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AprillBrandon - > Pop Goes the Culture -> More Reality TV in store? Nooooo...
More Reality TV in store? Nooooo...

Say it ain't so, TV writers, say it ain't so.

With the recent TV writers strike, insiders and experts are expecting another new influx of reality TV shows. With minimal budgets and no need for writers, it looks like if the strike isn't called off, our Must See TV line-up will look like this:

7 p.m. America's Most Embarrassing Citizen with co-hosts David "The Hoff" Hasselhoff and Michael "Kramer" Richards

7:30 p.m. Who Wants to be a Sperm Donor? (I kid you not, this was an actual proposed show at a network)

8 p.m. Blondes with Orange Tans Get Drunk and Burp

9 p.m. The Ugly, Less Talented, Younger Sister Life starring Ashlee Simpson and Jamie Lynn Spears

9:30 p.m. The Nicole Richie Show (first episode, Nicole agonizes over whether or not to eat a grape).

10 p.m. Rich, White Kids with No Personality Deal with um...Stuff

I implore you TV writers, come back to work. Spare us from this fate worse than death. I need my House, Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, Family Guy.

Save us from this never-ending Reality TV nightmare!

Tags: Reality TV, TV writers strike
posted by AprillBrandon on Monday, November 12, 2007 at 03:13 PM
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posted by sandwichh on Nov 14, 2007 at 01:03 PM
Reality TV,...please make it a passing fad....SOON!
posted by BjLewis on Nov 12, 2007 at 05:09 PM

Reality tv shows can produce something good...

http://www.imdb.com/title/t... <-----awesome movie, funny as heck. Hard to find but well worth it.

posted by pilot on Nov 12, 2007 at 03:36 PM
The part I can't figure is with a "reality" show, what do the writers do? Kind of like Leno and Letterman not staying "live" tape delayed. I'll bet Johnny Carson could have done it on his own..........George Carlin or Robin Williams could too - no writers necessary......
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