NBC has no shame -- gives Donald Trump reality show

[CatWoman]

will it EVER end???

"This is the real jungle," Donald Trump says from behind his desk, gesturing at Manhattan's skyline.
Who should know better than the king of this jungle, New York's business world? Trump, never known to shy away from cameras, stars in reality show impresario Mark Burnett's latest creation, "The Apprentice." It premieres Thursday, Jan. 8, on NBC, in a 90-minute show before moving to its regular time slot on Wednesday, Jan. 14.

As would behoove two men who deal in superlatives, "The Apprentice" had some 215,000 applicants, more than any show in television history, according to NBC. These contestants want more than what reality shows dangle before players -- love, sex and money. They want power.

http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,274|85406|1|,00.html

[Gingersnap]

1. sick

we are Rome.

[DrWeird]

3. I'd consider it an improvement if they started kill each other.

nt

[lazarus]

8. Yeah

Next thing you know, we'll make groups of people dress up in costumes and fight each other to move an object around a field. Heck, we'll probably put them in large stadiums so we can all sit around and drink and eat and glory in the violence.

Nah, that'd never happen. Too civilised a nation for that.

[aquart]

2. My Mom wondered if Donald is paying for it.

Because it does make him look desperate for attention.

[Ilsa]

4. Oh great. A repeat of the

1980's materialism. Just what we need. I guess they are all Young Republicans.

[Sean Reynolds]

5. I believe Trump is pretty liberal

And has supported Democrats in the past. ;-) Though I'm not fully sure on this, so don't take my word on it.

[Deja Q]

6. Damn sick

With trump also saying something in an ad I saw last month about what he does to competition/people against him/whatever. Something harsh along the lines of utterly destroying them.

I'm sure he'll repeat it in the pilot episode, or all the episodes.

Makes me feel proud to be human... NOT!

These days I wonder why I'm self-obsessed over losing my job. GW Bush or depression will likely end my life far sooner! x(

[lazarus]

7. Heh

Actually, this looks like one of the better reality tv shows to come along in a while. The same producer who does Survivor is behind this one.

I've asked this a thousand times, and nobody really has given me a valid answer.

What exactly is wrong with reality TV? It's only a fraction of what's actually on television. There's more sports on television than there is reality tv, and there's something with a much higher comparison value to old Rome and the Coliseum. But you don't see nearly the decrying of sports.