Category: Beauty Television
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What Not to Wear
What Not to Wear (WNTW) on The Learning Channel (TLC) is a personal makeover television show that teaches unstylish individuals how to dress and style themselves according to middle-class norms. The original WNTW is British and began airing on the BBC Two in 2001. The American version of WNTW began airing on TLC in 2003 …
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QVC
QVC, Inc. is a television and Internet retailer with 1,150 products on offer each week. Merchandise categories include fashion, beauty, home furnishings, electronics, and toys and gifts. It is one of the largest multimedia retailers in the world, with net sales of $7.4 billion in 2007. QVC (Quality, Value, Convenience) was founded in 1986 by …
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Queer Eye For The Straight Guy
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was an American reality television program developed for the Bravo television network that ran from 2003 to 2007. After its debut in 2003, the show became a surprise hit, and its rights were purchased by NBC. The program’s executive producers, Dave Collins, who has been in a gay relationship …
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Makeover Television
Makeover television, a subgenre of reality television, began in earnest in the United States in 2001 with Trading Spaces (a home decoration show) and soon spread to body and beauty renovations and a broader international audience. More than 250 makeover-centered shows, across 40 different network/cable sites and created by over 50 production companies are available…
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Makeovers
A makeover is a transformation from an inadequate before to a superior after; it is often used to refer to a transformation in appearance. One can be made over or make over oneself. In the U.S. mythos, the makeover is often an element in the rags-to-riches story. History The makeover has been used as a…
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Infomercials
Infomercials are television commercials that sell products using programming imitative of noncommercial television shows. They can run anywhere from one minute to one hour, with the standard length being just under 30 minutes. Originally shown between the hours of 2 A.M. and 6 A.M., as a network’s alternative to signing off, infomercials can now be…
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How to Look Good Naked
How to Look Good Naked (United Kingdom, Channel 4, 2006; United States, Lifetime, 2008) is a reality program first begun in Britain, where it was hosted by Gok Wan, and then modified in the United States, where it is hosted by Carson Kresley (the fashion stylist from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy). In both…
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Extreme Makeover
Extreme Makeover (ABC, 2002–7) was a reality TV makeover program, where subjects who considered themselves to be ugly submitted a videotape that detailed their facial and bodily flaws in hopes of being flown to Hollywood for an extensive makeover. Because Extreme Makeover capitalized on rewarding those people whose stories of suffering and hardship were the …
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Dr. 90210
Dr. 90210 is a popular documentary-style reality television program that premiered on the E! network in 2004 in the United States. It has recently completed its sixth season. The show follows the lives of cosmetic surgeons, including their personal and professional lives. Dr. 90210 is often credited with playing a large role in increasing the …