So Cloris Leachman, 82, will be one of the Dancing with the Stars contestents?

[book_worm]

Good for her!

[Symarip]

1. Yet another reason I don't watch television

Reality shows based on people who make a living pretending to be someone else (actors).

[Crazy Dave]

2. And shows like the Osbournes and Gene Simmons

All written and scripted but people believe the shit's for real.

[Symarip]

3. Tell me about it

I mean, hooray for Cloris. I loved Young Dr. Frankenstein and everything. But fuck, how dumb of a subgenre of television can there be?

Next, we should have Entertainment Tonight On Ice.

[book_worm]

4. but is dancing with the stars a reality show? it seems like it's a variety show or competition show

and they go back to the very beginning of TV. It's not quite, imo, like reality shows like the Osbornes, The Real World, Kardashians, etc.

[Symarip]

5. I've never really tried to analyze it

Maybe it is a throw back to the dawning of television. If that's the case, I would deduct that television has always sucked. No offense to television fans but I don't see how anyone can sit there, usually for hours on end, and put their mind on 'receive' mode.

[Skittles]

8. it floors me too, Symarip

I cannot understand how anyone can get excited over a freaking TV show

[KG]

6. i think i heard some horses kicking their stalls!

[Deja Q]

7. And I thought she sunk a new low when she went to star in "The Facts of Life"

:scared: