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"Supernanny" Jo Frost

​Are your children unruly? Do they yell at the dinner table, shove each other in the hallway, or refuse to speak to you? Maybe you've got a house full of active kids and can't keep up the pace. Well, Phoenix parents, get ready: if you're feeling overwhelmed, British "Supernanny" Jo Frost might come to your rescue, and capture the whole intervention for national TV.

Johnny Beechler, Casting Producer for the ABC television series Supernanny, is looking for families to participate in season five of the reality show, and will hold auditions at the Phoenix Zoo on Saturday, September 5. Interested families who e-mail producers before the 5th with a family photo and details on why they need help will receive a pass for the front of the line at the Phoenix audition.

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Looking for love in all the wrong places? Here's one more.

The producers of ABC's The Bachelor will be holding open casting calls this week, right here in the Valley.

On Thursday at 5 p.m., single ladies can audition to win the heart of an undisclosed bachelor, and duke it out with a collection of women from across the country for his affection.

The auditions will be held at Intercontinental Montelucia Resort and Spa in Paradise Valley, but producers warn that if you're only "kind of single," don't show up.

Chance may crown her.

Thanks to missteps by Carrie Prejean that led to her firing by Donald Trump, Miss Arizona 2009, Alicia-Monique Blanco, could become Miss USA by default -- as we suspected.

It's a longshot that depends on what happens to the current Miss USA, Kristen Dalton, say Miss Universe pageant officials.

 

Alicia-Monique Blanco -- Image: www.missuniverse.com

 

 

 

 The stars of the popular reality show "Jon and Kate Plus Eight" are getting a public divorce amid accusations that they use their kids for profit.

It sounds like an ugly mess, but wouldn't you know it -- an Arizona couple hopes to follow in Jon and Kate's footsteps (without the divorce -- unless it gets good ratings, presumably).

Lake Havasu residents Bryan (a graduate of Arizona State University) and Jenny Masche (pictured) are exploiting their own, Phoenix-born children in a new cable-TV series launching on Thursday at 8 p.m. on WEtv.

The series begins with a special on Jenny's pregnancy and the arrival of sextuplets, continuing with six one-hour shows.