Ah summer is there a more desperate time for the TV addict. With many already sub par summer shows ending their runs (Legally Blonde, Next Food Network Star, Design Star), these are truly the dog days of summer. So as I try to avoid direct sunlight, my search for new things to consume lead me to revisit a new show from Fall 2007 and to discover a new low in reality TV…even for me.
Kitchen Nightmares, 7pm CST, Tuesdays on Fox
Now that Hell’s Kitchen has ended it’s run (how bout a pat on the back for me turning my back on that trash…at least this season), Fox is determined to give us more Ramsey by airing reruns of Kitchen Nightmares. I actually had this on my Fall Preview last year but thanks to it being crammed against Bionic Woman, Gossip Girl and Pushing Daisies it quickly faded on my radar. The British version of this show is Ramsey’s best work as he goes from place to place fixing up restaurants and dressing down their owners. The US version amps up Ramsey to his overly obnoxious US persona and seems to pit him every week against folks that have no business serving food. It’s still a notch down from his annoying Hell’s bravado and that makes it tolerable.
Tori and Dean, Home Sweet Hollywood, 9pm CST, Tuesdays on Oxygen
Perhaps the oddest thing about this show is that Tori Spelling comes across as very real, which was certainly a surprise to me. Unfortunately she’s also a recovering spoilaholic still reeling from the fact that her mommy won’t share dead daddy’s fortune. Her hubby seems like a breath of fresh air though and you do get the sense that this couple struggles like real folk do. Then again you are reminded that their struggles often include deciding between a $500,000 and a $750,000 house. Their baby is absolutely adorable and I found myself practically drooling over him. Of course that adoration quickly turned to sickness when I saw the thousands of dollars wasted on his 1st birthday. (All that money and the best celebrity you get is Denise Richards: I’m Desperate For Attention?) This back and forth is ultimately what makes Celebreality both pleasing and disgusting but then again when faced with fresh air, what’s a guy to do?
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