Today's Blind Items - My Show My Rules

The idea pitched was a pretty good idea and the alphabet network thought it could be a special they could run several times a year. It was hosted by a former A list talk show host/comedian and there would be other people brought in to add to the humor of it. It was part variety show/part game show/part pageant. The problem with the show was the fact that the host insisted the only way anyone was going to win the game portion of the show was to sleep with him. He would make sure that anyone who didn't sleep with him would not win. He didn't trust the network to bring him women who would do so, so he went out and cast women he already had slept with and knew would do so again. The problem with that is most of the women knew each other but didn't know the other women had also been sleeping with our married host. This led to lots of fights not only among the women, but also a lot of anger directed at the host, who was having none of it. His co-hosts were alcoholics and were drinking the entire time. It was the biggest mess ever. Despite all of that, the show was a raging success. Part of the reason it was such a hit is because this A+ list night time talk show host was sleeping with several of the contestants too so gave it a plug on air even though it was on a different network. After the first episode, the network tried to rein in the host, but with no success. It ran as an annual special for several years.