Wednesday, March 02, 2005

TBS Announces Two New Reality TV Series And The Return Of THE REAL GILLIGANS ISLAND

TBS has announced that the second installment of THE REAL GILLIGAN´S ISLAND will premiere June 8.

The show that ranked as cable´s number one new reality series of 2004 returns for a second outing as two teams of castaways who personify the original GILLIGAN´S ISLAND characters are stranded on an island and challenged to find a way off. This new installment of the series includes a love triangle in which one of the Professors and one of the Gilligans vie for the affections of one of the Mary Anns. It also includes one of the Gingers being rushed to the hospital after an accident.

Also, the network is working with Whoopi Goldberg on a reality TV pilot and signed Cedric the Entertainer to a first-look development deal.

SKETCH is a reality TV series pilot project from Goldberg. The series involves a search for the best comedy troupe in the United States.

And finally, TBS has signed a first-look development deal with Bird and a Bear, the production company for Cedric the Entertainer and his production partner, Eric Rhone. TBS will have first rights to any reality show the company creates over the next year.