I bet this was about as easy as walking through a cow pasture and picking out the ripest dung chips. From EW.com.
9. BOY MEETS BOY
(Bravo, 2003)
The first same-sex dating show could've been groundbreaking TV. Instead, viewers watched gay bachelor James Getzlaff romance 15 men; unbeknownst to him, almost half of them were just pretending to be gay. Cruel, offensive, and worst of all, boring.
8. KILL REALITY
(E!, 2005)
When a bunch of fame-craving ex–reality stars got together to film a horror movie (and a series about filming said movie), two sets of cameras made them act twice as infantile: Survivor's Jonny Fairplay was asked to leave the show for defecating in a Bachelor castoff's bed. The tribe has upchucked.
7. CHEATERS
(Syndicated, 2000-present)
The concept: Catch suspected cheaters in the act. The execution: As tasteless as it sounds. Lowlight: Host Joey Greco getting stabbed by a cheater.
4. WHO WANTS TO MARRY A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE?
(Fox, 2000)
Thank this two-hour special for the advent of reality TV nuptials. The importance of thorough background checks, though, was its more critical legacy: Not only was groom Rick Rockwell's net worth questioned, it was also discovered that he had a restraining order against him. No wonder bride Darva Conger annulled the union in less than two weeks. (And posed in Playboy soon after - link NSFW.)
3. ARE YOU HOT?: THE SEARCH FOR AMERICA'S SEXIEST PEOPLE
(ABC, 2003)
The ugly, short-lived series marked the first (and last) time that Lorenzo Lamas — the crude laser-pointing judge — was considered an ''expert'' in anything.
2. BRITNEY AND KEVIN: CHAOTIC
(UPN, 2005)
Britney began her intimate look at the great American love story that was Federspears by asking ''Can you handle my truth?'' The ''truth'' turned out to be a blandly narcissistic collage of home videos, in which Britney often raved about the duo's great sex life. TMI, y'all.
(See the rest at EW.com)
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Admittedly, I watch a lot of crap. But I'm happy to report I've never seen any of those shows.
I know Cheaters is trash, but I love me some Joey Greco.
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I don't watch as much crap as I used to. My favorite reality show was Intervention but it just wears you out after a while. Now we're watching She's Got The Look, "the 35-and-over modeling contest." The prettiest woman on there is 72, I shit you not. The one who will win (IMO) is 48 and foxy as all heck.
Fuck that, Cheaters is the shit! What about Outback Jack?
Darva Conger should host the reality show Butterface.
How about that show "More to Love" that just came out? Why not just call it "Fat Chicks Need Love Too?" So wrong.
Yeah this list is at least a year old. I'm sure there have been many other worthy candidates since then, including any and all shows spawning from Flavor Of Love and Rock Of Love.
one correction here.
the stabbing wasn't the lowlight of the 'Cheaters' show. It was the highlight of ALL reality shows.
so 10 = 6 in this galaxy?
What? No "The Swan"? (or maybe it showed up on the EW link).
"The Swan" = you have low self-esteem? Let's change how you 100% so now you feel like a stranger! and then maybe your husband will love you!
Anon:
Math: A
Reading: F
Cheaters makes me so nervous. I can't imagine the horror of catching my loved one boning someone else, much less instigate it with camera crews and a douche nozzle of a host. Don't you have to sign a release form before they can show your face on TV like that? Does that mean these jackasses gave someone permission to broadcast them slipping the high hard one to the deli worker at the Piggly Wiggly?
*shaking my head* Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
Cheaters makes me laugh when Joey Greco pretends to be comforting a victim in the SUV as he speaks to them in hushed tones with empathy. Then he turns around and encourages them to go out and confront their spouse so he can get some good footage. It's like cock fighting.
I actually know a guy who was on "Are You Hot?" He got the big "NO" right at the beginning of the episode. Which I thought was weird, because he's actually a good-looking guy.
The same thing happened to me. I think I was just too handsome for them and they couldn't stand it. That Lorenzo Lamas is a jealous prick.
Cheaters is AWESOME!! Joey Greco's ingenuine sympathy coupled with people getting caught in the act of cheating= good tv.
The only reality show I ever really enjoyed was "Average Joe" on Spike. 8 actors put the "Joe" through a bunch of trauma in the guise of a fake reality contest. So much guilty pleasure.
Average Joe was excellent. Did you see the follow-up, Invasion Iowa? Funny stuff.
There was another one where the woman had to try to choose a man and half of them were gay. Also offensive.
"Are You Hot" was a rip-off from Howard Stern. He sued, the show got pulled and the producers settled out of court.
'Boy Meets Boy' wasn't a bad idea.
Minus the boring lead (James, a cutie with no personality), the horrendous "hostess" (who James demanded get fired after her gleeful confirmation to James that at least one of the guys left was not gay), and of course, the whole offensive idea of slipping more straight guys than gay into the mix.
"The Swan" is pure "car crash" t.v. Ok, ok, I admit I watch some trash t.v. I have four kids, I need some mindless entertainment from time to time! Shoot me. Cheaters qualifies in this category, btw. :oD
They forgot "The Greatest American Dog." I watched a few episodes, because someone I trained with was on it, but the whole thing was sooooo sadly lame I just gave up. I mean, letting an elephant charge your dog just to see if your dog would sit/stay? Seriously?
*giggling*
@ Math and Reading grades for Anon =)
CHEATERS rocks! Give me a 24 hour loop of that, Cop Rock, and Reno 911 and I'll be entertained for weeks!
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