New Season of Paradise Hotel at long last

[LG.]

Q: My favorite two reality TV shows are “Paradise [Hotel]” and “Big Brother.” Why was “Paradise [Hotel]” shelved? Watching those guests back-stab each other was thrilling! It was great TV. —Richard

A: FOX’s “Paradise Hotel” is one of those reality shows that, since its conclusion and cancellation, has not been forgotten. Fans have long hoped it would return, but FOX aired a knock-off version, “Forever Eden,” instead (it flopped and was soon cancelled).

But there’s good news: The FOX Reality Channel — which has aired repeats of the original season — recently announced that it will film a new version of “Paradise Hotel.” A network rep told me that it’s scheduled to debut the week of January 13, 2008, but no other details are available yet.

The show sent a group of singles to a house in Mexico, where they paired up every week, and those who were eliminated were replaced by new cast members. Twists were introduced at random, making the show feel like it didn’t have much of a structure at all.

The new series will be produced by the same production company, and will air on both the cable network and MyNetworkTV, the network that took over for many UPN stations. There’s no word about the show’s structure or its cast.

"Paradise Hotel" fans always want to know if Amy and Zach, the kind of domineering big-couple-on-campus team from the show, are still together. According to various sources, including Zach's MySpace page, which also notes that he is leaving Arizona to return to Hawaii, they are not. —A.D.

‘Paradise Hotel’ is finally coming back - Entertainment - MSNBC.com

Let's see if they can catch lightening in a bottle the second time with P-Ho. If so, I'm sure JR will be hooked

[Google]

 

[Tribal Speak]

Finally! But...FOX Reality Channel??? I don't think I get that .

[livin4reality]

My first reaction is "oh hell yeah!"

But fox reality? I don't get that one. I've been trying for years to get my cable provider to well...provide it. Maybe one of the satalite (sp) networks gets it. I'm going to look into it.

[Realitychick]

I am BEYOND excited.

[pwettybird]

I really hope that this one is as much fun watching as the other one was

[CrossingGuard]

I didn't catch the first season, but seeing how many fans this show has, I'm excited also.

[braungirl]

Oh I am so excited! This was one of my favorite shows!! I am sad to know that Amy and Zach are not together though

[pwettybird]

Originally Posted by braungirl

Oh I am so excited! This was one of my favorite shows!! I am sad to know that Amy and Zach are not together though

same here. I thought that Zach and Amy were adoreable together! I've got Zach as a friend on myspace. He's really nice too.

[Tribal Speak]

Not sure I like the idea of it starting up in January. The first time it was on was summer and it fit with that season perfectly, IMO. Oh well. Beggars can't be choosers.

[Dogg]

sounds cool and all

but this is many years later

i enjoyed the multiple repeats of P-Ho, Forever Eden on Fox Reality, but after a while my brain started to hurt

i think if they did bring it back it would probably be bad, and not in a good way, i think they are going with Fox Reality because it's cable and they can get away with more and so it won't get cancelled