Room 401 was a hidden camera/reality television series on MTV, executive produced by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg. It was named after the room Harry Houdini died in at Detroit's Grace Hospital in 1926. The show also used some of his famous acts.
Room 401 took unaware victims into the center of pranks that played like mini horror movies. From the reanimation of the dead, to chain-saw mishaps, each episode contains four "scares" or pranks. The show was hosted by Jared Padalecki from the CW's Supernatural.
Auctioneer Angus Ashworth and his team help famous faces clear their homes of clutter, hoping to discover hidden gems to be auctioned off for serious profits.
Grande Fratello, the Italian version of reality television franchise Big Brother, began in September 2000, and has gone on to become a cultural phenomenon in Italy. There have been twelve completed seasons as of 2013.
Based on the Original Dutch Version created by Endemol, the show sees a number of different Housemates, divided by gender, social backgrounds and geographical locations locked up together in a House, where the viewing Public can watch them twenty-four hours a day, and vote them out of the House as they choose to.
The Housemates can visit the "Confessional" at any time during the day, either to talk to psychologists if they need to, talk to Big Brother, or to Nominate.
The title is inspired by the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The novel tells of a Big Brother, head of the totalitarian state of Oceania that constantly monitors its inhabitants via camera in an attempt to suppress their free will. The tag line of the novel is "Big Brother is watching you", which inspired the show, as it is
The Best of Istanbul with Tom Aikens tells the culinary adventures of British chef Tom Aikens in Istanbul. Follow Tom, as he opens up a restaurant in Istanbul and explores the recipes that make this city with the best ingredients. Accompanied by Istanbulites, Tom goes to the kitchen to create his own take on Istanbul recipes, using all the knowledge and inspiration he has gained.
Dries Mertens and Jan Vertonghen are behind a brand new football competition: Masters of Madness. This completely new competitive experience focuses on entertainment, visual innovations, creative game changers and innovative rules. 8 teams of 10 talented players are coached by duos from different backgrounds from the sports, media or digital world. Masters of Madness is a competition that gives football extra oxygen by playing short, fast and entertaining on a smaller field. And especially with a whole series of innovative and sometimes slightly distorted rules.
In these busy modern days, there is not enough time to find a romantic partner. For them, MC Yoo Jae-seok, Jeon So-min, and Nucksal arrange a quick and cool 4:4 blind date. Participants press either heart or skip button as they feel. It’s a quick and pleasant love business.
In Atlanta, Ken and Anita Corsini, a reno-savvy husband and wife, believe no project -- even houses that have been abandoned for years and trashed by squatters -- is too big for their family business. Ken's skills as a licensed contractor and Anita's know-how in real estate and design set the stage for the couple to produce top-dollar flips, adding southern charm to their modern renovations.
The world of modeling is turned on its high-heels by focusing the camera on the ever-neglected world of male fashion models with the first-ever search for the hottest male model. Unsuspecting men are plucked from the streets and invited to participate in a series of challenges to determine who has the looks, style, stamina and charisma to be a male supermodel.
Retta takes viewers on a tour of eerie and terrifying homes across the United States, with one lucky homeowner receiving a $150,000 renovation from Alison Victoria.
Nicole Curtis works in Minneapolis and Detroit discovering houses that were once the best part of their neighborhood but are starting to fall apart. She recruits her crew to come out and rebuild the houses to their original glory days. is a sweet-talking, hammer-swinging whirlwind.