TV Train Wrecks...yuck

There is some real cr*p on television right now. We usually have the television on XM Radio (Coffeehouse channel 848 on Direct TV to be exact) because of all the nonsense on all the other channels.

Case in point. Two shows I ran across last week. One, I'll admit, I've watched before but am now gonna have to let it pass on by. As big of a train wreck as it is, I can't stomach it anymore.

The other, I had not only never seen, but never heard of. HORRIBLE. I seriously wonder how it was not cancelled by the network right in the middle of it being aired (Fox Reality channel...not too surprising).

Here they are:

Househusbands of Hollywood: I'm embarrassed to say I watched the almost 10 minutes of it I did watch. I had never heard of it and nothing was on, so I made the fatal error of stopping on the channel to let it prove itself. And boy did it. It proved to be the most embarrassing piece of programming AND choice of lifestyle I've witnessed.

It's basically, as you can imagine from the name, about these husbands of Hollywood wives who are the stay-at-home dads. Now, because I didn't watch the whole thing, I'm not positive they all have kids. In fact, I don't think they do. NOT THE POINT.

A couple of the wives actually leave their husbands notes of what they are to accomplish that day while "wifey" goes off to work. Are you kidding me? If D left me a note of what I was to "accomplish" that day...well, I can tell you the note wouldn't be visible for long and he'd walk funny for days. Part of me wants to say, "If he's staying at home, let him do his 'job' his way!" . The other part of me is screaming, "Say something to her! If you don't like the way you are being treated...do something!". I've wasted enough time talking about this show.

The second show is one I've seen in the past. I was never a regular viewer, but did watch a couple episodes when it first came on (on Tivo, so I could fast forward!). It's on of those Real Housewives shows...the Atlanta chicks. I would NEVER refer to them as ladies.

The other night, three of these women actually argued LOUDLY in a public restaurant and caused the biggest scene you could imagine. None of them appear to have any morals (lie, cheat, steal, have affairs with married men, carry on infront of their kids). You name it. As a friend of mine said, they are a "hot mess" and I couldn't agree more! As big of a train wreck this show is, it's one I'm going to have to zoom past. Yuck.

It must be a ratings hit though. You can't make that stuff up. The producers and advertisers must be laughing all the way to the bank. And probably making pit stops at trash cans to throw up at the junk they're putting out in the world. Thanks for the quality programming.

Kudos to Food Network, the Discovery Channel, the Learning Channel and even more. Without you, where would my remote land? Well, other than XM Radio!