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Bravo has announced more shows to feed our reality TV addiction! The network’s upcoming reality shows include a docuseries by a former  SYTYCD favorite and the latest spin-off in the Real Housewives franchise. Here are nine new hows you can look forward to on Bravo: Miami Social Club – Follows members of Miami’s social elite. Pregnant in Heels – Follows the owner/designer of  the high-end maternity brand Rosie Pope Maternity. Mia Michaels — Follows the professional life of So You Think You Can Danc e choreographer Mia Michaels. Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – Follows a group of  Bevery Hills-based “housewives” Million Dollar Decorators – Follows high end interior decorators in LA. Around the World in 80 Plates — Cooking competition that takes contestants around the world. Commander in Chef — Cooking competition that takes place in front a live studio audience. Fashion Masters –  Fashion design competition between already-successful designers. (Two-hour special) Hitmakers – Music competition for singer/songwriters. Which of these shows are you most looking forward to? Let me know in the comments! Photo by Fox Nine New Reality Shows to Look Forward to on Bravo — Including a Mia Michaels Series and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills originally appeared on About.com Reality TV on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 10:04:17. Permalink | Comment | Email this

For power users, the Twitter website is often just a thing of the past. We’ve moved on to third party interfaces with multiple columns, special user list navigation, search, and so on. But what about the novice user that wants something more than Twitter.com ? For that, there’s Brizzly , a web-based Twitter client that today is announcing the release of its awaited iPhone app, along with a neat feature or two. Sponsor The web-based version of Brizzly takes the Twitter stream and opens it up for the average user. It expands shortened links into full URLs, making it easier to know what you’re clicking on, and turns links to YouTube videos or images into just that – embedded images and videos. In a way, it takes the guess work out of Twitter. Today, the company is releasing a full-featured iPhone app that was built off of the skeleton of Birdfeed, the company acquired by Brizzly last fall. The app is a simple and doesn’t offer some of the opening up of Twitter that you find on the website, but that would be difficult for an iPhone app to do, with it’s limited real estate. Links are shortened and images hidden behind links, but that’s as expected. Still, it handles multiple accounts, each of which you can view in its own stream. It also supports lists, mentions and DMs – all the standard stuff you would expect. As we mentioned the last time we wrote about Brizzly, when the company added Facebook to its stream, the tool tries to make the experience of twitter simple for the non-geek. In that way, it interprets and explains Twitter Trends, the hashtags that are most popular at a given time. The Brizzly staff looks at hashtags and writes up a quick little blurb that explains what the Trends are that day and why. The iPhone app prominently contains these guides as a separate tab called “News”. Brizzly is expanding on this trend explanation feature with its launch of the Brizzly Guide on its website. The Guide gives each of these trends its own page, which is a “permanent source for up-to-date information on topics people are talking about,” it says in its press release. In addition giving these explanations a permanent home, Brizzly has acquired WikiRank, a visualization web application based on Wikipedia data. It will be “integrating WikiRank technology into the Brizzly Guide” the company says in its press release. We can only wonder what will come of that, but it sounds interesting. Discuss

Fun fact: Did you know that there are currently 17 local versions of America’s Next Top Model around the world? Top Model ’s sister shows  include a German competition hosted by Heidi Klum.  (I wonder how you say “You are no longer in the running”  in German.) To remind us of that Top Model is taking over the world, clips from international versions of the show will be included in the season 14 opening, airing tonight at 8 pm on the CW.  Then it will be all about the new American cast as the top 13 is introduced during the season premiere. Top Model Goes Around the World for Season Premiere originally appeared on About.com Reality TV on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 08:54:05. Permalink | Comment | Email this

Forget days at the beach and fun-filled trips to the amusement parks.  We already know what will really entertain us during summer 2010 — reality shows! Here are some the shows scheduled for summer 201o. The Bachelorette starring Ali Fedotowsky will arrive on May 24 on ABC. True Beauty (yes, it was given a season two) premieres May 31 on ABC. So You Think You Can Dance will return Thursday, May 27 on Fox. America’s Got Talent begins a new talent search on June 1. Last Comic Standing will return to NBC on June 7. A new season of Hell’s Kitchen will premiere on June 10 on Fox. Which show will you be watching this summer? Let me know in the comments! Which Reality Shows Are Set fo Summer 2010? originally appeared on About.com Reality TV on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 07:53:24. Permalink | Comment | Email this

Forget days at the beach and fun-filled trips to the amusement parks.  We already know what will really entertain us during summer 2010 — reality shows! Here are some the shows scheduled for summer 201o. The Bachelorette starring Ali Fedotowsky will arrive on May 24 on ABC. True Beauty (yes, it was given a season two) premieres May 31 on ABC. So You Think You Can Dance will return Thursday, May 27 on Fox. America’s Got Talent begins a new talent search on June 1. Last Comic Standing will return to NBC on June 7. A new season of Hell’s Kitchen will premiere on June 10 on Fox. Which show will you be watching this summer? Let me know in the comments! Which Reality Shows Are Set fo Summer 2010? originally appeared on About.com Reality TV on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 07:53:24. Permalink | Comment | Email this