Alan Suderman has the juiciest political story of the day with Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander's decision to fire her communications director Andre Johnson because, according to Alexander, Johnson lied to her about participating in the Marion Barry reality show, "Mayor For Life." more ›

With the exception of Angelo, who woulda thought at the beginning of the Top Chef season that this group would be our top six? I certainly didn't. more ›

Rob Lowe -- apparently dipping into qualifications he gained during his stint playing a fictional staffer in a fictional Presidential administration in the late 90s and early aughts -- is set to produce a "docu-series" titled Potomac Fever, based on "real aspiring ambitious young politicos who are moving up the ranks of power in the Washington." Have at it, folks. more ›

Reality TV sure does move quickly. more ›

The next season of Top Chef completed its filming in Washington, D.C. on Saturday evening, sources tell DCist. Head Judge Tom Colicchio tweeted Sunday morning that he was on the Acela back to New York, and production crew members were spotted partying on U Street Sunday evening to celebrate the wrap. more ›

The producers of MTV's The Real World D.C. say a lawsuit filed by a local woman who appeared on the show is "totally without merit." more ›

Part of the fun of pretty much any installment of MTV's long-running series The Real World is the interaction between the roommates and the locals of whichever city the producers chose for that season. There's bound to be drinking, making out, fighting and maybe even sex -- all of it caught on camera. Everyone knows this by now. But one local woman who appeared on The Real World D.C. now claims she didn't know that, and is suing MTV and the show's producers for invading her privacy and causing her emotional distress. For her suffering, she's demanding $5 million. more ›

The Top Chef host tweeted the photo below less than 30 minutes ago, so he might even still be there if you hurry. "Guess where I am," Colicchio asked his followers. Not exactly a tough one, but we're glad to see the celebrity chef made his way to U Street while he's in town filming the next season of his hit Bravo show. more ›

The above image was submitted by DCist reader Megan Griffin. We've all heard that the local Top Chef contestants have been doing their shopping at the Silver Spring Whole Foods. During Megan's recent visit to the store, she noted a sign that said "Magical Elves Productions (Top Chef's production company) was taping something called 'The Mission.'" Inside, she spotted a number of lights and TV cameras, and several people in line buying enormous quantities of food. more ›

We've been through 14 episodes of house drama, personal crisis and growth, multiple dinners at Buca di Beppo, one visit to the ER, and enough Wicked Liquid to scar a lifetime of memories. And it all happened within a four-block radius of the now infamous Dupont Circle townhouse, spare the stray trip to one or two other spots in our fair city. more ›

Well, we're down to seven roommates and just one episode. It's been a wild ride, and if you need to catch up before it's all over, check out our detailed re-caps to date. Below the jump, we meet Mike's boyfriend, Ty gets a little frisky with an older woman and the roommates are overcome with a sense that maybe they should do something of value before the season's over.
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Local documentary filmmaker Kirk Fraser and his company, May 3rd Films, has posted a pair of trailers online for the spec reality TV show he's been making about former mayor and Ward 8 D.C. Council member Marion Barry. News of the show's existence first surfaced back in November. more ›

Let's be honest -- there's not much that's authentically "D.C." about The Real World D.C. Sure, the show takes place here, but as our painfully detailed re-caps have shown, the roommates have mostly been tethered to their Dupont Circle home and a rather limited sampling of nearby bars and restaurants. But at least one song played in the background of a recent episode came from a local band. more ›

It's almost over -- only two episodes of The Real World D(upont) C(ircle) left! For all the history and complex character development, check out our archive of detailed re-caps; for this week's excitement, see our patented bullet points below. more ›

Looks like The New York Times has more or less confirmed that Top Chef Season 7 will be set here in D.C. Here's what Sam Sifton wrote in a review of host Tom Colicchio's restaurant, Collichio and Sons.

Mr. Colicchio has Craft restaurants in both cities, as well as others in Atlanta, San Francisco, Las Vegas and at Foxwoods in Connecticut. He had been in Washington, too, where he will film the next season of “Top Chef,” the cooking competition on Bravo for which he is chief judge. It draws something on the order of three million viewers a week.

Yesterday, we linked to a blog post over at metrocurean reporting a rumor that Bravo's popular culinary competition, Top Chef, would likely be heading to D.C. soon to film its next season. And now today, the Washington Post's Joe Yonan is saying the same thing. more ›

I know, I know -- we missed last week's episode of The Real World D(upont) C(ircle). But to make it up to fans of the show and the faithful readers of our re-caps (all 17 of you), this week's installment covers not one, but two episodes. Yes, friends, I ran a reality show marathon last night, and as a consequence today I'm dehydrated, cranky and chafing. (If you want an Ironman experience, read all of our past re-caps and then this one. In one sitting. I dare you.) more ›

In the grand scheme of The Real World D(upont) C(ircle), this week may have marked something of a new low. I know, I know -- it's hard to believe. But it's true. If you need to catch up, our past recaps are here. If not, don't say I didn't warn you about what's coming. more ›

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There's really only one thing you need to know about this week's installment of The Real World D(upont) C(ircle) -- Wicked Liquid. For everything else, see below; the rest of our coverage can be found here. more ›

After being holed up in my basement apartment for five days, even the newest installment of The Real World D(upont) C(ircle) seemed like an exciting break from growing cabin fever. Unfortunately, what promised to be the most riveting inter-personal drama of the series ended up being nothing more than a tease. And yes, my growing fear of Ashley's tantrums made it hard to sleep. If you need to catch up on everything you've missed -- and really, if you're a federal employee, you've got the time -- check out our recaps to date. more ›

We're halfway through The Real World D(upont) C(ircle), and a swift end couldn't seem any sweeter. Then again, the best may be yet to come -- MTV's been dropping rumors that one of the roommates will be making an early departure soon. more ›

If you've been furiously hitting refresh waiting for another recap of The Real World D(upont) C(ircle), our apologies -- real life got in the way of The Real World. But like our four recaps to date, this week's episode, in bullet points, is below. more ›

We know that you've all been glued to your TVs on Wednesday nights to catch the newest episodes of The Real World D.C. No? Well then you've been reading our weekly recaps. Oh, you haven't? Fine. Whatever. But we thought we'd remind you that coverage of tonight's State of the Union address will likely overlap slightly with the weekly antics of our favorite TV neighbors. Fear not, we'll still have a recap, but it'll take some lighting-fast channel switching to catch President Obama try and inspire America and see Josh finally let his beast out of its cage. more ›

That's four episodes down of The Real World D(upont) C(ircle). Last night's installment of the long-running reality show was chock full of material, so let's get straight to the bullet points, below the jump. (If you need to catch up, here are our recaps of the premiere and episodes two and three.) more ›

The premiere was OK. The second episode quickly went downhill. And the third installment of The Real World D(upont) C(ircle)? Just be thankful if all you have to know about it is my summary below, delivered once again in bullet points. more ›

Last week's premiere of The Real World D(upont) C(ircle), was marginally tolerable. That tolerance quickly wore off with yesterday's episode. The highlights, such as they were, bullet-point style: more ›

Looks like the beleaguered Blonde Charity Mafia has found at least some form of new life: an unembeddable trailer for the show popped up on the web site of MTV's UK channel today, presumably as a prelude to the show's premiere (the site mentions Jan. 11 as the first air date). No word on if any plans are in the works to show the reality program in the United States. The CW dropped its plans to air Blonde Charity Mafia last month. more ›

More than a few of us dutifully watched the premiere of The Real World D.C. last night, ready to pounce on any slights or rush to correct any common misconceptions made by the show's new cast about our fair city. more ›

DCist hasn't previewed a screener of tonight's premiere episode of The Real World D.C., which is set to air at 10 p.m. on MTV. But poor Washington Post Style writer Hank Stuever did, and his thoughts can be summed up in the following passage:

Washington is not too boring for "The Real World," but times have changed. Now it turns out to be the other way around: "The Real World" is too boring for Washington. more ›