Reality bytes: Le Sofa Blogger,

Reality bytes
: Le Sofa Blogger, another of my recent German discoveries, points me to a simply great site on this side of the pop cultural ocean that pulls together everything happening in reality TV: OrwellProject.com.

The casting news is captivating. The site reports:

: MTV is looking for the next sorority and fraternity to be featured in ‘Sorority Life’ and the upcoming ‘Fraternity Life.’…

: Have you ever dreamed of living a completely different life? Imagine swapping lives with a total stranger for 2 weeks…. Could you for 2 weeks play the role of wife and mother to an entirely new family? Suppose your wife left, and another woman stepped in to take her place?…

: Ever dream of going to France? Or Venezuela? How about Japan? Well dream no more because NBC wants to make your dream a reality. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DATES is the new NBC reality dating show that will set the standard that all other shows will strive to measure up to….

: The creators of American Idol, this year’s most talked about show, are staging a sensational competition to search for the ultimate All American Girl….

: Do you or someone you know have amazing toy$? Well, we’re looking to feature owners of amazing mega-yachts, private planes…

: … nationwide casting call for an upcoming reality TV series, called Rodeo Road, for MTV Networks….

: Are You Hot? The Search for America’s Sexiest People, a reality series that is sure to have the entire country talking

3 responses to “Reality bytes: Le Sofa Blogger,”

  1. Lloyd Avatar

    au contraire! Look at game shows. Sure we OD’d on them in the fifties, but theyr’e still around going strong. My guess is the same will happen with reality shows after the current round of binge drinking. We’ll settle down to about 5-10 shows per season. The economics are too good, and when well done they beat the hell out of most sitcoms, etc.

  2. Jeff Jarvis Avatar

    Right: Reality TV certainly will not go away. I’m just saying that it will not take over all of TV; the tide will recede.

  3. marc weisblott Avatar

    Wait a sec, in 1999 I pitched that exact “America’s Favorite Houseguest” idea when I was briefly pitching teevee shows (Canadian ones at that), except it was to be called “The Party Animal” with a boorish friend as the main character, crashing events. The network (Star!, Canada’s own spin-off/rip-off of E!) didn’t bite, on that or anything else … Do I win anything?