Upcoming "reality" TV shows...

[Archae]

I wish I was making this up. :grr:

Has Reality TV Hit Rock Bottom?

Vomit's Got Its Own Reality Series This Summer
By SHEILA MARIKAR
June 19, 2008 —

Maybe you thought reality TV hit the lowest of the low when "Fear Factor" contestants devoured cockroaches, or when gold diggers paraded their wares in hopes of marrying a millionaire, or when Tila Tequila got a second shot at "love" with 10 guys and 10 girls.

Those shows look like "Masterpiece Theater" compared to what's coming.

Take, for instance, "Hurl," an eating-and-regurgitating competition in which contestants gorge themselves on everything from chicken pot pies to peanut butter sandwiches, then get strapped into spinning contraptions -- whoever vomits last wins.

Also in store for this summer: "Wipeout," in which contestants try to surmount obstacles that include giant, mud-covered "dirty balls" only to fall flat on their faces, and "Greatest American Dog," in which canines that could care less about TV are forced to compete with each other.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=5197674&page=1

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. You have no idea how much I hate the reality TV show craze.

Beyond the obvious ones you mentioned above, the fact that any washed-up has-been joke of a celebrity is welcomed to make a reality show just so he or she can regain some sense of popularity. Uggh.

[Mojambo]

2. As a misanthrope, I LOVE reality TV

Nothing quite like having your worldview totally confirmed on a nightly basis.

Kinda looking forward to that Wipeout one though.

[redqueen]

3. "Wipeout" sounds kinda like Takeshi's Castle.

[KitchenWitch]

4. Both "Wipeout" and "I Survived a Japanese Game Show"

seem to be based on Takeshi's Castle.