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[ Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 ]

Reality TV's continuing plummet

Collegian Staff Writer

MTV and VH1 have refused to let the reality TV craze fade, and their new line-ups of prime time shows prove it.

We all fell in love with Laguna Beach and The Flavor of Love last season, and the new shows promise to leave the same imprint on the entertainment industry.

In mid-January MTV premiered Dancelife and Engaged and Underage. Dancelife follows around a group of young dancers as they audition for popular artists including Nelly Furtado and Ashlee Simpson. J. Lo produces the show and at first I was skeptical, but Dancelife is really engaging, and before long you find yourself rooting for your favorite dancer to get the audition.

Engaged and Underage is much like MTV's True Life series in that it is basically a documentary. This reality show introduces viewers to the problems which young, engaged couples are susceptible to. Although not as interesting as Dancelife, Engaged and Underage still has potential.

In early Febuary, MTV released another cluster of new shows, the most popular of which being Maui Fever and Bam's Unholy Union. These shows are extremely reminiscent of previous MTV hits, Laguna Beach and Viva La Bam respectively.

Maui Fever, much like Laguna, follows a group of teens in their fast paced beach-bum lifestyle. However, Maui Fever falls remarkably short and after the first episode it is easy to become extremely agitated by at least half of the brain-dead cast members.

Bam's Unholy Union might as well be considered another season of Viva La Bam with the addition of a wedding dress. The show follows the wedding preparations of Bam Margera and his future bride, Melissa Rothstein. Bam and his crazy group of friends continue with their antics and it is almost impossible to keep a straight face as they cause pointless destruction everywhere they go.

VH1 has also been producing new reality TV, including I Love New York and The White Rapper Show.

I Love New York, a spin off of Flavor of Love, follows New York's (Tiffany Patterson) quest to find the man of her dreams after her heart had previously been broken by Flava Flav. This show has to be the funniest show currently on TV because there is no way to take the characters on this show seriously.

VH1 has another hit with White Rapper. It is impossible to find this show unentertaining. Contestants are vying for a rap career and while doing so much complete different tasks to help them along the way.

Both MTV and VH1 have created huge, mindless hits. These shows are guilty pleasures which we all know are almost impossible to resist. Along with consecutive seasons of previous favorites these new shows make up TV schedule that is almost impossible to hate.


 

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