By CARRIE RACOSTA
Vh1 has turned itself into one of the biggest reality television successes in the past several years. As music television of all networks turns away from the video emphasis, VH1 made a profitable decision to go to the increasingly popular route of reality programming. They have a string of successful and much talked about programs which prove endlessly entertaining, even to viewers who typically wouldn’t consider themselves a reality TV buff.
There was "Flavor of Love," which made rapper Flavor Flav a household name. Suddenly, grandfathers were quoting the show and wearing a clock around one’s neck became the easy go-to Halloween costume of 2006. “I Love New York”was the equally absurd and hilarious spin-off. Bret Michaels wooed a bevy of groupies on the program “Rock of Love,” one of which had her own spin-off, “Daisy of Love.” Another blonde fanatic of Michaels, Megan Hauserman, had a short-lived venture with“Megan Wants a Millionaire,” but her run was cut short with the shocking murder charges placed on one of her potential suitors. “Hogan Knows Best” follows around 1980s icon Hulk Hogan and family, making Brooke Hogan, his daughter, a celebrity in her own right. Other time-wasters include “My Fair Brady,” “I Love Money,” “The Cho Show,” “Charm School with Ricki Lake,” “Celebrity Rehab” and we cannot forget “Tool Academy.”
There was "Flavor of Love," which made rapper Flavor Flav a household name. Suddenly, grandfathers were quoting the show and wearing a clock around one’s neck became the easy go-to Halloween costume of 2006. “I Love New York”was the equally absurd and hilarious spin-off. Bret Michaels wooed a bevy of groupies on the program “Rock of Love,” one of which had her own spin-off, “Daisy of Love.” Another blonde fanatic of Michaels, Megan Hauserman, had a short-lived venture with“Megan Wants a Millionaire,” but her run was cut short with the shocking murder charges placed on one of her potential suitors. “Hogan Knows Best” follows around 1980s icon Hulk Hogan and family, making Brooke Hogan, his daughter, a celebrity in her own right. Other time-wasters include “My Fair Brady,” “I Love Money,” “The Cho Show,” “Charm School with Ricki Lake,” “Celebrity Rehab” and we cannot forget “Tool Academy.”
Still kicking it this season is one of the most talked about and parodied guilty pleasures of reality TV, “Celebrity Fit Club.”
“Celebrity Fit Club” is a show that showcases overweight celebrities and challenges them each week to lose weight through competitions, diets and work out regimens. This season’s contestants include the notorious Bobby Brown, loud-mouth lead singer of Skid Row, Sebastian Bach, everyone’s favorite supposed loser and Britney Spears’ ex-husband, Kevin Federline and former “Baywatch” babe, the fairly thin, Nicole Eggert. They join the stellar history of D-List contestants which include Dustin Diamond, aka Screech from “Saved by the Bell,” Willie Aames of “Charles in Charge,” and ousted former co-host of “American Idol,” Brian Dunkleman.
VH1 certainly has a method to their madness, and one in which the American public can’t get enough of. Did they really “save the music” or have they lost it now, along with their dignity?
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