SFist Watches: Almost No TV This Week
It's been a depressing week for TV, so this time around, we're going to take a slightly different approach. We're going to tell you what not to watch...
Don't watch "Big Brother 6". We got sucked into it, and we're afraid we won't be able to break away, and we don't wish this fate on anyone else. This season, the house is filled with even more vacuous pretty faces than before, and despite the constant reminder that the house is "full of secrets," we can't help but think that the biggest secret of all is how CBS continues to suck in an audience for a show that consists of people sitting around a house doing...Nothing! Three times a week!! At least on "The Real World" the housemates are allowed to go to bars and get drunk and then get their eye sockets punched in. No such excitement here.
Image of a lucky "Real World: Austin" cast member, from TVGasm.
We had hoped the utter failure of the last couple of seasons of "The Bachelor" would mean an end to reality dating shows, but alas, that does not seem to be the case, as we now have NBC's "Average Joe: The Joes Strike Back". This show has nothing--NOTHING--going for it. Does anyone really thing the babe is going to go for one of the "average" (and a lot of them ain't that average) guys over one of the hunks? And even if she does, who really believes that the "love" won't end the minute the show's cameras stop rolling? "Beauty and the Geek" had the right idea in getting rid of the romance angle right from the start, but "Average Joe" hasn't caught on yet: Reality romance is DEAD! We just aren't that in to it, so please stop calling our TiVos, OK?
Here's one more to add to the list. We just can't stomach "Rock Star: INXS" in which INXS (INXS?! Who CARES?) looks for a singer to replace the one who KILLED HIMSELF. Seriously. Were the band members in INXS such a smokin' group that the world would just be missing out if they didn't reform? And must we be subjected, once again, to Dave Navarro's HUGE head and creepy skulpted eyebrows? And we have no comment on TLC's upcoming show, "RU the Girl", in which they also try to recruit a new singer to replace Left Eye. Who DIED. Maybe we're just sensitive sorts, but it would be one thing if these singers just up and quit their respective bands. Then we could kind of see the fun in holding a talent contest to replace them. But this? Is a little unseemly. Come on people. This is REALITY TV. Let's show some class.
As for TBS's "Minding the Store" we have two words for you: Pauly. Shore. We recommend staying as far away as possible, unless you just want to watch it so you can get your money back if (if?!) it doesn't make you laugh. Now THAT'S an offer we just might not be able to refuse...