On Television

I see lots of praise in the blogosphere for Beauty And The Geek.

I'll admit it, I have found a new guilty pleasure in Beauty and the Geek. This isn't the first reality TV show that I watch. I also like other shows like Survivor, The Contender, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, The Biggest Loser and The Joe Schmo Show. One of the things about reality shows that makes them so compelling to me is that, for the most part, they are filled with real people; people who are capable of doing tremendous things and who also have the tendency to do tremendously stupid things. And let's face it, if you were responsible for casting the participants in such a show, you'd choose the people who get reactions.