It Has To End
I will admit that I watch reality TV. Project Runway, Top Chef, Amazing Race, Survivor... they've all been on my scheduled list of shows or recordings. Even the occasional episode of something that is clearly crap like Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, I Love New York, Celebrity Rehab, or Next Food Network Star.
But since the writers went on strike teh bottom has fallen out of the bucket. American Gladiators is one thing... I mean there is a certain amount of nostalgic interest there (even though I've hated all the contestants) but several of the others that have been popping up on the schedule lately? Not so much.
NBC is the worst of the lot. My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad? Really? Worse than that is Amne$ia. The premise here is that it is a game show, asking contestants questions about their own lives. The trick is that the questions are so obscure, or from so long ago that they probably can't recall the answers correctly. I can't imagine any way that that can be entertaining. NBC is even ripping off Maury Pauvich with The Baby Borrowers, giving aspiring teen parents the chance to keep a real baby for a few weeks to hopefully persuade them not to have one of their own. Maury managed to persuade his kids not to do it in a day, and usually with dolls. Blech!
CBS is dusting off their summer show Big Brother to fill out their schedule. I'll be curious to see how they manage to get the guys to take their clothes off, and keep the girls in bikinis when it's the middle of winter.
C'mon execs. Get off your fat wallets and get your heads out of your asses. The writers are RIGHT. What they are asking for is JUST. You are being stupid. Of course you are just as stupid about DRM, and any number of other issues, so I'm not surprised. Get the writers back. I miss Big Bang Theory, and Grey's, and How I Met Your Mother...
But since the writers went on strike teh bottom has fallen out of the bucket. American Gladiators is one thing... I mean there is a certain amount of nostalgic interest there (even though I've hated all the contestants) but several of the others that have been popping up on the schedule lately? Not so much.
NBC is the worst of the lot. My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad? Really? Worse than that is Amne$ia. The premise here is that it is a game show, asking contestants questions about their own lives. The trick is that the questions are so obscure, or from so long ago that they probably can't recall the answers correctly. I can't imagine any way that that can be entertaining. NBC is even ripping off Maury Pauvich with The Baby Borrowers, giving aspiring teen parents the chance to keep a real baby for a few weeks to hopefully persuade them not to have one of their own. Maury managed to persuade his kids not to do it in a day, and usually with dolls. Blech!
CBS is dusting off their summer show Big Brother to fill out their schedule. I'll be curious to see how they manage to get the guys to take their clothes off, and keep the girls in bikinis when it's the middle of winter.
C'mon execs. Get off your fat wallets and get your heads out of your asses. The writers are RIGHT. What they are asking for is JUST. You are being stupid. Of course you are just as stupid about DRM, and any number of other issues, so I'm not surprised. Get the writers back. I miss Big Bang Theory, and Grey's, and How I Met Your Mother...
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