Gimme a break. We have hit the bottom of the barrel in TV programming.

[lpbk2713]

CBS is devoting two hours of prime time viewing to the wedding of Rob & Amber.

Reality TV celebrities Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich marry; wedding preparation, bachelor and bachelorette parties, the rehearsal dinner and the wedding ceremony in the Bahamas.

Executive Producer(s): Chuck Dalaklis

[trotsky]

1. I wear it as a personal badge of honor

that I honestly have no clue as to who these people are.

[Maddy McCall]

12. Same here.

:shrug:

[MrScorpio]

2. You lost me

Who the hell are these people?

[lpbk2713]

5. That's the point.

Two hours of prime time to a couple of pseudo-celebrities no one knows.

[ghostsofgiants]

13. How are these people even "pseudo-celebrities"?

[Telly Savalas]

3. Versus the high quality programming of a couple of decades ago...

like "That's Incredible"?

[swimmernsecretsea]

4. Sure! Let 'em marry.

Let's see that dumbass homophobe spread out more defective genetic material. Not like we've run out of that. I love America. Look what heights ignorant no-talent graduates from reality shows can get to!

[Sandpiper]

6. The lure of "Reality" TV

Any no-talent shlub can be a C-list celebrity.

[flvegan]

7. If this isn't dingbat Rob and dolo Amber, I have no idea what this is.

[Shell Beau]

8. What is sadder is that I might watch it.

:spank: :banghead: :shrug:

[Rob H.]

9. Can't stand either one of them

Couple of money-grubbing attention whores, imho. And he could use a good cock-punching.

[evlbstrd]

10. Can't we bring back Circus of the Stars?

[LynneSin]

15. Remember when it was "Battle of the Network Stars"

[evlbstrd]

17. I do. And such a cool logo for both.

[Lisa]

21. I just remember cracking up when I saw SCTV's portrayal of that

They had Julia Child, Carl Sagan, and William F. Buckley on the PBS team.

[Dukkha]

30. Bring it back!

and use guns!

[JVS]

11. This can't be as bad as showing people make omlettes by vomiting the...

ingredients into a hot pan.

[Mike Daniels]

14. The success of Trista and Ryan's (Bachelorette related) wedding show

Proved that people really will watch anything.

The casting of Rob and Amber ruined the Amazing Race so I hope this program totally bottoms out rating wise but I have a feeling I'll be disappointed on that note.

[Richardo]

16. Who. The. F*ck. Are. Rob. and. Amber?

Why am I on a first-name basis with whoever they are?

[Mike Daniels]

18. Contestants on two different seasons of Survivor

who got engaged during an "all-stars" edition of that program and managed to ride that into pseudo-celebrity status.

The Powers that Be then somehow decided America wanted more of Rob and Amber and arranged for them to appear on last season's Amazing Race in the reality equivalent of stunt casting.

[Richardo]

19. Oh for Christ's sake.

That's my prayer for the day. :eyes:

[MissB]

22. Exactly.

[Dervill Crow]

20. Thank Gods I don't even know who those people are.

I only watch CSI re-runs and such.

edit for honesty: I did watch that new Gilligan's Island show once.

[Enraged_Ape]

23. TWO HOURS? Are you kidding me?

And, yet, Pauly Shore gets not one second of national broadcast time to air his live on-camera vasectomy.

I would so much rather see Shore's neutering than see these two useless skin jobs get married.

[ronnykmarshall]

26. Pauly Shore got clipped????

Let's hope Paris Hilton does as well.

[yorkiemommie1]

24. thank goodness i'm not in their 18 -49 demographic

i shall take my old lady viewing habits elsewhere, lol.

[ronnykmarshall]

25. No wonder CBS is laying people off.

Two ladies in my condo building work there. My SO (who just got laid off at HIS job) was talking to them and they said CBS is laying a lot of people off.

[LibDemAlways]

27. There's always been a ton of

crap on tv appealing to the lowest common denominator. When I was a kid the line up included "My Mother the Car" and "Candid Camera." It would be hard to find much on tv today worse than either of those - equal of course, but not worse.

At least Rob and Amber aren't as much of a freak show as Mary Kay and Villi.And, if the show gets lousy ratings, maybe this will be the last "reality tv" wedding. One can hope.

[jswordy]

28. CBS: Company Broadcasting Shit

[Lannes]

29. Cant wait until the ten disc special edition DVD!!

[Initech]

31. Who are these people? And why is their wedding taking up 2 hours of TV?

It's times like this I thank god for TV shows on DVD. Two good ones are out today, which means I'll have more of that to watch and less of this crap to watch.

[lpbk2713]

32. Tonight should be remembered as the

official time and date that network TV jumped the shark.

[u4ic]

33. Next month they'll be starring on Judge Judy

for their divorce.

Only through this thread do I know who they are. Still don't care.