New low in Reality TV -- Press clips

[lawrocket 3]

Hey, the Brits have us beat on this one. Visions of Jenny Jones flash in my head. All I can say is I'd watch it! I'd laugh my ass off, too!

And it validates why I'd never go on one of those shows.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=4&u=/nm/20031031/od_nm/reality_dc


Transexual Surprise Holds Up TV Show

LONDON (Reuters) - A reality TV game show that tricks a group of men into winning the affections of a beautiful "woman" who is actually a man -- what could go wrong?



British pay-TV company BSkyB and independent producer Brighter Pictures are facing a threatened lawsuit from six contestants on the show, "There's Something About Miriam," who are trying to prevent the program from being broadcast. The contestants are challenging the consent forms they signed before discovering that Miriam, a male pre-operative transsexual, was not all that she seemed.


"There is no transmission date fixed at present," said a spokesman for BSkyB. "We have received a letter of complaint."


In a recruitment advertisement for the show, whose working title was "Find Me a Man," Brighter Pictures offered "the adventure of a lifetime" with a 10,000 pound ($16,940) prize to men aged 20 to 35 who "want it all" and are "fit and up for everything."


Reality shows increasingly rely on duping their contestants. The show "Joe Millionaire" depicted a group of young women who thought they were wooing a millionaire who was in fact a construction worker. Another U.S. show, "Boy Meets Boy," featured a man courted by other men only to discover that some of his suitors are heterosexual.


Brighter Pictures is a unit of the production company Endemol, which created such reality shows as "Big Brother" and "Fear Factor." A spokesman for the company declined to comment.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

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Clicky version.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=4&u=/nm/20031031/od_nm/reality_dc

"If you're going to be stupid, you better be tough!"

[airann 1]

I was thinking about Reality TV shows the other day. Reality TV is my happy ass on the couch watching other people at their place on their couch.

I waited for the ending to Joe Schmo and I watched that but not any of the shows. I almost shed a tear with the guy as he learned the whole scam. How bizarre it was for him.

I happened on a message board for all the reality tv shows and I had NO idea that there are SO many.

http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/cgi-bin/dcboard.cgi?az=list&conf=DCConfID9

Reality is what ? I dont know anymore.

I was reading the Joe Schmo forum about all the guesses they had about how it would end. Some people claimed they had insight into the show by friends either on that show or on the programs staff.

Another worthless note about what I find interesting.

~AirAnn~

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The Joe Schmo show was the only one I watched. I think it was because it was a rip on all the other reality shows.

The stereotypical asshole, gay guy and smarmy host were hilarious. And the best part was how he was just such a good guy the whole time.

But this stuff about these guys finding out she was a he is just REALLY pushing it.

I actually think I'd watch that, knowing that the joke was on them.

My wife is hotter than your wife.