Newsgasm: Bad Television Edition

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By B-Side | Wednesday, August 17, 2005 | 1:12 pm | 3 Comments

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  • Virginia Heffernan (or V. Heff, as I like to affectionately call her) lays the smackdown on Bravo’s Battle of the Network Reality Stars, premiering tonight. Here’s a sampling of her platitudes: “There’s very little chance that you’re planning to watch ‘Battle of the Network Reality Stars’ on Bravo tonight, but if you are, do not,” “[The show is a] boring goof,” and finally, “‘Battle of the Network Reality Stars’ is terrible. Skip it.” But tell us how you really feel. [New York Times]
  • Here’s a tough moral dilemma. One of the most annoying and talentless television personalities out there needs an organ. What’s more important: good TV or saving Steven Cojocaru’s life? I suppose life wins. Barely. [AP]
  • Hey! The fall shows are almost here! And this year, they’re gonna be original! Well, kind of. Okay, not at all. But at least NBC is going the pun-route with a fertility drama called Inconceivable. Rimshot! [AP]
  • Because watching Cameron Diaz cavort around the Third World was so damn enthralling, MTV will now air Angelina Jolie’s visit to Africa. [AP]
  • Last night’s episode of Big Brother may have been painful to watch, but it sure was a winner. #1 for 18-49 year olds. [Hollywood Reporter]
  • FX renews Morgan Spurlock’s 30 Days. Still waiting for the next season of Son of the Beach… [Hollywood Reporter]

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3 Comments

  1. 1
    tv freak
    Posted August 17, 2005 at 1:58 pm

    Puhleeze tell me you’re going to recap BOTNRS. I don’t get Bravo but I really wan’t to see it or at least read recaps of it. It has to be better than Hit me baby one more time which you recapped. Besides it will probably be so bad that it’s entertaining. come on!

  2. 2
    Ashes
    Posted August 18, 2005 at 7:41 am

    I watched Battle out of morbid curiosity. It wasn’t something I will go out of my way to watch each week, but until Lost and Veronica come back and make my Wednesday tv wonderful, I may watch more of it. It was entertaining in much the same way that the RR-RW challenges are–silly competitions between teams of fame whores who often act like idiots, jerks, or both when the camera is on.

  3. 3
    jos1yn
    Posted August 18, 2005 at 10:07 pm

    I liked BOTRS, it was a-ight, it’s got recap potential.

    The TVgasm news also gets two snaps in circle formation.

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