tuesday netted Fox 14.5 million viewers, the game's best at-bat since 2002 and up from 12.5 million last year. Monday's Home Run Derby on ESPN claimed a record 9.1 million and was tops on cable.

We were a little perturbed to learn there was a local on the new season of "Big Brother," not because we weren't planning on watching every damn minute--believe us, we were--but because that's a lot of show to recap. Let's see how that local did, shall we? The guy's name is Brian Hart , he was in the Air Force, and he's in telecommunications, which is to say, he sells cell phones. His ...

Editor's note: Each Sunday, the Missoulian examines how the nation's economic downturn is affecting western Montanans. Amanda Lewis is finding out that marrying Mr. Right comes with a hefty price tag.

?Hurl!,? ?Reality Bites Back? and ?The Gong Show? prove that TV?s effervescent talent contests are hard to parody.

'The Gong Show with Dave Attell' and 'Reality Bites Back,' premiering Thursday on Comedy Central

Michael Ian Black hosts the show that subjects stand-up comedians to the humiliation of reality television competitions.

About the Show | Reality Bites Back �|�Comedy Central

07.02.08 - 10:00 am] reality tv just got a whole lot… realer! michael ian black hosts the all-new series "reality bites back" premiering thursday, july 17 at 10:30 p.m.

At the moment, I'm too stuffed for KKs but might eat them after doing my assignment as a treat ! = P

Steve Gosset, a veteran of print and broadcast news, now watches the industry from the sidelines and assess news coverage and content. Offers opinions on a wide range of topical ...

Reality Bites Back TV show on Zap 2it.com. Get Reality Bites Back news, episodes, cast, photos, video, bl ogs and forums. ...

You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update.

Plot: Generation X Graduates face life after college with a filmmaker looking for work and love in Houston. full summary | add synopsis

Get your daily dose of entertainment gossip and the latest from our exclusive blog. ... Reality Bites Back Reality Bites came out in 1994 when I was 16, and I didn’t see it.