Last year, when J-Unit and I left TVgasm, we passed the sell-out baton to Television Without Pity, which was soon acquired by Bravo TV literally days after we stepped down. Now, just under a year later Gawker reports today that three of TWoP’s founders will now be moving onto bigger and better things. Or, as Sarah D. Bunting, Tara Ariano, and David T. Cole put it, they’re aiming “to pursue dreams and ambitions that will take them beyond TWoP.” Translation: we’re gettin’ the hell out of here.
Rumors are already circulating that TWoP’s new corporate parent was anything but a perfect fit. Gawker’s Nick Denton even goes so far as to suggest that the site’s critical stance towards NBC soured relations with Bravo. Who knows if any of this is true, but having gone down the “I Sold A TV Site And Left Exactly 365 Days Later” road, I have a few ideas of how it all played out in my head.
Nevertheless, I can’t help but be amused by the timing of this news, which has arrived on the very last day of my noncompete clause with Bunim/Murray Productions. What a perfect way to end a year of silence. Ten hours, forty-three minutes left and counting…
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Does this mean you can recap 24 in the fall?
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BB9 is calling your name
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hb
I’m with Grimace. It was your and Joe’s 24 recaps that got me hooked on tvgasm in the first place. I am so glad you can return from exile now! I bet you’ve been about to burst with opinions on the Big Brother degenerates.
Yay! The non-compete is OVER!
I say make them realize why YOU are the best TV blogger out there B! Give ‘em hell! Les and the wife don’t have Chenbot mugs for nothing!
Is Miss Alkie also leaving the site?
…and it goes without saying: Yay for no more non-compete!!!
I agree w/ hb – BB9 is practically screaming for you. So excited to hear the non-compete is over!
This excites me to no end!!
Oh, happy day! BB just hasn’t been the same without you and Joe.
The timing of this could not be better. The Hills returns this month!!