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Second shot: Tila's
back, and looking

Breakups hurt, but less when you're an MTV star

By Diego Vasquez
Apr 22, 2008

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It was perhaps the least surprising breakup since Liza Minelli and David Gest split.

Mere weeks after Tila Tequila chose Bobby the film student over Dani the lesbian firefighter in the finale of MTV’s “A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila” in December, the two broke up, clearing the way for “Shot at Love 2.”

The second season, which premieres tonight at 10 p.m., has the same premise as the first. MySpace babe Tila Tequila, a model who purports to be bisexual, invites 32 men and women to vie for her affection. They live together in a mansion where much cattiness ensues.

Last season drew huge ratings for MTV, averaging a 3.4 in the network’s target viewers 12-34, behind only “The Hills.” That made it almost expected when Tila announced, days after the finale, that Bobby had dumped her, and she’d be appearing in another season of cable’s first bi dating program.

Of course, there have been murmurs that Tequila isn’t looking for love period.

The rumor last season, which spread across blogs and celebrity magazines, was that Tequila actually has a long-term boyfriend whom she’s still very much involved with. Bobby said on his MySpace page he didn’t so much dump Tequila as never hear from her after “Shot’s” reunion show was filmed.

But MTV viewers are used to reality shows without much reality in them, “Hills” being another example. The Tequila boyfriend rumors probably won’t affect viewership of the show, which has also spawned an upcoming spinoff called “That’s Amore,” starring one of Tequila’s season-one castoffs, Italian boy Domenico Nesci.

A look at this week’s top TV draws
TUESDAY, APRIL 22
Time	Network	Program	Description
7 a.m.	NBC	“Today” (N)	Actor Edward Norton guests, as do Laura and Jenna Bush, who guest-host the show’s third hour.
8 p.m.	Fox	“American Idol” (R)	Andrew Lloyd Weber coaches the final six contestants.
8 p.m.	CBS	“NCIS” (D)	Jenny becomes a suspect in a murder case.
9 p.m.	Fox	“Hell’s Kitchen” (R)	A kitchen accident hospitalizes a contestant.
9 p.m.	ESPN2	“Hellfighters” (M, S)	A look at Harlem’s only high school football team.
10 p.m.	NBC	“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (D)	Bill Pullman guests as a newspaper editor who starts dating Benson.
10 p.m.	MTV	“A Shot at Love 2 With Tila Tequila” (R)	Season premiere. Another group of guys and girls try to woo the bisexual babe.
10 p.m.	Discovery Channel	“The Alaska Experiment” (R)	People are left in the Alaskan wilderness and try to adapt.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23
Time	Network	Program	Description
7 a.m.	ABC	“Good Morning America” (N)	Actress Helen Hunt guests.
8 p.m.	CW	“America’s Next Top Model” (R)	The gals go to Rome to film an Italian commercial.
8 p.m.	ESPN	“Major League Baseball” (S)	The Yankees take on the White Sox in Chicago.
9 p.m.	Fox	“American Idol” (R)	It’s starting to get down there – after tonight only five will remain.
10 p.m.	NBC	“Law & Order” (D)	Green is investigated after he’s accused in a shooting, in Jesse Martin’s last episode.
10 p.m.	MTV	“The Real World” (R)	The other girls don’t like how Brianna uses her body. Have they not seen past editions of this show?
10:30 p.m.	TNT	“NBA Basketball” (S)	The Nuggets take on the Lakers in game two of their first-round playoff series.
THURSDAY, APRIL 24
Time	Network	Program	Description
7 a.m.	NBC	“Today” (N)	“30 Rock” star Tina Fey visits the set.
8 p.m.	ABC	“Ugly Betty” (D)	A surprise visit from Charlie may change Betty’s birthday plans.
8 p.m.	CW	“Smallville” (D)	Clark looks for the only person who can change Lana’s condition.
9 p.m.	ABC	“Grey’s Anatomy” (D)	Bailey judges a surgical contest between the ladies.
9 p.m.	CBS	“CSI” (D)	The crew tries to solve two murders that occur in the same apartment building.
9 p.m.	NBC	“The Office” (C)	Michael and Dwight head to New York to try to hang with Ryan.
10 p.m.	ABC	“Lost” (D)	A body washes up on shore and Jack tries to identify it.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25
Time	Network	Program	Description
7 a.m.	ABC	“Good Morning America” (N)	Mariah Carey performs.
8 p.m.	CBS	“Ghost Whisperer” (D)	Melinda looks into the death of a student who was filming a movie.
9 p.m.	Travel Channel	“Disney: On A Dime” (N)	Looking at how to head to Disney World without breaking the bank.
10 p.m.	CBS	“Numb3rs” (D)	A gang of military thieves takes a family hostage.
10 p.m.	History Channel	“Battle 360” (N)	Reliving the largest naval battle of World War II.
10:30 p.m.	ESPN	“NBA Basketball” (S)	The Suns versus the Spurs in game three of their first-round playoff series.
SATURDAY, APRIL 26
Time	Network	Program	Description
3 p.m.	CBS	“PGA Golf” (S)	Coverage of the third round of the Byron Nelson Championship, live from Irving, Texas.
3 p.m.	NBC	“NHL Hockey” (S)	A game from the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
3 p.m.	ESPN	“NFL Draft” (S)	Your favorite team is on the clock.
3:30 p.m.	Fox	“Major League Baseball” (S)	It’s Yankees-Indians, Angels-Tigers or Padres-Diamondbacks.
8 p.m.	Nickelodeon	“iCarly” (K)	Freddie and Sam try to convince Carly to stay at their school.
11 p.m.	Fox	“Mad TV” (C)	Among other things, a parody of ABC’s “Lost.”
SUNDAY, APRIL 27
Time	Network	Program	Description
1 p.m.	Fox	“NASCAR Racing” (S)	The Aaron’s 499 from Talladega Superspeedway.
3 p.m.	CBS	“PGA Golf” (S)	Final round of the Byron Nelson Championship, won last year by Scott Verplank.
3:30 p.m.	ABC	“NBA Basketball” (S)	Game four of the first-round playoff series between Shaq and the Suns and Duncan and the Spurs.
8 p.m.	Fox	“The Simpsons” (C)	Bart joins 4-H and raises a calf.
9 p.m.	ABC	“Desperate Housewives” (D)	Bree and Katherine decide to go into business together.
9 p.m.	CBS	“Cold Case” (D)	A 1962 suicide is reexamined as a murder situation.
10 p.m.	E!	“Keeping Up with the Kardashians” (R)	Kim, Khloe and Kourtney get into a fight. Except this time it’s serious.
A = awards show or special, C = comedy, D = drama, DD = daytime drama, G = game show, K = kids, M = movie, N = news/documentary, R = reality, S = sports, T = talk/variety show.