5 TV Shows That Are A Sign That the Industry is Running Out of Ideas

I think it is safe to say that it is official, we are really starting to scrape the bottom of the fucking barrel for new TV show ideas. Thanks to 9,000 channels exisiting, television itself existing since the 50s, you have Internet TV shows that are starting to slowly get popular, and you now obviously don't have a lot of potential for an entirely new concept.

Not to mention the fact that reality shows are easy and cheap to produce combined with that lovely writers strike that really set the whole industry back (thanks a lot, assholes), and you got yourself potential for a whole lot of "Who fucking gives a shit?!"-ery.

So, I was inspired to come up with a list of new (or semi-new) television shows that really show us that the industry is beginning to run out of ideas.

Puppy Bowl

This isn't an actual TV show, but a yearly special. That is why it only made the "honorable mention" section.

What is Puppy Bowl? Well, no one really knows as it is just 3 hours of puppies walking around on a mini-football field. Once in awhile, a dog will take a crap, but that's about as exciting as it gets. There is even a 15 to 30 minute half time show that features kittens scratching a large scratching post. I wish I made this shit up.

Don't get me wrong, I am an animal lover. I love animals, but this is the biggest fucking waste of time. What is even worse that EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE tuned in to last year's Puppy Bowl! Eight Million People! Not only that, but they also release this shit on DVD. That means that there are some assholes out there who get bored and whip out Puppy Bowl to entertain them. What the fucking hell, people?!

Greatest American Dog

It is a reality show about dogs... their owners live together and they compete in competitions. Week by week, one gets eliminated... blah blah blah blah... same shit, different reality show.

What is even worse is that this shit actually made it to CBS!

Yes, I know, another damn dog show, but people... dogs are great and all, but nobody needs 10,000 shows about every aspect about fucking dogs. I love them, but leave these poor creatures alone so that they can continue their regularly scheduled crotch sniffing and toilet drinking.

Just let them be dogs!

5. Major League Eating (Spike TV)

Eating contests are fun for carnivals and school pep rallies, but an actual league is a bit much. I'm sorry to those who have dedicated their lives to this "sports," but why don't you do something that won't induce a heart attack?

I had this show on because it followed TNA Wrestling and I couldn't find the damn remote. I watched out of curiousity of just how bad this was going to be bad.... and it was bad and disgusted as I had predicted.

What I think is the most ridiculous part is the fact that they have a play by play and color commentator, who use the made up word "Chipmunking" about every 1.2 minutes.

4. I Love New York (VH1)

I got a great idea! Let us take the most annoying "fake" contestant from that fake dating reality show starring that one washed up asshole from Public Enemy, and center two seasons and a spin-off around her. Tiffany "New York" Pollard's character that she plays on these shows is the very definition of what is wrong with us as a society today in terms of most of us slowly getting dumber.

This show is more than likely a fake. (Well, duh!) The biggest thing that would tip that off is who the hell would want to actually go on television and try to win her heart? Really?

3. Groomer Has It (Animal Planet)

Okay people, it is just fucking dog grooming. This isn't anything that deserves a reality TV show contest involving people living in a house and people getting eliminated by the three American Idol-like judges. Just fucking stop this shit.

2. Amazing Wedding Cakes (WEtv)

Wedding cakes? You have got to be fucking kidding me. Wedding cakes? WEDDING CAAKKES?!

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the proverbial of the scraping bottom of the barrel for topics to base entire tv shows on.

What's next? A show about Amazing Deli Meats... who can use that deli slicer the best?

1. Hurl! (G4TV)

Hurl! is a game show that involves people eating a lot of gross food and seeing if they don't puke by going on amusement park rides and doing extreme sports, in an effort to win 10k. Basically, they combined all of the contests in Fear Factor into one game.

When your selling point is people puking, you really got to go back to the ole' drawing board again and perhaps either find something else or just retire from the television industry.

So there you have it. Do you agree? Disagree? Do you have an example yourself. Let us all know!

RJ45