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Sunday, June 26, 2005

Reality Check

Living in Los Angeles, it's almost a struggle not to stumble onto a reality show.

If you get this paranoid feeling that the reality cameras are everywhere... it's because they are. The latest currently shooting in our fine city:

::Hell's Kitchen




Fox's Hell's Kitchen doesn't take place at a fancy restaurant somewhere in Hollywood -- it's actually taped on the stages of KCOP-UPN13's former studios on La Brea. (KCOP is now housed with KTTV-Fox 11 on the west side.)

::Dancing With The Stars


ABC's surprise summer hit "Dancing with the Stars" struts its stuff at CBS Television City, on Beverly at Fairfax (above, John O'Hurley and partner). Wonder if it bugs CBS staffers that their studio facilities keep housing rival networks' hits -- Fox's "American Idol" calls TV City home as well.

::Rock Star: INXS


Silver Lake residents curious about the bright lights coming out of the Paramour estate eventually figured out what the whole commotion was about: The mansion (above, in a vintage postcard image) is home to the production of this summer's CBS series "Rock Star: INXS."

::Big Brother 6
Of course, everyone knows by now that the "Big Brother" house is located on the CBS Studio Center/Radford lot. But with the old house demolished to make way for the new KCBS/KCAL building, the network moved "Big Brother" to new digs -- on the soundstage formerly used by "Yes, Dear."

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