This Is A Reality Show

Maybe it is just because I am a guy and the idea for this show appeals to me because of my gender, but G4 announced today they have ordered 10 one hour episodes of Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan. The show is being billed as a reality version of Hurt Locker. To me watching the life and death struggles of these brave men and women is way more entertaining and valuable than spending another 22 minutes watching Kim and Khloe decide which lip gloss they should use. Yes, there is a place for mindless entertainment. I get it and I love things that are mindless as much as the next person, but I also think if you make every program the same mindless crap that you will have an entire generation who wants to be exactly like a Kardashian or a Hilton and there will be a dearth of people who want to be something else.

I also would love to see some of these reality "stars" have to go out and do the jobs that are documented in some of the grittier reality shows. Go have Kim Kardashian spend some time on a crab boat. Have Snooki go handle one of the Dirty Jobs Mike Rowe visits. Hell, have Paris Hilton go teach a geometry class to a group of high schoolers for a week.