I have heard many complain about the state of our television programing these days. Where have all the writers gone? and what used to be on T.V. before reality took over? I honestly can't remember. Now that Everyone Loves Raymond is off the air what is next? It is a free for all...almost.
I am afraid that reality T.V. is here to stay. It is cheap, low-risk profit. A network can work an audience into a frenzy of disciplined T.V. watching without having to worry about keeping them for the long haul. Even if a reality T.V. show crashes and burns there is little loss for a network--in three months they just start a better one.
You might be saying to your computer right now that I am wrong. Reality TV is an uncreative waste of time. There are too many people that complain about it. You might be right. But show me one complainer that isn't also a watcher.
While one might curse the Nanny on Tuesday they are watching Mister Mom on Wednesday...or Trading Spouses, Big Brother, Cheaters, INXS, American Idol, The Bachelor, I Want to Be a Hilton, The Simple Life, Average Joe: The Joe Strikes Back, Brat Camp, The Cut, So You Think You Can Dance, Extreme Makeover: Whatever Edition, Hooking Up, Fear Factor, Survivor, Blue Collar TV, Extreme Fakeovers, Hell's Kitchen, Blind Date, and ?!?!?!
There have been 102 reality TV series aired on just the four major network stations, FOX, CBS, ABC, and NBC--102. That doesn't begin to count cable. What is the message here? What does this say about the watchers--about our culture?
Well...today I am going to come clean. I am a reality TV show complainer. And we already know what that means. That's right. I am a watcher.
I have wasted a lot of time watching American Idol and now I watch Rock Star: INXS. I have a thing for music I guess. INXS starts where American Idol should end--after they have the final 15 singers. Of course you know--since I just complained about it--that I watch American Idol all the way to the end. Bo Bice was my man. It is too bad that I probably won't like any of the pop songs that they will make him sing.
He should have waited to try out to be INXS's next lead singer--not that I like INXS. But then he could rock. "Give Bo a Band" should be the motto of any decent reality TV complainer. The fact that Bo has to sign a contract with American Idol has to be the greatest tragedy of reality TV this past year. He should never be forced to join the ranks of Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Ruben Studdard, and that other guy. Give Bo a Band.
That being said, I have a prediction for you. Jordis Unga from St. Paul, MN will be in the final four at the end of the INXS season. She is the youngest contestant and one of the best. If she is lucky she will make it to the final two and then get kicked of the show so that she can start a real career with a real band. If she is unlucky then she will win. Take it from a faithful complainer.
You can watch Rock Star: INXS on Monday night, Tuesday night, and Wednesday night. You can also get a recap on the weekends.
"Give Bo a Band!"
3 comments:
I agree: Bo could be just lounging in a chair, and he looked like a rock star.
I haven't missed Brat Camp yet (I love it -- because I relate it with my experiences at Eagle Lake) and only missed one episode of Hell's Kitchen.
I can't pull myself away from Hell's Kitchen because kitchen nazi is so incredibly mean. And I'm enthralled with the chefs, as they not only want to be chefs, but are actually motivated by mean kitchen nazi.
It's too bad Brat Camp and So You Think You Can Dance conflict with each other. I love the beginnings of the singing and dancing reality shows when I get to watch the awful auditions. The good auditions don't interest me.
I whole-heartedly agree with your sentiments about Bo. He was in a lose-lose situation.
I think that some of those shows are terrible and thus far I have not been sucked in. I keep up on some of them just because they are taken up by local radio and tv stations in their gossip.
But I am a product of my upbringing and we didn't have a tv at all for many years because my mom wanted us to be smart and active kids. We had to read books. I would not change that part of my childhood for the world.
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