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32 Epic Moments in Reality-TV History

From American Idol mania to The Real World's first spat, TIME looks at the best, the worst and the most tasteless episodes of the genre that's been a national obsession for nearly 30 years

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Should Bret Michaels Take Over for Simon Cowell?

Of course not. Would he like to? Evidently. Will he? Not if American Idol‘s producers have any sense. But Joy Behar knows that asking the question will get people to watch her talk show, and I know that embedding the video will get people to visit this post from search engines, and so here it [...]