Reality Teen Shows: Bad For US?
Posted on Jul 30, 2009 @ 06:41PM - Add a comment
Have you ever noticed that on the popular teen shows no one EVER does any homework? Yet Blair and Serena got accepted to Yale (then Blair got turned down but that’s a different story line.)
All the youngsters on the teen-centric series such as Laguna Beach, Gossip Girl, and the new train-wreck, NYC Prep, live a care free life of partying, sexual escapades, social extravaganzas, and bitchy backstabbing. Supposedly, they portray a life of an “average” teenager, though we have yet to meet a so-called “average” member of the breed.
Parents are worried about the messages these shows are sending to our kids because even smart teenagers , still forming their self-image, can’t always identify real life from the reality life. Sasha Pasulka, Head Writer and Founder of women’s interest site Zelda Lily and entertainment website Evil Beet writes:
TV: Tuesday Hot List
Posted on Jul 14, 2009 @ 01:47PM - Add a comment
We can’t help it. We love those spoiled, precocious, clueless kids on NYC Prep. It’s like a bad car accident that you just can’t turn away from. We know that one day these kids will be hit over the head with a big, cold dose of reality but until it happens we’re here to get out the popcorn and watch the drama unfold. Tonight, Jessie is worried about PC’s constant partying while Camille visits Harvard and tries to convince Kellie that college is like totally awesome.
Tuesday TV Hot List
Posted on Jun 30, 2009 @ 01:17PM - Add a comment
On tonight’s episode of the skin crawling NYC Prep, Kelli starts to see green after hearing that Taylor “hooked up” with hair-flipping-Sebastian on their date. But things get really heated when he tries to play both of the girls at a friend’s birthday bash… that is until Taylor’s own ex-flame shows up! PC goes on a blind date, and Camille watches as another love triangle takes shape. In case you’re wondering if all these prep school kids do is hook up, the answer is no. They also partake in underage drinking, use drugs and spend money like AIG execs after the bailout!
Tuesday Night Hot List
Posted on Jun 23, 2009 @ 01:16PM - Add a comment
All aboard for a night of Bravo train wrecks!
First up, brace yourself for the most anticipated Housewives reunion evaaa! Andy Cohen hosts part one of the two part, Real Housewives of New Jersey: Watch What Happens Reunion! And after what happened in the finale, I’m not ashamed to admit that I am dyin’ to watch what happens with these crazy broads! Besides rehashing the juicy details of the insane 'husband stealing-prostitute-whore-kidnapping-drug cartel' book drama, we also get to see a very pregnant, table-tossing Teresa and Jacqueline! Aww! Bubbies for everyone!
Then Gossip Girl comes to life with NYC Prep! The show follows six rich, clique-y, self-entitled Manhattan prep-school seniors. And if you thought GG’s Chuck was unbearably obnoxious, just wait until you meet PC and Sebastian! OMG!!! Because you can never have too many stuck up, hair flipping, playas that you love to hate!
America’s Got Talent returns tonight with bigger audition shows and a hot new host! Mr. Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon replaces Jerry Springer as ringmaster this season and we can expect the audition specials to be packed with more “interesting people” than ever! Cannon says they’ve had twice as many hopefuls show up for auditions ready to explode themselves into super-stardom, which Cannon says is due, in large part, to the Susan Boyle phenomenon. David Hasselhoff, Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan return as judges.
And ABC launches The Superstars tonight. Think a modern version of Wide World of Sports meets Battle of the Network Stars! Eight teams, consisting of one pro athlete and one celebrity, battle it out doing crazy sporting events. Celebrities include, David Charvet, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Dan Cortese, Julio Iglesias, Jr., Ali Landry and Estella Warren, and pros Jennifer Capriati, Brandi Chastain, Robert Horry, Jeff Kent, Lisa Leslie and Terrell Owens
