Welcome to the first recap of Pretty Wicked. I can’t watch it live, because I live in Canada. Luckily, Star is airing the show Friday nights at 9pm, so be sure to tune in!

Image: Oxygen Photo | Mitchell Haaseth

Full recap is below the jump!

America’s Next Top Model Cycle 7 winner Caridee English had her new show Pretty Wicked premiere last night on Oxygen. Did you watch it? I PVRed it and will tune in later this week – so expect a recap soon!
In order to promote the show, Caridee has been doing interviews like crazy. She talked to the Chicago Tribune about how her life has changed since winning ANTM. She gives us a verbal tour of her home in Los Angeles and talks about how different LA is from Fargo, North Dakota.
Caridee chatted with After Elton about Pretty Wicked ad her new …read more

CariDee English, the winner of Cycle 7 of America’s Next Top Model, has finally revealed her “top secret reality television project.” The result? Pretty Wicked on Oxygen. The show will pit ten divas who use their looks to get ahead in life in devious ways – to get into clubs, upgrade their boyfriends, get out of traffic tickets and more – to see who is the most beautiful on the inside.
Wow, this show sounds familiar. Isn’t it called True Beauty and executive produced by ANTM creator Tyra Banks?
The divas will confront their evil ways in a series of challenges that …read more

This week’s America’s Next Top Model: Obsessed theme is “models tell all” as Oxygen sits down with former ANTMers to find out what they really think of Tyra, the show and more. These exclusive interviews will air between episodes of ANTM Cycle 5, which will air on Sunday, February 7 from 11am to 11pm.
Last week’s marathon of Cycle 10 was another smash success for Oxygen as they got way more viewers than normal who were way younger than normal. I’m sure whoever acquired the exclusive cable rights to ANTM is certainly getting a few pats on the back.
We still have …read more

This Sunday, as part of their America’s Next Top Model: Obsessed, Oxygen will air exclusive interviews with Tyra Banks, Nigel Barker, and several “fan favorites” ANTM alum to find out what they are currently obsessed with! These segments will air as part of the weekly ANTM marathon.
This week’s marathon will be Cycle 10, which was won by ANTM’s first plus-sized winner Whitney Thompson. The marathon will include an exclusive one-on-one interview with Whitney about what it’s like to be a plus-sized role model in the fashion industry.
I must say, I’m much more excited about finding out just who these “fan …read more

Tyra Banks and Nigel Barker both gave exclusive red carpet interviews to Oxygen at the America’s Next Top Model: Obsessed launch party on January 18.
In Tyra’s red carpet interview, she chats about why ANTM has been so popular for so long. She sees the show as both inspirational and real, and that the stories of the contestants really draws people in. Tyra believes that girls need personality first in order to become a true top model. I think Tyra does understand that ANTM is a television show first and a modeling competition second and this is reflected in the answers …read more

Getting the exclusive cable rights to America’s Next Top Model proved to be a smart move for Oxygen.
The ratings for their first ANTM marathon, which aired January 18, gave the network their best ever Sunday show, up 113% among women 18-34 over the week previous, and 25% increase in overall viewership. Sunday also saw the network’s median viewer age drop to 29, the lowest ever!
The ANTM Obsessed website has lots of great features as well, including regular interviews with former ANTMers, polls, fan blogs, videos, trivia and more! All this great material meant the ANTM Obsessed website saw an …read more

Pat and Carolyn from A Blog About Things were invited to the red carpet of the launch party for Oxygen’s America’s Next Top Model: Obsessed! They got to interview all the models and judges (except for Tyra) as they walked the red carpet.
Here’s their introductory video to their red carpet fun! Pat and Carolyn chatted with all the models, and made sure to ask every one of them what their favorite show on television is. Some of the answers will surprise you!

More interviews will be posted on their Youtube account soon. I’m really excited to see those–I want to hear …read more

True Beauty, the new reality show from Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher premiered on Monday, January 5th to strong results. The show was the number one non-sports choice for viewers, losing only to The Fiesta Bowl on FOX.

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According to TV By the Numbers, 7.9 million viewers tuned in to see 10 contestants vie for what they think is a shot at being called “the most beautiful person in America.” The twist? The judges, supermodel Cheryl Tiegs, stylist Nole Martin and former MTV VJ Vanessa Minnillo, are judging the contestants on their inner …read more

True Beauty, the beauty pageant-oriented reality show that was created and co-produced by Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher premieres tonight.

Copyright © 2008 ABC Studios / Adam Larkey

The show features six women and four men living together in Los Angeles. They think they are competing for a beauty titled, but really the judges will be judging them on their inner beauty. Former MTV DJ Vanessa Minnillo is the host and Cherly Tiegs and Nole Martin will serve as the judges.
Here’s a promo for the show I haven’t posted before:

The contestants are

Billy Jeffrey, 31, an entrepeneur from Idaho
Monique Santiago, 21, a …read more