The Ultimate Reality Show

Woodmonkey · 05-28-2004, 12:13

Can't wait to watch this one! Or...maybe I'll just wash my hair.

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Watching Paint Dry Is Latest Reality TV Gimmick

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LONDON (Reuters) - Some critics say the endless stream of hugely popular reality television shows are as dull as watching paint dry.

Well, now they can test the theory with a live, eight-week round-the-clock Webcast of just that.

Billed as the "ultimate reality TV show," British pay-channel UKTV Style promises a wall, some brushes and different types of paint in its program "Watching Paint Dry."

"Every other reality show is full of boring drips, so we thought that we would go one step further," said Nick Thorogood, UKTV head of lifestyle.

"We guarantee that Watching Paint Dry will be at least as interesting as the other reality shows."

The tongue-in-cheek Internet program is being launched on Friday, the same day the most famous fly on the wall show of them all, "Big Brother," takes to the air again in Britain.

Most such shows rely on viewers voting out the human contestants, be they the Big Brother wannabes or the famous names of jungle show "I'm a Celebrity Get me Out of Here"

But people watching paint drying on www.uktvstyle.co.uk will be able to vote for their favorite wall-covering, such as gloss, satin or matte, with the least favorite being voted out each week before the nation's choice is revealed.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._britain_tv_dc

se0sea · 05-28-2004, 12:23

It will probably be a hit show too.

conlor · 05-28-2004, 12:29

Wish I would've thought of it!

Woodmonkey · 05-28-2004, 13:14

Lol, Conlor. Maybe we should get together and produce a show so people could watch grass grow!

conlor · 05-28-2004, 13:19

Katie, that might be more interesting. We've had a lot of rain and the grass is growing fast!

63DH8 · 05-29-2004, 01:41

A while back, I felt people who are hooked on these so called reality shows should be dropped in a third world country that's having a civil war. If they are so bored with their lives, then they should be given the oppertunity to really live life in a manner where they will appreciate life!

filthybeast · 05-31-2004, 08:58

WM I got a Great idea for a reality show. We let a lady spend 24 hours with me. You know we could call it Survive the Beast. We would have to put it on Cable but it would be a smash hit.