RealityFly

I’m feeling a bit like a junkie today. Dirty, unwashed with the stench of reality TV hovering around me. Let me share the last 4 days and my Mickey Rourke like addiction.

Sunday 11am
Trying to recover from a night out with some friends from out of town, someone innocently turns on the TV. Before we had gone out the night before we watched a couple of episodes of Project Runway and sure enough the marathon continued. Now I’m not sure if it was the lack of will and strength all of us had at the time or the fact that the show is that damn good but we ended watching at least 5 hours. By the time it was done I knew two things; you can overdose on reality repeats and it’s a travesty that there was no Post Office uniform challenge this year.

Monday 9pm
Spent most of the day detxoing from the Oscars and Kirby but still find a way to sneak in The Real World/Road Rules Challenge. I get so frustrated watching reality shows built around teams especially when the team you’re pulling for fails. I always pull for the veterans mostly because I’ve grown old with many of them. I’ve read that the next challenge will feature cast members versus unknowns. After two battles of the sexes, a battle of the seasons, and a battle of veterans versus rookie looks like they’ve run dry. Perhaps this will prompt a new season of Road Rules otherwise it will be The Real World/Real World Challenge in future installments.

Tuesday 9pm
The Amazing Race is back. Up until the xenophobic family edition from last fall this was my favorite reality show. This season holds promise. I’m enjoying the friendship between the hippies and the jocks, the geek super couple, and the train wreck waiting to happen in the southern couple. Plus it seems like the embarrassing dumb American travelers we get every season were already eliminated in week two.

Tuesday 11pm
Because the Race is on at a new time I’m recording the new Real World. Looks like a pretty boring cast that could rival San Diego in its tedium. Then again I got hooked on Austin because of the film making job and I think I’ll be hooked here because I love the Keys. It’s always fun to see bars and restaurants you’ve been to pop up on TV. The sleazy reality voyeur in me wishes they had cuter women housemates though…which brings us to…

Wednesday 8:30pm
When I recorded Real World I also recorded 8th & Ocean. This is the new show from the creators of the guiltiest of all pleasures Laguna Beach. This time it’s a look inside the competitive world of modeling in Miami Beach. Like Laguna this show might take a couple of weeks to grow on me. The first episode certainly looked good but because these men and women are more coworkers then friends I didn’t get the same feeling of intimacy you’d get from watching the Beach. Still, while I have no plans to record it again I’m sure I’ll catch a marathon on MTV some afternoon and give it another try.

Wednesday 9pm
After the marathon on Sunday I admit my excitement level was pretty low for the season finale of Project Runway. That changed quickly. I must admit for being a fashion ignorant man I really liked parts of all the designers collections. I thought Daniel had the best and worst pieces of all the designers. Chloe had two dresses that stood out to me but the rest where boring but not ugly. I thought Santino had the best looking collection from front to back but there wasn’t one piece that stood out to me. I’m pretty surprised they went with Chloe. I thought Daniel had it in the bag because of his youth and “taste”. Chloe seems very set on staying in Houston and using Runway to help her already existing business. As for Santino I’m sure we’ll be able to catch a Project Santino special sometime in the future.

Whew, I feel so much better after debriefing myself. Now I can look forward to a weekend that’s reality TV free and focus on actual reality, at least once Survivor’s done tonight.