New Reality Shows on the way...


Expect a flood of new Reality shows on the air during the next few months, (I'm not making these up..this is the real thing!) including:

"The Mole," a game where a group of people try to complete a series of tasks. The hitch is that one of them is trying to subvert the process, and no one knows who "the mole" is.

"Master Game," a game show that brings back the unpleasant experience of cramming for college finals. Contestants study for a series of tests over several days, battling fatigue.

"The Runner" and "Wanted," both based on the idea of pursuit. In "The Runner," an idea developed by actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, a person is set loose somewhere in the country and it's up to TV viewers to find him, while "Wanted" sets a pack of former bounty hunters after a series of contestants.

"Krypton Factor," a game that tests quick-thinking and mental agility.

"I Want a Divorce," a forum like "Divorce Court" where a real-life divorcing couple compete against each other for their own property. Fortunately, kids aren't included.

And those are just on ABC and Fox. CBS isn't talking about its future plans, but with "Big Brother" on five times a week over the next three months and a second "Survivor" series scheduled for the winter, it is already busy.

NBC is trying quickly to catch up. The network is reportedly negotiating to import a Dutch show, "Chains of Love," in which a woman is chained to four men and must let go one man a day until she's left with her dream date.



-- Producer (Working@getting.viewers), July 10, 2000

Answers

The RUNNER sounds awesome...! I wanna be on that show! What survivalist wouldn't wanna be on that show! KEWL! Did any of you read the original Stephen King's "The Running Man"...here it is! I guess WANTED will work for me as well...but we'll cheer for the bounty hunters on that one..heh.

Can you believe the Divorce Court one? OR the woman chained to four men? Jesus Christ, the scary thing is that they'll have no problem finding people who will be willing to do that on TV for pay.

(I know Jor_el, I know..into the dumpster we go, just like you said)

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), July 10, 2000.

I just want a show all about moles, you know, the kind that make your property look like a bombing range?

I have 4 traps set up since friday. One was partially tripped, but we had packed the dirt below it too hard, and the spikes wouldn't go into the soil.

I read all about this on www.moleman.com but still not getting it. I think we did gas some of them with lawnmower exhaust piped into their tunnels, but still getting mole piles here and there.

After we get all the moles in the yard (I am thinking positively here), we will need to rototill, re-level and plant new grass on all lawns.

Perhaps the mild winter here contributed to the mole population explosion. It's been just unreal...... What a mess.

But you could have a real interesting game of croquet on such lawns. It would be a little like "bumper pool".

-- (sis@home.zzz), July 10, 2000.

Another reason to click off the TV and click on the mouse...

-- Tim (pixmo@pixelquest.com), July 10, 2000.

What's the deal with croquet anyhow? What exactly do you do in that game? Is it any fun? Don't boring English people play it?

-- kirstena (kritter@adelphia.net), July 11, 2000.

Croquet is actually a fun game to play on summer days or early evenings. It's one of the things that I used to do with my siblings and friends, since my folks weren't in the habit of plugging our little brains into the TV nightly. If you have medium size lawns that wrap all around the house, like we do, with a hill between the front and back yards, you can set up a really challenging course that goes all the way around the house. Of course it is kinda fun to knock other folk's balls into the ivy, or away from the wickets, forcing them to use more turns to get to the goal. Call it golf for peasants if you like.

It's a fun game to play and very pleasant if your lawn doesn't look like a bombing range, like ours does, with mole hills, irregular depressed areas, and mole traps all over the place. After we get done trapping all the moles, we will have to rototill the lawns becuase they look SOOOOOOO BAAAAAAAD. I have been here 11 years, and I have never seen it look so bad, and haven't seen anyone else's yard look as bad either.

(Sigh)

-- (sis@home.zzz), July 11, 2000.

I'll have to try it, it sounds sort of interesting. So the object is just to hit the ball through those wicket things in a course?..till you get to the final goal? And knock other peoples balls out of the way in the process? Sounds cutthroat enough for us.

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), July 13, 2000.

sounds like it's just a matter of time till they have "the naked prey" ......in real life (televised for your watching pleasure)

argh

or how bout

"christians vs. the lions"

and sis.......you need to borrow a ferret

: )

-- mebs (mebs@joymail.com), July 14, 2000.

New on NBC!!! Last week we put 10 Christian Fundamentalists in a house together, and broadcast to you their every thought and action. Then, you get to call in every Friday, and pick one of them to be thrown to a Lion! The last person left wins $1,000,000! Who will it be??

Last weeks episodes: Marie is chastised by the other house members for wearing shorts! David proclaims the women should do all the housework, angering Virgina, who demands equal rights. Racial tensions flare when Raymond decides he announces he is no longer a Fundamentalist, and insists on being called Mofar. Tina is caught in the confessional praying to win the money. The others get into a heated debate about the Rapture. Who will you choose to be thrown to a hungry Lion this week? Tune in Monday to see who you, the American viewing audience picked...and then..watch as the hapless Christian is tossed to our Lion...and eaten alive!

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), July 14, 2000.