Would you like some reality with that TV?

In a recent survey, many people polled said there is too much reality TV on the tube these days. Who am I to argue with the people on this one? But seriously, the viewing public has been bombarded left, right and center with a virtual tidal wave of reality TV. It’s getting to the point where some viewer are hoping that the TV people are out of ideas and couldn’t possibly come up with another wild and crazy idea for a new hit show. Well, turns out those sick buggers behind reality TV have a few more aces up their sleeves. Turns out a channel in europe is going to have a show where men complete to be sperm donors for some lady’s baby. It’s a shame the title “Who’s Your Daddy?” has already been used in a different reality show, cause that could have worked well with this premise. Just an idea of how low people are going with reality tv, I’m expecting ‘Who Wants to be a pornstar’ to start airing on the Spice channel, hosted by Ron Jeremy. I smell a hit, or is that… ummm… nevermind.

Then again, it’s a real shame the Bush Administration doesn’t take advantage of the Reality TV craze. I’d be rather weird if the Whitehouse signed a deal with Court TV to air a gameshow called: “The Supremes”. This show would for fans who want to vote for judges they would prefer sit on the country’s highest court. We’d have like a mock courtroom that the judges would use to show the public their ability to practice law and judge in some cases, proving to the viewing public that they are the real deal, someone capable of sitting on the high court. What would be cool is if they ran the show like one of TV’s hottest Reality shows right now: Rockstar INXS. We’d have the current eight judges sitting behind the crowd, while Bush’s nominees jump up on stage and attempt to sing their way onto to court. Then the current judges deliberate to make their final decsion on who goes home:

“I’m sorry Mr. Roberts, you’re just not right for our band…”

New idea: wouldn’t it be cool to do a Supreme Court version of Big Brother? We’ll stuff fourteen Distinguished Judges into a small house and force them to live together in there for 90 days. I’m sure people would find out what kind of judges they are based on how they intereact with one another. I actually think this show would be in favor of Republican judges cause they wouldn’t hesitate to backstab and play the game a little better to claw their way to the top. Same goes for a Supreme Court version of Survivor, where sixteen noble judges are forced to complete for the top prize, the right to be ridiculed and questioned by the US Senate. I think a Supreme Court Survivor would be cool cause you could have two tribes, Republican Nominees and Democrat. I swear this show would be a ratings juggarnaut as people from all political sides would tune in to see which tribe would win the most competitions. I’d watch it, and I’m sure tens of millions of other households across North America would too.

There’s no telling how low some stations will go to find that next great ratings hit, but we’ll find out sooner than later. Eventually they’ll start to pick at the bottom of the barrell, and when they do… hopefully they’ll realize the fad is over. But according to the previously mentioned poll, it might already be over… the networks just haven’t picked up on it.

Anyway, I gotta run… I’ve got to catch that new episode of Survivor!

Peter