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Bravo announced this morning that the Sept. 5 premiere of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills will stand, and the season will include PSAs about suicide prevention. That’s in response to the death of cast member Russell Armstrong, who killed himself and had complained that “Bravo bastards” created “bullshit” about his life. Bravo president Frances Berwick said in a statement, “Given that these episodes were filmed months ago, the producers of the show taped a brief interview this week with several of the cast members to introduce the premiere. Re-editing of the episodes is still underway.” She said the network “has partnered with the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) to raise awareness about suicide prevention,” and will be promoting the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800-273-8255) online. View the original article here

Survivor Redemption Island’s debut episode next week will only have one sponsor, Sprint, a first for the series that will allow the show to have more content, hopefully not of Sprint phones. In addition, the ad breaks will only feature 30-second Sprint commercials and minute-long segments about former contestants. CBS said in a press release that “Sprint’s sponsorship will allow for additional minutes of show content in the premiere episode,” and that “each of the four commercial breaks in the premiere episode will feature a ‘Survivor: Redemption Island ‘What If? Moment’ Presented by Sprint,’ a series of 60-second vignettes spotlighting a popular former Survivor’s tactical game. The vignette will recap the alliances they made and betrayed, their eventual elimination and how their strategy might have been altered if they knew they had a second chance at redemption.” Those segments, CBS said, will be narrated by Jeff Probst and selected by Jeff and executive producer David Burris, along...

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