game shows

i was just talking with M and i came to the realization (surprise) that i absolutely despise game shows on TV. the only ones i can even remotely stand are Jeopardy and reruns of Press Your Luck (not Whammy).

but M was telling me how she fell into some new one on CBS with Drew Carey and i could feel my temper just go flying out the window. i know i prolly sounded annoyed, so i do apologize for that, but as she is describing this abomination to me, i was growing more and more disgusted with how fucking lazy the networks are.

i know i've reached a saturation point when it comes to television, and i know that the bulk of it is absolute dreck, yet i still watch it (no wonder it's called an idiot box). with minor exceptions, i hate pretty much all reality (that really isn't) TV. (i'll admit to watching Top Chef and Project Runway, altho i think Runway is a challenge away from jumping the shark)

but fucking survivor, or american idol. jesus fucking christ...we are a really fucking pathetic society if more people are casting votes to boot a tone deaf singer off idol than there are voting in a presidential election. (if we haven't yet, give it time, it will happen)

i realize it's cheap and if it catches on, the ROI is pretty high. no writers (or fewer as people are discovering some "reality" shows are partially scripted to make them interesting *cough*hulkhogan*cough*), small crews following a group of attention whores act like a group of fucking idiots, what can be better than that?

fark is fucking right - hollywood is out of ideas. how long before they decide to start putting 2 hour episodes of the price is right into theaters for us blind sheep to go rushing to see. and let's not forget the director's cut DVD that comes out afterwards that includes a deleted scene where drew "accidentally" cops a feel.

fucking reality TV. and motherfucking game shows.