Hello loyal readers (both of you!), family, friends, and people who accidentally clicked this link while trying to find out what Bachelorette #7’s favorite movie is (Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion). If you are looking for Bachelor spoilers, this is not the place to be. ALTHOUGH, by tipping a camera guy $20, I learned that this season of The Bachelor will feature a bunch of vapid women pretending to fall in love with a guy they hardly know, in a series of drawn out episodes intended to make you think that, aw shucks, maybe THIS time there will be true love, only to find out, that it wasn’t true love after all. Don’t worry lawyers, the camera guy I bribed didn’t work on the Bachelor, he just has a lot of common sense.

As you may recall, last year Reality Steve had a contest to recruit new writers. Given the massive salary and instant celebrity status involved, Steve was flooded with applications. Well, as a special bonus to you, the loyal readers of this … Continue reading →

It’s been a long time since MTV has done anything new. Since dropping the “M” and focusing on the “TV”, the once innovative network has been predictable. They learned early on that a winning formula for ratings success is take a bunch of “adults”, supply copious amounts of booze, and film the results. When that premise loses steam, they add a different element to the formula, and beat that into the ground for a few years. What began as just “alcohol + people” (the Real World), morphed into “alcohol + morons” (Jackass), then “alcohol + steroids” (Real World / Road Rules Challenge). And at the logical end of this experiment, is perhaps the greatest show premise of all time: “alcohol + morons + steroids” (Jersey Shore). So although there have already been 4 seasons, ratings are still high, so it’s no surprise that MTV is giving us yet another season of the Shore. And I couldn’t be happier.

(The worst MTV show Idea you ask? Obviously “alcohol + plagiarism” (Ridiculousness).)

This season promises to … Continue reading →