Movies and TV Please kill reality TV.

**007** · 10-26-2010, 12:40 AM

http://www.avclub.com/articles/new-c...-tradin,46757/

New CBS reality show to feature celebrities trading places with the regular scum who share their names

by Sean O'Neal October 25, 2010
Now that reality television is shying away from the sort of regular people empowerment that attracts sociopaths and murderers, the next wave seems to be stroking the egos of sadly under-stroked celebrities—shows like I Get That A Lot and Undercover Karaoke, where famous stars go out and mingle with the non-famous, then reveal to the rabble who they really are and bask in the adulation firsthand. CBS’ in-development series The Same Name follows a similar “he who walks among you” premise, but also brings in the power-shift of Undercover Boss, matching celebrities with ordinary people who share, duh, the same name and having them trade lives for a little while. Thus the regular person will get a temporary reward for always having to endure the smartassed comments, e-mails, and phone calls from folks trying to track down a celebrity and who are under the delusion that, for some reason, Justin Bieber might have a listed phone number in Jacksonville, Florida, while the famous person feigns interest in how their non-famous name doppelganger lives while still getting accorded the properly awed treatment which their status demands. (By the way, I’m fully expecting to hear from the network so I can swap places with Clarissa Explains It All actor Sean O’Neal, or maybe just punch him in the face for all the e-mails and phone calls I’ve received on his behalf over the past 19 years.)

**007** · 08-07-2011, 07:14 PM

Looks like they went and aired it. It is on right now. Same Name.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 08-07-2011, 07:24 PM

this hits a little close to home doesn't it?

**007** · 08-07-2011, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

this hits a little close to home doesn't it?

yep. I dont' think I would be able to fill the shoes of my counterpart though.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 08-07-2011, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

yep. I dont' think I would be able to fill the shoes of my counterpart though.

it's not the shoes I'd worrry about, more like the hats....

Param · 08-07-2011, 11:32 PM

They're running out of reality tv ideas.

**notorious** · 08-07-2011, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Param

They're running out of reality tv ideas.

Thank God.

Param · 08-07-2011, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

Thank God.

Went to my friends house the other day, she was watching a reality tv show about tow truck drivers.

Reality tv has jumped the shark. A good amount will stick around because they're cheap to make, but yah they're out of ideas.

**notorious** · 08-07-2011, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Param

Went to my friends house the other day, she was watching a reality tv show about tow truck drivers.

Reality tv has jumped the shark. A good amount will stick around because they're cheap to make, but yah they're out of ideas.

They ran out of good ideas as soon as the first episode of the first realtiy TV show was produced.

Steaming piles of shit.

**chasedude** · 08-07-2011, 11:59 PM

Football is my reality TV.

That other shit is over-produced, attention whoring drama.

**notorious** · 08-08-2011, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by chasedude

Football is my reality TV.

That other shit is over-produced, attention whoring drama.

I don't understand how someone can watch another losers overblown and fake life as their's deteriorates.

Everytime I walk into a room and my wife is watching the Tardashians or Bad Whore's Club I literally want to smash the TV over her head. She's a smart woman, why does she watch that shit?

**BigMeatballDave** · 08-08-2011, 12:07 AM

I like Pawn Stars. Thats pretty much it.

**Lzen** · 08-08-2011, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by notorious

I don't understand how someone can watch another losers overblown and fake life as their's deteriorates.

Everytime I walk into a room and my wife is watching the Tardashians or Bad Whore's Club I literally want to smash the TV over her head. She's a smart woman, why does she watch that shit?

I agree with this. My wife doesn't watch those particular shows, but she watches a few other reality shows. I really don't give a crap how well you can make a cake.

Frazod · 08-08-2011, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave

I like Pawn Stars. Thats pretty much it.

That's my favorite. I realize it's far more scripted than they let on, but those guys crack me up. I also like some of the Travel Channel stuff, like No Reservations and Bizarre Foods (as long as Zimmern isn't eating something so totally digusting that I can't watch). I lost all interest in Deadliest Catch after Phil died.

But all the purely contrived crap, like Survivor and Jersey Shore, I detest.

Molitoth · 08-08-2011, 11:34 AM

I like Ax Men, Pawn Stars, and American Restoration. There are probably a few others I am forgetting.

The rest sucks.

10-26-2010, 12:40 AM
007 Shaken. Not stirred. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Casino cash: $14060126 VARSITY	Please kill reality TV. http://www.avclub.com/articles/new-c...-tradin,46757/ New CBS reality show to feature celebrities trading places with the regular scum who share their names by Sean O'Neal October 25, 2010 Now that reality television is shying away from the sort of regular people empowerment that attracts sociopaths and murderers, the next wave seems to be stroking the egos of sadly under-stroked celebrities—shows like I Get That A Lot and Undercover Karaoke, where famous stars go out and mingle with the non-famous, then reveal to the rabble who they really are and bask in the adulation firsthand. CBS’ in-development series The Same Name follows a similar “he who walks among you” premise, but also brings in the power-shift of Undercover Boss, matching celebrities with ordinary people who share, duh, the same name and having them trade lives for a little while. Thus the regular person will get a temporary reward for always having to endure the smartassed comments, e-mails, and phone calls from folks trying to track down a celebrity and who are under the delusion that, for some reason, Justin Bieber might have a listed phone number in Jacksonville, Florida, while the famous person feigns interest in how their non-famous name doppelganger lives while still getting accorded the properly awed treatment which their status demands. (By the way, I’m fully expecting to hear from the network so I can swap places with Clarissa Explains It All actor Sean O’Neal, or maybe just punch him in the face for all the e-mails and phone calls I’ve received on his behalf over the past 19 years.)
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