T.H.A.T.
(Television History and Trivia)from
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So, it seems you might have a whim to become a cast member on a reality series soon. What is the chance that you will? It seems I can give you an idea. I now show you how likely it is that you will become a member of a reality show, and I begin by giving you information about five groups of television series, and then I give you a statistical chart that shows from what states the contestants of the series came.
Group one covers four series associated with UPN:
America's Next Top Model, launched in May 2003, 10 persons represented
America's Next Top Model, launched in January 2004, 12 persons represented
America's Next Top Model, launched in September 2004, 12 persons represented
America's Next Top Model, launched in March 2005, 14 persons representedGroup two covers seven series associated with ABC:
The Bachelor, launched in September 2003, 25 persons represented
The Bachelor, launched in April 2004, 25 persons represented
The Bachelor, launched in September 2004, 25 persons represented
The Bachelor, launched in March 2005, 24 persons represented
The Bachelorette, launched in January 2003, 25 persons represented
The Bachelorette, launched in January 2004, 25 persons represented
The Bachelorette, launched in January 2005, 25 persons representedGroup three covers three series associated with CBS:
Big Brother 3, launched in July 2002, 11 persons represented
Big Brother 4, launched in June 2003, 14 persons represented
Big Brother 5, launched in July 2004, 13 persons representedGroup four covers five series associated with CBS:
Survivor, launched in May 2004, 16 persons represented
Survivor: Africa, launched in October 2001, 15 persons represented
Survivor: The Amazon, launched in February 2003, 16 persons represented
Survivor: Marquesas, launched in February 2002, 16 persons represented
Survivor: Pearl Islands, launched in September 2003, 16 persons representedGroup five covers five series related to various networks:
The Apprentice (NBC), launched in January 2005, 18 persons represented
For Love or Money (NBC), launched in June 2004, 16 persons represented
Cooking Under Fire (PBS), launched in April 2005, 10 persons represented
The Mole: The Next Betrayal (ABC), launched in September 2001, 14 persons represented
The Swan (Fox) launched in October 2004, 13 persons represented
THE STATES #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 TOTAL
Alabama 0 0 3 0 0 3
Alaska 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arizona 0 1 0 1 2 4
Arkansas 1 0 0 1 0 2
California 9 49 9 17 14 98
Colorado 0 4 0 2 4 10
Connecticut 0 0 1 0 0 1
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 4 13 2 5 5 29
Georgia 1 3 0 1 1 6
Hawaii 1 1 0 0 0 2
Idaho 1 0 0 0 0 1
Illinois 3 13 4 2 6 28
Indiana 0 0 0 1 1 2
Iowa 0 0 0 0 1 1
Kansas 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kentucky 0 2 1 0 0 3
Louisiana 1 1 0 0 1 3
Maine 0 0 0 1 0 1
Maryland 0 2 0 2 1 5
Massachusetts 0 3 1 6 3 13
Michigan 0 7 1 1 2 11
Minnesota 2 3 0 0 0 5
Mississippi 0 0 1 1 0 2
Missouri 2 2 0 4 0 8
Montana 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nebraska 0 0 0 2 0 2
Nevada 2 1 0 1 1 5
New Hampshire 0 0 0 1 1 2
New Jersey 1 4 1 2 6 14
New Mexico 1 0 0 0 0 1
New York 5 14 4 5 5 33
North Carolina 1 3 0 1 0 5
North Dakota 1 0 0 0 0 1
Ohio 2 6 1 1 0 10
Oklahoma 2 5 2 0 0 9
Oregon 1 1 0 2 0 4
Pennsylvania 1 3 3 3 3 13
Rhode Island 0 2 0 1 0 3
South Carolina 0 1 1 2 0 4
South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tennessee 1 3 1 3 1 9
Texas 2 18 1 2 5 28
Utah 0 0 0 1 1 2
Vermont 0 0 0 1 0 1
Virginia 0 0 0 2 0 2
Washington 3 1 1 2 7 14
West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin 0 1 0 2 1 4
OTHER PLACES:
Canada 0 5 0 0 0 5
France 0 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS: 48 174 38 79 71 410
You can see the total number of persons involved is 410, and now I show what some states have as percentages of the total (the 410). California has 23.96%, and that makes California the number one state. New York has 8.05%. Florida has 7.07%. Illinois and Texas are tied in fourth place, each having 6.83%. New Jersey and Washington are tied for fifth place, each having 3.41%. Up to this point, I have given you information about seven states, and when you add up the percentages for the seven states you get 59.56% (Remember: There are 50 states, and there is Washington, D.C., and there are other properties associated with the country.) In the sixth spot are Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, each of which has 3.17%. Michigan has 2.68%. Ohio and Colorado are tied in the eighth spot, and each has 2.44%. Oklahoma has 2.20%. Missouri has 1.95%, and that puts Missouri in tenth place. And you should see Alaska, Delaware, Kansas, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming have 0.00%.
Now that you have that information, I can ask, "Should you think about moving?"
My statistical chart was made on June 17, 2005, and then, on June 21, 2005, I Want to be a Hilton was given a debut on NBC-TV, and when I learned about the contestants in the show, I had to add information to this edition of T.H.A.T. The show started out with 14 contestants, and four contestants were from California, and two were from New York, and two were from Texas, and two were from Nevada, and one was from Illinois, and one was from Florida, and one was from Colorado, and one was from Mississippi. Look at the statistical chart, and notice how the statistics about I Want to be a Hilton relate to the results in the statistical chart.
I could give you information about the cast members of other shows, but I will not, since you should have enough information to work with for now and since I have to pass along answers to questions that were posed in the previous edition of T.H.A.T. The production companies that are credited with producing Desperate Housewives (shown on ABC-TV this season) are: Cherry Productions and Touchstone Television. The production companies that produced The Will for CBS-TV this season were Next Entertainment and Telepictures Productions. And during the 1998-1999 season, some people saw the series entitled Thanks, and the production companies associated with Thanks were Mauretania Productions and Touchstone TV.
I think I'll end this edition of T.H.A.T. with a little romance. Moonlight Productions and ITC Productions were the companies involved in putting together a made-for-TV movie that featured Ted Shackelford as Carlisle, Michael Gross as Ben Brannigan, and Dorothy Lyman as Nancy Brannigan and such other performers as Danielle von Zerneck, Paul Keenan, Dennis Burkley, Leonard Lightfoot, and Lin Shaye. The movie was a presentation of NBC Friday Night at the Movies, and the main character was Joanna Brannigan. Who played Joanna Brannigan and what was the name of the movie focusing on Joanna Brannigan?
Stay well!
Vic
copyright c. 2005
Date published: August 10, 2005
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