Quality Programming
Posted on Tuesday, June 13th, by CJ
So. Last night, ABC premiered its series How to Get the Guy, a so-called "romantic reality" show that follows four San Francisco chicks over six episodes on their quest for the Holy Grail — er, I mean, loooooove, exciting and neeeeeeeeeew…. They are "taking hold of their own romantic destinies and declare to the world that they are ready, willing and able to do anything and everything they have to in order to find true love," according to the glittering show description. Hooray! Look out, world, these four women are shouting from the rooftops that they are lookin' pah nub and they've got video cameras following them around to prove it!
I may retch.
For God's sake, as if women needed more input into the whole dating thing. Besides the 18,629 books out there, about 2,498 weekly and monthly magazines, the entire network of friends each woman has — not to mention the 142,571 movies out there dealing with dating and relationships — ABC is muddying the waters even more. And geez, like this is actually going to help any?
Shame on you, ABC. Shame on you, indeed. Why do you have to make it even harder for us guys? As if we don't have to compete against women's ingrained craziness and their network of crazy friends, now we have a huge weapon bearing down on us: Network television. It was bad enough with those stupid Single in the City shows on WE network, but at least they were on an obscure cable channel that no one watches.
Women, ABC is filling your head with lies. Dirty, filthy lies. And stupid entertainment. It's totally not even worth the hour you spent watching it. I promise. You can take my word for it. Would I lead you wrong?
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:05 am
Exactly! More power!