Of course the programming to which I am referring is mostly on the Fox network, but some air on others, ABC and the like. Shows like The Mole and Survivor 2 and Temptation Island are the culprits. Based from the original reality program The Real World on MTV, producers take a similar premise x-amount of strangers forced to cohabitate in some unique locale. In order to make the show original there must be at least a million dollars at stake and silly, unproductive tasks must be asked of the cast members. The winner gets a cappuccino maker and qualifies for the next round where the tasks increase to The David Letterman Show as the cutoff.
Several reasons arise as to the cause of the onslaught of recent garbage programming.
The first is that the Fox network, in an attempt to salvage something from the millionaire marriage fiasco, taunts viewers sensibilities and proves the theory that people will watch anything. 16 million people, that is. When the executives said they would never stoop to that level again they meant it. This time they swung feet, yards, hectares below the line drawn as the standard for absolute repulsive drivel. My sincerest of congratulations.