As those who know me are aware, I luuuuv Loveline. I think it is some of the most entertaining programming out there. I love Dr. Drew and I can't wait for his new show.
VH1 has produced a new genre in celebreality. They took reality TV up a notch by putting celebrities into the programming. Previous examples include The Surreal Life, The Flavor of Love, I Love New York, Rock of Love and Hogan Knows Best. Several of these shows of spin offs of an original and people can't seem to get enough.
Dr. Drew's new show will be a celebrity rehab show. Dr. Drew and his staff will help celebrities kick addiction for the viewing pleasure of the American public. Dr. Drew is after all an addiction specialist and a very entertaining individual in his own right. He also co-authored the first study ever to take a scientific approach when looking at celebrities and narcissism.
Very early in 2008 we as viewers will get to watch celebrities going through one of the biggest challenges of their life. The celebrities that have starred in other VH1 shows have all needed a little help with their careers. Some became much more popular and some got their own shows. They put themselves through embarrassing situations to do so. Much of this revolved around their shambles of love lives. Celebrity Fit Camp helped celebrities deal with weight issues. I wondered at the time why these celebrities allowed this to be televised. It totally didn't seem like something that would help their career and would set them up for ridicule. And couldn't they afford personal chefs and trainers? Now they are going to do rehab. FANTASTIC!
What are the implications of a show like this? Will America love it? Of course they will, but why? Because we love seeing celebrities at their worst. They get to be rich and famous, we want to know that their lives can definitely suck more than ours. Will the show do anything good for society, like encourage rehab? OH OH, wouldn't it be awesome if Lindsey Lohan was on the show? But she doesn't really need help with her career. No word yet on who the celebs will be, but I know I'm excited.
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I admit it. I am a total sucker for the train-wreck that is Celebreality. I love that VH1 uses a logo of vintage flashing light bulbs, sort of an homage to a ‘your name in lights kid!’ era. This logo is animated with the promos, so while it starts out all bright and shiny some of the bulbs burn out and some fall off and are broken as the promo airs. That is the nutshell of celebreality; we saw you rise to fame, now we want to see you become a damaged heap of goods.
This rehab show will fit right in! VH1 I am surprised you didn’t think of this sooner.
My guess is that our next stop will be ‘Inside Celebrity Deaths; Pushing Daisy’s from Hollywood Hills’
I have gotten so weary of Celebreality shows, but this one may be something to watch. I really like Dr. Drew. It seems he would not be afraid to tell it like it is without being nasty. He's got the whole clinical expert DR thing going. I really liked him on Loveline when it was on MTV. I have also seen him on newsprograms etc talking about the fake rehabs of Lindsay etc. It does concern me though about our society's insatiable hunger to get into the lives of celebrities. Are our own lives so boring that for weeks we were obsessed with Brittany not wearing panties? In many ways we have become virtual stalkers. In doing so we have also made it our business and right to go up to any celebrity and tell them what we really think.
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