I admit, that there are a few shows that I like. (American Chopper, Inked, Dog the Bounty Hunter, It Takes A Thief) but this is rediculous. When MTV and VH-1 (Supposed Music Channels) both have nothing but wall to wall Reality Shows, then things have offiucially gotten out of hand. Go a head anf check. Tune in to MTV or VH-1 right now, and I will guarentee you that there is somesore of reality based show on there right now. When MTV switched to it's all Reality all the time format, they came up with MTV2, but guess what, now MTV2 is playing re-runs of old MTV reality shows. Survivor, the worst of them all in my opinon, does not even live up to it's name. I watched the first episode of the first show, and thought how kewl this show was, but the minute that they held the first tribal council was when I lost all interest in the show. The only survival on that show is trying to survive the politics of the tribal council. My first conception of the show when I first heard about it was that they were were going to maroon people on a desserted island, and every week or so, they would would come back and pick up the people who could no longer make it on the island. Last man standing is the Survivor. There is nothing REAL about the Real World anymore. The show pretty much peaked with the San Fransisco season with the Hawaii Season comming in a close second. The decline of the show basically started with the first episode of the Hawaii show, but it all went doen hill with the Las Vegas cast. After that cast, MTV traded interesting people for oversexed hotties with a steady flow of alcohol. But, even they are further up the evolutionary chain than the real world has-beens who take part in the Reality show challenges. At first it was kinda kewl since it had a reunion aspect to it, but when you see the same people on every show making @$$es of themselves in a futile attept to extend their 15 minutes of fame is truely pathetic. Pretty much everyone who appears on the Real World/Road Rules were either college students or college graduates. After getting a little taste of fame, suddely, all of their goals and asspirations they had going into college get thrown to the way side. Get a friggin Job! Real people in the Real world Pay rent. I guarentee you that most of the people who constantly make appearances on these Challenge shows are living from show to show, making no effort what so ever to make a living for themselves. Basically, once show creators attemp to affect the lives of cast members (i.e. Through challenges, scinarios which force inter member politics, stc.) They have taken the reality out of the Reality Show. The few reality shows that I like have a common aspect. None of them are effected by the producers of the show. Shows like American Choppers, Inked, and Dog the Bounty Hunter follow the day to day lives of the characters. Further ideas about the lameness of Reality TV can be found and the link below. Thanx TheBean http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/manufacturing_reality/the_omarosa_experiment.php