I’ve only just discovered that the lamest Survivor ripoff ever, I’m A Celebrity, is STILL SHOWING NEW SEASONS!
Meanwhile, Pushing Daisies is facing the axe.
Fuck you, American television-watchers! You obviously are 99% comprised of a gigantic herd of walking, breathing, slack-jawed, hominoid personifications of the extreme lack of taste and discernment!
I say fuck money grabbing execs for appealing to the lowest-common-denominator in order to maximize profit. Jerry Brucheimer for one.
Turd on a stick.
I loathe all of those “reality” shows, every single one, with a passion that eclipses the Sun. I join you in your dislike of them and the morons that have made them so popular.
And this dislike also goes to the BRIGHT BUNNY who put wrestling on Sci-Fi. It should only be on there if the wrestlers are going up against Cthulu-type monsters.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the American people.
I can’t claim ideological purity on the reality show front, but I at least stay away from the nadir-tier likes of I’m A Celebrity and Flavor of Love and the Z-list celebrity “look at me again!” crap. I’m disappointed in George Takei for being on this thing, actually. I always thought he had a little dignity, anyway. Watching elderly former stars shill their faces for shekels and attention is sad.
Oh come on, you guys. Get over it.
Any day when Cop Rock has not been renewed is a good day.
Don’t blame me, I only watch animation.
This is what pisses me off about you, jayjay. You NEVER say anything with sufficient force, vigor, or passion. Just once in a while I’d like you to simply say what you think without being all nice about it.
I am going to go cry about *Pushing Daisies *now. Somebody remind me to swear revenge later.
It’s only a matter of time until we’re watching a show with a guy getting kicked in the nuts.
Crackpot Theory #239: The TV networks would rather broadcast shows that appeal to “slack-jawed, hominoid personifications of the extreme lack of taste and discernment” because they’re more susceptible to advertising, and the networks are really in business to sell commercial time.
I assume you mean like this
Hey Skald, remember to swear revenge later.
Hey, that’s a reality show right there!
Yeah that’s the one I’m refering to. Couldn’t remember the title. Thanks 
I thought I was the omly one who felt this way.
Guys, people, men. Listen… It’s not the moron’s fault. It’s the execs who pander to morons that actually creates more morons!. You see the clever stuff is filtered out so people become stupider, or never get cleverer.
I know that’s an oversimplification but I think it must be happening on some level.
I reckon if you expose a typical ‘moron’ to quality programming they’ll be shifted down a path towards becoming more intellectual… At first they won’t like the clever stuff but they’ll get used to it, and start to like it.
Don’t blame me, either. I’ve never heard of either of those shows.
I have heard of Survivor. I watched it three times. The first time I suddenly got motivated to stop putting off doing my taxes. The second time I did a take-home exam I’d been putting off. And the third time, I put together a laundry hamper that had been sitting around in the closet waiting for me to put it together for a few months before that. I probably should watch Survivor or its spinoffs, since it’s so good at motivating me to do other stuff I’ve been putting off rather than watch it.
Nope, there’s at least three of us in this thread. I have hated reality shows ever since The Real World started showing on MTV.
At least Pushing Daisies got 2 seasons. Freaks + Geeks and Firefly only got the one, each less than a full one at that. And it kills me that Deadwood got the axe after 3 brilliant seasons so Milch could produce the execrable John from Cincinnati.
Not really. I think there were 9 eps before the writers’ strike. Then they got 13 this year.
And I was actually wrong (and am now really embarrassed)…apparently the version of I’m A Celebrity that inspired this wasn’t even the American version, but the British one.
:smack:
People still watch Network TV?
Only the reality shows, apparently.