Okay, we’re in the times which bring about a bad reputation for the entire reality television genre. I’ll admit it. The reality genre has its losers as well as its winners. The genre definitely has some mind-rotting shows aboard the hot tamale train. And they tend to show up between the spring and summer seasons, well after the May sweeps so that the ratings mean diddly-squat.

For me, right now there is only one really entertaining reality show — So You Think You Can Dance. As a summer show, it’s a ratings winner. I’m not sure how well a second season come fall will go against the new scripted and existing hit reality shows like Survivor. Now, if FOX were to stop local newscasts at 10 PM, push ‘em back an hour and air SYTYCD five nights a week against Jay Leno, I’d be doing a happy dance!

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Ooooo … I am sooo excited! Last Friday NBC announced a partial lineup for its new summer reality series I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here. The program is premiering June 1st and will run pretty much every weekday night until the end of June. So, that will give me plenty of opportunities to watch my favorite celebrities compete against each other in a Survivor-like game. Now, let me just pop open another browser and read who … will … be … play-ing….

Uh, who the hell are these people?

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt from The Hills? “Former” wrestler Torrie Wilson? “Former” NBA player John Salley?

Sanjaya? They brought freaking Sanjaya into this show? Holy crap! What a train wreck! Maybe they need to call this I Was Possibly a Celebrity Once…Get Me Some More Publicity.

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