# Reality TV sluts, rejoice! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 26, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-tv-sluts-rejoice/305645 "2005-05-26T19:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-tv-sluts-rejoice/305645/1 "2005-05-26T19:09:51Z")
Sounds like this summer is gonna be all about [reality TV](http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/ap05-26-111251.asp?t=apent&vts=52620051157). _Dancing with the Stars_ and _The Cut_ sound like they could be good. The rest of it sounds like more fodder for the “reality TV is a sign of the impending apocalypse” camp. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-tv-sluts-rejoice/305645/2 "2005-05-26T19:23:14Z")
Dancing with the Stars does look good…if they had regular people learning the dances instead of “celebrities”. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-tv-sluts-rejoice/305645/3 "2005-05-26T19:27:03Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Sounds like this summer is gonna be all about [reality TV](http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/ap05-26-111251.asp?t=apent&vts=52620051157). > > _Dancing with the Stars_ and _The Cut_ sound like they could be good. The rest of it sounds like more fodder for the “reality TV is a sign of the impending apocalypse” camp. 😉 But… Ballroom dancing is icky. :eek: ☹ 😛😃 -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-tv-sluts-rejoice/305645/4 "2005-05-26T19:32:58Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > Dancing with the Stars does look good…if they had regular people learning the dances instead of “celebrities”. My understanding is that each “celeb” (and I’m guessing we can use the term pretty loosely) is paired with a professional dancer. Hijinks ensue. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-tv-sluts-rejoice/305645/5 "2005-05-26T20:01:39Z")
> [@article](#): > > Summer starts soon; the WB, part of Time Warner Inc., begins its heavily promoted ‘‘Beauty & the Geek’’ on June 1. As the title suggests, the series takes some socially challenged smart guys and couples them up with dimwitted lookers. The couple that works best together in various contests could share $250,000, and who knows what else? Okay some of those linked actually look okay (like The Law Firm) but I can’t possibly be the only one who thinks this is slightly offensive… ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-tv-sluts-rejoice/305645/6 "2005-06-01T21:23:30Z")
I’d say Beauty & The Geek looks more than “slightly” offensive, but I’m still planning to watch it. Mostly just to marvel at, no matter how big a dork I was in high school, at least I’m not a 31 year old virgin. (Thank God!) The summer show I’m really looking forward to is The Inside. Yes, the preview I saw last night makes it look like a generic police procedureal, but it’s by the co-showrunner of Angel, Firefly, and Wonderfalls (Tim Minear), so I’m chuffed. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-tv-sluts-rejoice/305645/7 "2005-06-02T00:39:56Z")
_Dancing with the Stars_ starts tonight – this is the one I’m really psyched for.