My wife loves reality shows like this. They generally make me want to barf.

“People think that just because you’re married to a baseball player, that you’re dumb, that you’re a gold digger, that you’re an ex-stripper ... I really hope that after people see this show, they realize that there’s a lot more than just what people think baseball wives are.”

I'm going to guess that the show will only strengthen pre-held notions of baseball wives.

Apparently she missed the part where Heidi stripped to win food on Survivor.

"I'm not an ex-stripper. Well, not yet."

Mrs. Posada

She's got nothing on Patti Blagojevich.

Mrs. Posada

That can't be the same person pictured in the Daily News story.

“People think that just because you’re married to a baseball player, that you’re dumb, that you’re a gold digger, that you’re an ex-stripper

I said this elsewhere today, but I agree that such sterotypes are ridiculous. To the contrary, there are hundreds of baseball wives, and many of the ex-strippers are very smart, many of the dumb ones are in it for love, not money, and many of the gold diggers are very prim and proper. To paint them with such a broad brush is simply unfair.

Mrs. Posada

Hip hip, Jorge! Hip hip, Jorge!

That can't be the same person pictured in the Daily News story.

Same face. So either it is, or it's an excellent photoshop job.

My wife loves reality shows like this. They generally make me want to barf.

Ditto. I fell asleep on the couch last night and when I woke up my girl had the Tori Spelling show on. I wanted to kill her (Tori Spelling, not my girl) after 5 minutes of viewing. I actually became a little angry at my girlfriend for watching it. The whole endeavor was despicable. If I was the boss of my household--and I'm not even close to being boss-- the tv would be gone. I've had it with all this reality crap.

My wife loves reality shows like this. They generally make me want to barf.

If anyone wants a recap of last night's "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant" I'd be glad not to suffer that knowledge alone.

The only reality show that I've been able to enjoy is Top Chef, and that's largely because they actually go through the trouble of finding qualified contestants while avoiding the hyper-cut editing that a lot of these shows seem to like.

All the celebrity reality TV, on the other hand, is an abomination, and I would rather the world end than watch even one minute of a show based around Tori Spelling's day to day life (unless the specific day happens to involve her execution).

If anyone wants a recap of last night's "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant" I'd be glad not to suffer that knowledge alone.

I hate you for even making me aware of this show's existence.

You deserve to suffer that knowledge alone.

If I was the boss of my household--and I'm not even close to being boss-- the tv would be gone.

Sometimes there's a baseball game on.

Sometimes there's a baseball game on.

I can watch those on the laptop.

If I was the boss of my household--and I'm not even close to being boss-- the tv would be gone

See, I'm in the same pickle... but I'm taking action and buying a second flat screen TV for my wife. Thank you, Verizon FIOS.

If anyone wants a recap of last night's "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant" I'd be glad not to suffer that knowledge alone.


I hate you for even making me aware of this show's existence.

Concur. Buddy's actions in this thread have made the world a worse place.

If anyone wants a recap of last night's "Beheading Roulette of the Underprivileged Fatso's" I'd be glad not to suffer that knowledge alone.

Buddy's actions in this thread have made the world a worse place.

I'll return to repressing and bottling up my demons immediately.

The only reality show that I've been able to enjoy is Top Chef, and that's largely because they actually go through the trouble of finding qualified contestants while avoiding the hyper-cut editing that a lot of these shows seem to like.

I cannot recommend So You Think You Can Dance highly enough in this case. I'm not kidding. I would never describe myself as the sort of guy who enjoys dance as an art form (it's my girlfriend who has gotten me into the show), but I'm awed by sheer excellence on display week after week by amateur contestants who display incredible technique, form, and ability in a wildly varied array of styles. It's the opposite of American Idol, in the sense that you look at these folks and just have to tip your cap to the talent. Great routines, great costumes, and -- here's the real shocker -- excellent judging with intelligent commentary. (Mary Martin is too damn excitable, but it's a real surprise to watch these physically amazing dance routines and then listen to solid critiques that actually point things out to a layman and educate me on the matter.) Another nice thing is that while viewers vote on the dancers and dictate who ends up in the bottom 3 each week, it's the judges (and not the masses) who make the final call on who to cut.

I know this must sound silly as all hell (especially on BBTF!) but trust me: it's the best reality show on TV, because all the ability is squarely on display (it's not like a cooking show where you can't actually taste the food), the quality put into the routines is ultra-professional (they have GREAT choreographers working with them), and the whole "storyline" aspect of the various dancers is only there as subtext...it never dominates. As I said, I would have laughed if you told me a few months ago that I'd be excited about a DANCING show, but it's awesome.

And it's on tonight: 8:00 EST/7:00 Central, on Fox.

I would have laughed if you told me a few months ago that I'd be excited about a DANCING show, but it's awesome.

I watched this once with my girl and found it insufferable. To each their own...

I watched this once with my girl and found it insufferable.

I agree with Shooty on this one. The people are definitely talented, but I hate the format, the routines, and the judges (especially the excitable one), so there's not much left for me to like.

EDIT: That's not to say that there's anything wrong with you liking it, but that it's obviously not a show which matches my tastes and interests.

The only reality TV I watch is Cake Boss, and I'm not sure that counts.

I've only seen a handful of minutes ever from any broadcast network reality show.

I agree with Shooty on this one. The people are definitely talented, but I hate the format, the routines, and the judges (especially the excitable one), so there's not much left for me to like.

And the incessant screaming of the audience drove me nuts. Blech.

edit: Another reality show that sends me to the internet or to the bedroom to read a book is Ghost Hunters. There's another ridiculously stupid show my girlfriend can't get enough of.

I will watch any reality program that involves fat people being humiliated to the ostensible goal of helping them lose weight, but really just humiliating them for my amusement. Biggest Loser, You Are What You Eat, all that stuff.

And yes, I'm going to hell, I know.

I will watch any reality program that involves fat people being humiliated to the ostensible goal of helping them lose weight, but really just humiliating them for my amusement. Biggest Loser, You Are What You Eat, all that stuff.

Your DVR must be full!

Reality Shows I will tolerate to make my gf happy:

Top Chef
Project Runway

Reality Shows I like:

Major League Baseball
Dog Whisperer
Animal Precinct
Just about any animal documentary, especially that Planet Earth series. Those photographers got some incredible footage.
Mythbusters

Your DVR must be full!

I can't tell if you're even joking, but it is! Between Simpsons reruns and humiliated fatties, I've barely any room.

People think that just because you’re married to a baseball player, that you’re dumb, that you’re a gold digger, that you’re an ex-stripper,” says Laura. “That’s not the way it is.

Then what is this show doing on the E! channel?

humiliated fatties

Wow, you're bringing back memories of the first time we met...

So You Think You Can Dance does have an awful lot of toned, exposed girl-flesh. So it has that going for it.

RB in NYC: Check out "Dance your ass off". Humiliated fat people dancing.

Wow, you're bringing back memories of the first time we met...

I probably deserve that.

I probably deserve that.

Well, yeah, but I think I owe you a beer for picking at that scab. I couldn't resist...

Am I the only man that watches "The Soup"?

I sure hope not.

Well, yeah, but I think I owe you a beer for picking at that scab. I couldn't resist...

That's ok, now that I know you'll kick in whatever we tell you for the meet-up tabs, you can consider most of my beers on you.

Am I the only man that watches "The Soup"?
Heck no.

I watch "Survivor" with my wife more out of habit (since we've been watching it together from the moment we met/it came on).
"Amazing Race" is a great show just to see all of the interesting people/places around the world. I travel a lot, but not to those extreme locations.
"Mythbusters" is just plain fun to watch. Throw in brainy-hot-chick Kari Byron, and it's a bonus.
"Wipeout" is just fun for laughing at people suffer humiliating bumps.

That's it. I can't stand to watch any of the TLC crap that my wife loves, or any of the other network garbage like "The Bachelor" or any of the talent competitions.

“People think that just because you’re married to a baseball player, that you’re dumb, that you’re a gold digger, that you’re an ex-stripper,” says Laura. “That’s not the way it is. I still haven’t met that one girl.

She must sit at the opposite end of the wives' section from Mrs. Damon.

Survivor

Dance your ass off

Top Chef

Project Runway

So You Think You Can Dance

can we please call these things game shows instead of the other name

project runway rules.
i can't believe the owners of that show let themselves get into such a protracted battle over where to show it. my coworkers and i can't wait for it to come back.

sigh

i think i am bout the only female there is who absolutely HATES "reality" shows. ALL of them including survivor and american idol

i absolutely refuse to watch ANY of them. including females pretending to not know they were pregnant. i do NOT believe that any female who was not in a coma didn't feel the baby kick.

The only reality show that I've been able to enjoy is Top Chef, and that's largely because they actually go through the trouble of finding qualified contestants while avoiding the hyper-cut editing that a lot of these shows seem to like.

You mean you don't care for Hell's Kitchen?

i can't believe the owners of that show let themselves get into such a protracted battle over where to show it. my coworkers and i can't wait for it to come back.

Bravo is doing a rip off version called "The Fashion Show". It's not the same without Michael Kors calling things "farty".

The Soup is awesome.

i do NOT believe that any female who was not in a coma didn't feel the baby kick.

One of my sisters found out @6 mths. I don't understand either...

I don't think Mythbusters (a fun show) really qualifies here. The only reality program (sports/news aside) I'd watch (that I can think of) is a 2 minute recap of Hole in the Wall, if it existed. Stupidity, broken up by snippets of amusing stupidity.

Oh, the Soup is fun every now and then as well.

I have to agree with those who like Project Runway. I like Top Chef as well, but as Esoteric
said, you can't taste the food. On Project Runway, you can actually appreciate the talent and judge it for yourself. Also, the judges' commentary is pretty good.

I find some dance shows to be pretty enjoyable too. "So You Think You Can Dance" is all right. "America's Best Dance Crew" is pretty good too--you see some pretty stunning creativity and athleticism there, which I think any sports fan would appreciate. The main problem is that the judges in the latter are insufferable.

And yes, Nasty Nate, these are all "game shows", or as I sometimes call them, "so-called reality t.v."

By the way, the link to the article doesn't work.

You mean you don't care for Hell's Kitchen?

I've actually eaten at Ramsey's restaurant at Royal Hospital Road and it was excellent, and I enjoy his work on the British version of Kitchen Nightmares. I don't, however, enjoy watching him do nothing but berate idiots who were picked solely because of their lack of competence (and their inability to figure out that they might want to learn how to cook Beef Wellington before they go on the show).

That can't be the same person pictured in the Daily News story.


According to one source, regarding the posted photo:

Laura married Jorge in 2000. Before marriage, she had been a fitness model and minor actress in Puerto Rico, before later hitting the books to become an attorney. Laura also made waves after coming to the US by posing in a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition wearing nothing but strategically placed paint

By the way, the link to the article doesn't work.

don't tell me you actually read the articles. how long you been here?

:-)

Laura married Jorge in 2000. Before marriage, she had been a fitness model and minor actress in Puerto Rico, before later hitting the books to become an attorney. Laura also made waves after coming to the US by posing in a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition wearing nothing but strategically placed paint

I don't know what % of baseball wives are gold-diggers, ex-strippers, etc., but I can always tell whether a baseball player met his wife before or after he made it to the major leagues. The ones the major-leaguers marry tend to be much more samey-looking.

I actually enjoy Top Chef. For one thing, they do get some legitimately great chefs to come on the show, and I find their commentary quite interesting. Second, I find some of the challenges similar to some of my own experiences as a cook, baker, and grillmeister. Finally, the disparate personalities make me laugh as the self-absorbed nature of many chefs is comical.

I wish they had more pairing challenges where the chefs had to demonstrate an awareness of beers, ales, cocktails and wines. I thought the mixologist guy was a hoot and a half.

Operation Repo on truTV. 2nd best reality show ever, after Amazing Race.

Operation Repo on truTV. 2nd best reality show ever, after Amazing Race.

It's not really a reality show.

Project Runway set to return.

"Wipeout" is just fun for laughing at people suffer humiliating bumps."

My college-age nephews and nieces made me watch this a few weeks ago.

It's the kind of show where your brain may not be inclined to laugh, but then you hear the sound of your own voice laughing.

It's reality slapstick - primal, really.

People jump off a platform onto a large round ball, and they are supposed to then bounce to the next one and the next one, otherwise they fall into the water in rather inelegant fashion.

It might be easier not to move your leg when the doctor taps your knee than not to laugh at this nonsense. So why fight it?

“People think that just because you’re married to a baseball player, that you’re dumb, that you’re a gold digger, that you’re an ex-stripper,” says Laura. “That’s not the way it is. I still haven’t met that one girl.

Please, why would you marry one of those girls? Those are the girls you have on the side.

I watch "Survivor" with my wife more out of habit (since we've been watching it together from the moment we met/it came on).
"Amazing Race" is a great show just to see all of the interesting people/places around the world. I travel a lot, but not to those extreme locations.
"Mythbusters" is just plain fun to watch. Throw in brainy-hot-chick Kari Byron, and it's a bonus.
"Wipeout" is just fun for laughing at people suffer humiliating bumps.

That's it. I can't stand to watch any of the TLC crap that my wife loves, or any of the other network garbage like "The Bachelor" or any of the talent competitions.

This
- "Survivor" (mrsidiom watches out of habit, while I find something else to do)
- traveling a lot
+ "Deadliest Catch"
+ "Survivorman" (and, with the kids, "Survive This")
= me

mrsidiom was briefly intrigued with "Jon and Kate Plus 8" in its early days, until I watched it once with her and said, "How does Jon put up with Kate?" From then on, she found Kate so irritating as to make the show painful to watch. Neither of us are surprised at their recent troubles.

I don't consider Survivorman a reality show anymore then I consider Good Eats an reality show. They are really just how to show done by pros. I throw Myth-Busters into this mix cause once again they are pros although it's not an how to show.
As for the more traditional "amateur" reality shows, I really don't think there is single one I watch. I don't mind the dog whisper but I'd never turn to it, some of it is out of resistance to the owe genre, it just seems no disingenuous, I hate the claim of "reality" when it's any thing but. I did watch Road Rules when I was younger and it was just getting started.

Survive This looks interesting I'll check it out. Oh yeah I hate Man vs. Wild.

“People think that just because you’re married to a baseball player, that you’re dumb, that you’re a gold digger, that you’re an ex-stripper,” says Laura.

Anna Benson hasn't been mentioned yet. How is this possible?

All the reality shows get lumped together, but really, half of them are game shows and the other half are documentaries.

On Project Runway, you can actually appreciate the talent and judge it for yourself. Also, the judges' commentary is pretty good.

Some of the models aren't half bad,either.

Mantracker is an awesome show.

I don't know, I don't really get why the designs are bad, unless its really obvious like not making a shirt for a man's suit.

I see something on Top Chef, and I'll damn, I want to eat that!

About the only TV Shows I watch are BBC documentaries and Top Gear, which thanks to the wonders of the BBC iPlayer I don't actually need a TV for!