You know it’s over, don’t you? The diseased entity of reality TV has come to an end, because there is nothing new that can be done.
All reality show topics have been covered, asphyxiated, beaten to a bloody, lifeless pulp and thrown into the East River. Oh, wait. That’s just the blissful recurring dream we keep having. Yeah, no, the reality TV thing is pumping out more hopeless poppycock than ever. Today’s proof of that is the new reality series Nick Lachey has in the works for MTV. It’s pretty much High School Musical with artsy musical type kids spontaneously bursting into song and dance in real life.
So, yeah, essentially your worst nightmare comes roaring to life.
Nick Lachey? More like Nick Cliché! Haha… ha… ha. Ahem. But seriously folks, the man really seems to have burrowed nicely into the rotting abscess of the entertainment world that is reality television. And who can blame him, what with the happiness and success his first show with then-wife Jessica Simpson, Newlyweds, that chronicled their new marriage, and arguably the demise of their relationship. So, of course Nick wanted more of that good stuff. But where to go from there?
Well, we didn’t think it could be done, but Nick Lachey has come along to prove us wrong just like he always does when it comes to discovering new creative selling-out-edness (what? It’s a word). He's come up with a reality TV show that hasn't been done yet. And since there aren’t any original ideas for reality shows left, so people are combining different things to come up with new ones, like Are You Smarter than a Survivor Apprentice Dancing with Pussycat Idols on the Surreal Ice.
Thus, Nick Lachey's new show is a hybrid of High School Musical meets Laguna Beach, meets True Life. The show will follow students at Nick Lachey's former high school, The School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati. MTV executive VP of series development and programming, Tony DiSanto, made the following statement about the show. It's got us jazzed as heck, folks:
"The stories and relationships are all set to music that's organic in what's going on in the school and also performed by the kids… This is a genre-busting, creative experiment I'm really excited about."
So, expect lots of musical performances and impromptu dance-offs in the show. Throw in a little disco dance fighting and we might be persuaded to check it out. Or not. We firmly stand by our belief that reality shows should involve only vicious animal attacks, 1,000 lb people being lifted from houses by cranes, and anything hosted by that wacky Bob Saget. Those are the only real reality shows.
Holla with us, people.
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Whorehey says
I for one, can’t wait to watch this show. I’m eager to see how many high-schoolers can’t come to class because they got served the day before, how many collars get popped, mid-dance, and the release of the inevitable new song, “Pregnant on the Dance Floor” that will ‘organically’ result during the show’s finale.
girl says
i think its gunna be a pretty good show…i cant wait to see the kids on there from cincinnati…thats my home town ha
pastey says
Tool Academy will be better!