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ABC to Air 'Sexiest' Reality Show, Defends Taste
Wed Jan 15, 7:29 PM ET Add Entertainment -
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By Peter Henderson
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Third-ranked ABC Television hopes that a search for the sexiest people in America plus a show putting minor celebrities in peril will re-energize its turnaround as network executives on Wednesday showcased midseason and summer shows for critics.
By the time fall rolls around, ABC plans to have aired a dozen reality-based shows, including ones featuring a hunt for sexpots, a prime time beauty contest and plastic surgery make-overs, but executives promised to maintain standards at the network known for family entertainment.
"It is a very nice way to heat up a cold time period," Susan Lyne, president of ABC Entertainment Television, told critics as she outlined the network's midseason strategy.
Would-be hunks and babes open competition in "Are You Hot: The Search for America's Sexiest People," from the producers of "The Bachelor" on Thursday, Feb. 13.
"This is a contest where intelligence, achievement have absolutely no bearing, but it will be a very entertaining show," Lyne said with a laugh.
Real people will get tummy tucks and nose jobs free for showing audiences the transformation process in "Extreme Makeover," which will air for six episodes in the same time period beginning on April 3.
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ABC to Air 'Sexiest' Reality Show, Defends Taste
Wed Jan 15, 7:29 PM ET Add Entertainment -
Reuters/Variety TV to My Yahoo!
By Peter Henderson
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Third-ranked ABC Television hopes that a search for the sexiest people in America plus a show putting minor celebrities in peril will re-energize its turnaround as network executives on Wednesday showcased midseason and summer shows for critics.
By the time fall rolls around, ABC plans to have aired a dozen reality-based shows, including ones featuring a hunt for sexpots, a prime time beauty contest and plastic surgery make-overs, but executives promised to maintain standards at the network known for family entertainment.
"It is a very nice way to heat up a cold time period," Susan Lyne, president of ABC Entertainment Television, told critics as she outlined the network's midseason strategy.
Would-be hunks and babes open competition in "Are You Hot: The Search for America's Sexiest People," from the producers of "The Bachelor" on Thursday, Feb. 13.
"This is a contest where intelligence, achievement have absolutely no bearing, but it will be a very entertaining show," Lyne said with a laugh.
Real people will get tummy tucks and nose jobs free for showing audiences the transformation process in "Extreme Makeover," which will air for six episodes in the same time period beginning on April 3.
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