{"id":1269,"date":"2007-11-19T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-19T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2007\/11\/19\/reality-bites\/"},"modified":"2007-11-19T12:06:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-19T20:06:00","slug":"reality-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2007\/11\/19\/reality-bites\/","title":{"rendered":"Reality Bites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">(EDIT: added screenshot below)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The latest Nielsen ReelResearch Survey (which I signed up for the last time I was in Las Vegas, and which has been a source of intermittent entertainment) contains a portion asking me which of these reality shows I would be most likely to watch, should the current writers&#8217; strike continue beyond January.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snout.org\/hotsheet\/uploaded_images\/survey20071119-785651.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snout.org\/hotsheet\/uploaded_images\/survey20071119-785645.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I want to emphasize that I am <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">not<\/span> making up any of this.  I&#8217;ve only added links below for editorializing:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Million Dollar Password \u2013 A modernized take on the original game show. Regis Philbin will host<\/p>\n<p>Moment of Truth \u2013 Contestants will answer personal questions while being connected to a polygraph machine<\/p>\n<p>Duel \u2013 This game show has contestants going \u201chead-to-head\u201d for the opportunity to win a big jackpot<\/p>\n<p>Clash of the Choirs \u2013 Celebrities go back to their home towns to establish an amateur singing group and these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harmony-sweepstakes.com\/\">choirs compete live<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My Dad is Better than Your Dad \u2013 Dads lead their families in fun competitions against other fathers and their families<\/p>\n<p>American Gladiators \u2013 Hosted by Hulk Hogan, this show follows four women and four men as they take on contestants<\/p>\n<p>Do You Trust Me? \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE\">Tucker Carlson<\/a> hosts. Contestants who are strangers wager how much they trust one another<\/p>\n<p>Dance War: Bruno vs. Carey Ann \u2013 The choreographer judges from \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d coach their own dance teams through a routine each week<\/p>\n<p>Oprah Winfrey\u2019s The Big Give \u2013 This show centers on the competition, drama and emotion as millions of dollars are given away to make a difference in people\u2019s lives       <\/p>\n<p>Baby Borrowers \u2013 Five young couples ages 16-19 must set up a home and take on various stages of parenthood<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Y:_The_Last_Man\">When Women Rule the World<\/a> \u2013 Participants are brought to a remote island where women have the opportunity to rule as they build a newly formed society<\/p>\n<p>Amne$ia \u2013 In this game show contestants must answer questions from their own lives for money and prizes. Hosted by Dennis Miller<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You want another reason to end the writers&#8217; strike?  I give you twelve.  (Thirteen, if you count &#8220;American Gladiators&#8221; and Hulk Hogan separately.)<\/p>\n<p>Please, show your support for the WGA&#8211;go <a href=\"http:\/\/unitedhollywood.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/pencils2mediamoguls.html\">buy some pencils<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petitiononline.com\/WGA\/petition.html\">or<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fans4writers.com\/participate.shtml\">something<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(EDIT: added screenshot below) The latest Nielsen ReelResearch Survey (which I signed up for the last time I was in Las Vegas, and which has been a source of intermittent entertainment) contains a portion asking me which of these reality&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32,56,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sci-tech","category-tv","category-writing"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}