Time to start ditching reality shows in favor of some actual culture?

[derby378]

Don't get me wrong. There are some reality shows that are just plain genius. Dave Attell's Insomniac was a true original as far as travel shows go, and Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations gets you up close and personal with faraway lands, their people, and their cuisine. I enjoy many of the reality/game shows such as Top Chef and Project Runway. But there's got to be a tipping point somewhere.

Entire cable channels such as A&E, Bravo, and MTV have been overcome by reality shows featuring bounty hunters, magicians, drug addicts in rehab centers and interventions, spoiled housewives, dwarf families, socially-inept computer geeks, Playboy playmates, repo men, trust fund kids, diva brides, self-obsessed models, and way too many people who seek the romantic affections of people such as Bret Michaels, Tila Tequila, and Flavor Flav. Is there some "idea man" in New York or LA who is preparing to inflict upon America a new reality show in which a nerdy recovering alcoholic must repossess a Bentley from a "Super Sweet 16" party and use it to chauffeur some pissed-off bride who pelts him warthog offal that he must consume within five minutes in order to win a date with a bisexual Playboy bunny who levitates over Atlantic City while wearing a fake Viking helmet?

I think I just made my own brain hurt. Talk amongst yourselves...