The recent death of DJ AM has jeopardized Gone Too Far, a yet-to-air MTV program in which he helps people battle their addictions. Likewise, the suicide of a Megan Wants A Millionaire contestant accused of murdering his ex-wife has put an end to that show. What other scandals have disrupted reality series?
NBC comes under fire when producers fail to vet 386-pound Biggest Loser contestant Lou Holloway, and he’s revealed to actually weigh 172 pounds
Britain’s Got Talent is temporarily thrown into disarray when a physically unattractive person is revealed to have some shred of societal worth
America’s Got Talent is put on hiatus after Nick Cannon is stopped at the U.S.-Mexico border with a suitcase full of parrots
VH1’s entire fall lineup is put on hold due to a syphilis outbreak among most of the shows’ stars, contestants, and crew members
Production on Project Runway is suspended when frontrunner Christopher Straub is found to have simply glued some beads and tassels onto existing Talbots clothing during each challenge
The contestants on More To Love realize they aren’t interested in dating other fat people and just wander off one by one
After learning there would be a new season of Paris Hilton’s My New BFF, season-one BFF Brittany Flickinger tweets secrets she learned about Paris during their one day as “friends”
Filming of 18 Kids And Counting is abruptly halted after several vital organs fall out of mother Michelle Duggar’s abdominal cavity through her gaping vagina
