Some may think that Ryan Seacrest is a little bit of a megalomaniac. I think he’s just a smart business man (and maybe a workaholic). Back when American Idol first launched, Ryan was practically an unknown face. Now, you can’t watch TV without seeing his face and catching his name rolling in the credits as an executive producer. Oh ya, did I mention he also has a weekday morning radio show and co-hosts E! News. The man must never sleep.

In the January 16 issue of Fortune magazine, Ryan talks about the future according to him. According to Keffrey Katzenberg, CEO of Dreamworks Animation, Seacrest is single-handedly one of the hardest working men in Hollywood. You can’t argue with that statement. Seacrest’s production company RSP plus his $14 million a season gig with American Idol have given Seacrest quite the profile. And as many believe, he is being positioned to become Matt Lauer’s future replacement on TODAY which would make Ryan even more of an international icon.

At 37-years-old, Ryan is just getting started. Bob Pittman, CEO of Clear Channel sees Seacrest as entertaining and engaging, but at the same time he understands how you can build a show around a brand or please an advertiser.” That delivery of a brand is what has made Ryan the success is he today and it looks like there is no stopping him now. So what can expect for the future of television? You can expect more reality television according to him.

More of what Ryan has in store for the future after the jump.

Tyra and her minions just crowned the latest model to wear the ANTM crown. Believe it or not, we’ve gone through this 17 times now. I can’t believe I’m still watching this crap. Anyhoo, I decided to rank all the winners from worst to best. See how your list compares with mine. I’m sure we all have our favorite winners.

17. Whitney Thompson – Cycle 10

Why is she on the bottom of my list? Ever heard of gravity. Haha, I kid. Before you get your panties in a bunch, I have nothing against big girls. In fact, Tocarra (Cycle 3) ranks in my top ten list ANTM models of all time. My beef with Whitney is her personality, I found her to be unlikeable and fake. Most of all, I found her to be a really bad model. She only ever gave one bitchy look after another. We all knew that ANTM eventually had to crown a plus-size model, but did it have to be her.

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That’s right. NBC’s grossly addicting reality competition is coming back. The show featured six individuals tackling extreme and horrific challenges all in hopes of winning the $50,000 prize. Considering talented designers on “Project Runway” only score $100,000 after weeks of competition, $50,000 for eating animal intestines is a pretty good pay day.

After a five-year absence, NBC is rebooting their classic show. Normally, NBC’s programming strategies drive me up the wall, but this actually makes sense. They can seamlessly plop a newly-revamped “Fear Factor” anywhere they have vacant slots when inevitably a few of their new fall shows fail. Too boot, the reruns on Chiller (NBC’s sister horror based channel) garner high ratings. Unlike other reality competition shows, “Fear Factor” were all self-contained episodes. You didn’t have to invest weeks to find out who won. Bringing it back was a no-brainer.

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When I say good, of course I mean “shameful guilty pleasure” good. So here in LA, I’ve been seeing giant billboards everywhere for VH1‘s newest reality show, “Audrina” which debuts tomorrow. The show stars Audrina Patridge and her family – brother & sisters, mom and dad. Of course Audrina got her big break as a friend of Heidi and LC on The Hills, and since then hasn’t done too shabby at all. Since then, she’s been in movies, television, and on Dancing with the Stars.

“Audrina does her first bikini, calendar shoot in sunny Palm Springs. Her parents, Mark and Lynn, meet her for dinner. Audrina and brother Marky go house hunting. Sparks fly as the entire Patridge family gather at the OC house for a family dinner.”

I finally just watched the trailer of the series and I have to say, it looks thoroughly entertaining. If you caught the TMZ interview with Audrina’s mom last year after Audrina was eliminated, you’ll see she’s a bit of a loose cannon. Well, in the preview, we see that, and we see that one of Audrina’s sisters (Casey Loza) doesn’t get along with the family all the time either. In fact, the father is the rock that holds the family together.

Watch the trailer after the jump…

SVEDKA Vodka really knows how to throw a party. After covering the red carpet at Logo’s NewNowNext Awards, Alex and I jetted over to SVEDKA’s “Night of a Billion Reality Stars” to join in on the fun. Thankfully, Lexington Social House was literally across the street, so we didn’t have to worry about getting stuck in LA traffic. Being a huge reality television fan, I jumped at the chance to be in a room full of reality TV’s most familiar faces. While there wasn’t a billion, if certainly felt like it. Every time I turned around, I was bumping into a reality star I loved. I’m talking to you Kyle Richards and Lo Bosworth.

The celebration marked SVEDKA Vodka’s partnership with FunnyOrDie.com on three comedic shorts which spoof the outrageous and inevitable future of reality TV and star Joan Rivers, Brian Austin Green, talking dogs and Jeff Probst, among others.  The first video in the series, which will roll out over a period of three consecutive weeks, premiered today, April 8, 2011. Here it is below:

“The Planet’s Most Extreme Model, Designer, Chef, Lover, Dancer, Drag Queen, Alien, Fish Wrangler From Outer Space,” a future competition show mash up, starring E!’s Gastineau Girls Brittny and Lisa Gastineau, The Bachelor’s Vienna Girardi and Real World Las Vegas roommate Trishelle Cannatella, hosted by Survivor’s Jeff Probst.

Joan Rivers kicked off the evening by premiering the off-color comedies to a room full of unscripted superstars.  They all watched and laughed as they accepted the inevitable: in the future, everyone will be famous!  After the films rolled, DJ Solange Knowles took to the turntables to spin for the gorgeous gala-goers. Who knew Beyonce’s sister was such a great DJ? I didn’t. At one point, I even went up to her and gave her a thumbs up for playing Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody“. Naturally, she laughed.

The entire venue was decorated with dozens of life-sized cutouts of reality stars. Every where you looked it was a reality television explosion. The restrooms were labeled Smush Rooms, books by reality stars riddled all the seating areas and there was even a confessional booth to take a picture. Check out Alex and my pic here. Special shout outs go to the delicious SVEDKA Vodka cocktails (Future Famous and Joan In a Jar were my favorite). Maybe I’m getting old, but the vodka sno-cone was toats strong. I couldn’t believe I had to nurse it. The duck confit was also quite tasty.

check out which reality celebs attended the event after the jump. we even took a few snaps with us with them

VH1 is introducing a new show beginning March 14th titled Wedding Wars. What’s it all about? Think Bridalplasty meets Survivor meets The Real World. Here is the full show’s synopsis from the official VH1 site.

Some people want their wedding to be so perfect they’re willing to fight for it. Literally. On VH1’s new series Wedding Wars, 12 engaged couples will battle each other for the destination wedding of a lifetime. Wedding Wars is a competition-elimination show hosted by Michele Merkin, where each week teams of soon-to-be brides and grooms will fight tooth and nail for a shot at their dream wedding and amazing prizes. But the couples are in for a shock when they learn they won’t be competing at a five star resort. Instead, they’ll be exiled on a remote island location with little food or water and they’ll face hardships that will strain their relationships to the limit. To win their dream wedding, couples must face the elements and survive in the wilderness and compete in challenges that offer some extravagant wedding prizes.

Meet the 12 competing couples after the jump…

Is it me or did Fall 2010′s reality shows feature more annoying contestants than ever before? I don’t even think I’m exaggerating in the least. Cumulatively, the networks cast the most polarizing and irritating reality stars in recent memory if not ever. There were moments during this Fall TV season, when my jaw literally fell to the ground after witnessing some of their behavior. It was baffling to see how some of these people consistently remained on their respective shows, despite their shenanigans.

While I do recognize I could choose to stop watching the offending shows, I didn’t for the sake of my dear loyal reality TV fanatics. Papa’s gotta do his research you know. Hands up, if you believe that line of BS. Truth be told, I just didn’t have enough strength to stop staring at the trainwrecks. Let’s take a quick trip down memory lane and help me bequeath “The Most Annoying Reality Star” title to one of these hookers.

view the contenders after the jump

TLC has come out with yet another “I can’t help but watch” type show. This time, a reality/documentary style show that profiles shopaholics that use coupons to save thousands of dollars on the stockpiles of goods they buy. These people are not just your regular coupon clippers. They literally spend hours a day on the internet looking for deals. This is Extreme Couponing, and no, it’s not a sport.

Four Extreme Couponers were profiled on the series premiere, each with their own bag of tricks and system that they follow for finding deals. One woman brought more than $600 in merchandise to the till and paid only $2.64 after coupons. Another shopper creates an order at the till so large it has to be broken up because the register can only scan 500 items at a time. Items purchased include: 60 bottles of hand soap, 40 bottles of water and 1100 boxes of cereal. The value is almost $6000, and he purchases it for $241.

These people are good at what they do, but they take it to the extreme. One family hasn’t bought toilet paper in three years because they have so much of it. It’s kind of like hoarders, but in a more positive way since we’re not dealing with garbage and fecal matter.

Check out the preview after the jump…