Ugh. More Reality on TV.

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Sigh. When will the reality cow runneth dry?! Apparently not anytime soon on NBC!

Look at all the reality fun headed your way!

American Gladiators (May 12 with new episodes) - an update on the classic…recycling at its best?!

Last Comic Standing (May 22) - American Idol for comics!

Nashville Star (June 9) - American Idol for wannabe country stars, hosted by Hannah Montana's dad, Billy Ray Cyrus.

Celebrity Circus (June 11) - smells like Circus of the Stars from the 80's with a Dancing With the Stars twist! Celebs train with experts and are judged by circus pros. More recycling! But we'll probably watch!

America's Got Talent (June 24) - school talent show meets American Idol!

The Baby Borrowers (June 25) - birth control TV! Five teenage couples are taken on a rollercoaster ride of adult responsibility and are forced to experience parenting firsthand.

Six reality shows kicking off on the Peacock in the span of just over a month.

Seriously…six?!

Will you be watching any of these shows?

    Posted: Mar 5, 2008 at 5:40 pm / Email this  »

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    1. master patrick says – reply to this


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      hmmmmmmmm*

    2. susanr says – reply to this


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      No way!

    3. NonCyboy says – reply to this


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      HILLARY '08!

    4. daniella says – reply to this


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      just the baby burrowers. sounds interesting

    5. shea says – reply to this


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      NO!!!!
      and 1st!

    6. Erin says – reply to this


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      No, I will not… sounds dumb.

    7. Gina says – reply to this


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      Sadly, I will be watching. I think NBC has some of the best reality stuff. Well, Big Brother still rulz!! But, huge fan of LCS and I love the new American Gladiators. Seeing all those steriod bodies is hawt!

    8. charlotte says – reply to this


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      all those are ripoffs of shit reality shows we already are forced to endure over here in england ……..!!

    9. Angela says – reply to this


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      FIRST!!!!

      Anyway.. I've seen the Baby Borrowers on tv here in the UK! It's fab - & gives teens an insight into being a parent & the responsibilities!

    10. Amanda says – reply to this


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      I cannot wait for the Baby Borrowers….makes me wonder what kind of parents would actually give thier kid up to teenagers to look after? Shouldn't they be bonding themselves with thier babies?

    11. ldg says – reply to this


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      ugh, reality shows reproduce like rats.

    12. anah says – reply to this


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      1st

    13. sanny says – reply to this


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      eeeeewwwwwwwwwwww

    14. cory says – reply to this


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      boo

    15. Yvete says – reply to this


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      celebrity circus - try Los 5 magnificos, spanish version but the actors raised money for poor mexican's whom needed money for different causes.

      Dancing with the stars was Bailando por un sueno. Pssh can't someone come up with something original. If it's reality at least let it be original

    16. pretzy says – reply to this


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      1st!!!!

    17. ari says – reply to this


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      Not a one.

    18. pita says – reply to this


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      no

    19. Katy says – reply to this


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      Celeb circus will SUCK!

    20. FUCK NO! says – reply to this


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      TV writers and producers have given up on trying to create good and watch worthy shows, Americans will watch ANYTHING they put on and they make TONS of $$$ off these reality bullshit shows

    21. vanessa says – reply to this


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      FIIIIIIIIRST!!!!

    22. jors says – reply to this


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      Nope!

    23. FABY says – reply to this


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      FIRST

      PEREZ UR THE BEST

    24. becc says – reply to this


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      OMG FIRST EFFING BITCHS

    25. gg says – reply to this


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      whoo.

    26. DH says – reply to this


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      For all the country lovers out there, I think Nashville Star will be a huge hit!! Also, I think it will be pretty entertaining to watch The Baby Borrowers! HAHA!

    27. I'll watch that teenage parent bullshit says – reply to this


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      I'm sue it will suck, but I am easily amused

    28. Kelly says – reply to this


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      They canceled Las Vegas for this crap! You have got to be kidding!

    29. serah says – reply to this


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      baby borrowers. def watching that shizzz

    30. katie says – reply to this


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      1st. nooo

    31. kat says – reply to this


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      first babbyyyyy

    32. MAYRA says – reply to this


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      I like last comic standing.

    33. megs says – reply to this


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      last comic standing!

    34. jacqueline says – reply to this


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      It's cheaper than paying over priced actors. Reality TV is hear to stay.

    35. Sammy D says – reply to this


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      Sick, my friend, sick. I may sit through an episode of this circus business, though, who am I kidding?

    36. ... says – reply to this


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      1

    37. tash says – reply to this


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      Hell to the No!

    38. Zoe says – reply to this


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      No way in Hell!!!

    39. eagle!! says – reply to this


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      heck no!!! this shit sucks ass… who wants to see hulk hogan???? not me

    40. Megan says – reply to this


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      NOPE

    41. jd says – reply to this


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      haha Celebrity circus all the way!!!
      I LOVE YOU PEREZ!!!

    42. brooke says – reply to this


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      hell no

    43. PattyCAKE says – reply to this


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      Ugh. Thank God the writers strike is over and we can get back to fiction based television.

    44. j says – reply to this


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      Baby borrowers is a wicked programme they had it in england and it was well good!!!!

    45. Sky Lee says – reply to this


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      only american glad. last comic and maybe the baby borrowers

    46. Sky Lee says – reply to this


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      last comic only

    47. lori says – reply to this


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      Oh my gosh!!!
      ALL but one of these shows (that country one) have been BRITISH reality shows first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      I feel sorry for yous guys, getting all of our crappy cast offs.
      poor poor america.

    48. Eve 7 says – reply to this


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      My gawd, no. I can't STAND these reality shows. That is all that's on anymore. And the fact that all of them are scripted makes it all the more disgusting. Rid the world of these worthless shows.

    49. Kelsey says – reply to this


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      two of my friends are one of the couples on baby borrowers. of any of the six, this is the show to watch!!

    50. lynn says – reply to this


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      YUCK

    51. Sky Lee says – reply to this


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      I love reality shows but you don't promote logo at all

    52. Shaina Lampley says – reply to this


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      OMG!! How True this is!!!

      I Am So Tired of REality TV!!
      For The Reals, IT SUX!!
      I Never Watch TV BEcause Of It.
      I'm Like ALways On The Internet now!!!

      i Love PerezHilton.com

      For The Reals…

    53. dramaqueen82 says – reply to this


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      No thanks, BB9 is enough reality entertainment for me…lol. I hate dancing with the stars, so anything that resembles it I will not be interested in. I'm bored with stupid ass talent shows, I got sick of AI after season 5, and I was a die-hard fan. baby borrowers is the only thing I'd even consider…but probably won't.

    54. DM says – reply to this


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      arghhh reality t.v…make it stop!!!!!

    55. Cookie cutter DEEEElite says – reply to this


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      More reality tv shows… ugh. Seems like they find a 'cookie-cutter' formula, and they stick with it. People are gobbling it all up, why stop now?

    56. nathalie (google Ron Paul!) says – reply to this


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      baby borrowers sounds hilarious! not any thing else….

    57. =] says – reply to this


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      YAWN!!!!!!!!!

    58. jessemm says – reply to this


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      What we need is some variety shows. Like Carol Burnette and friends used to do. Now that was fun TV.

    59. Chris says – reply to this


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      this is disgusting. who watches this shit. project runway should be the only one of these shows.

    60. Rachel says – reply to this


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      NOOOOOOO God please NOOOOO

    61. Arquen says – reply to this


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      Yeah! AMerican gladiators! well just cause my relative is going to be in it!

    62. Elyse says – reply to this


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      Theres a baby borrowers in the UK, ive seen it and i doubt that the US version will be better. we always copy them

    63. Arquen says – reply to this


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      Yeah! AMerican gladiators! well just cause my relative is going to be in it! WOOT

    64. Cherie says – reply to this


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      I'm ADDICTED to Nashville Star, so i'll be watching that :)

    65. tamsters says – reply to this


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      nope

    66. Tessa says – reply to this


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      The Baby Borrowers. Its about time. Something is needed to make these idot teens stop having children they can not and will not take care of properly.

    67. say word says – reply to this


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      um..isn't your show a reality show???

    68. The Dumbing-Down of America says – reply to this


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      Can't stand reality tv. The networks promote it cause it's way cheaper than actually hiring writers, actors, and producing quality programming. The people they get to appear on those shows are typically self-absorbed morons who will do absolutely anything for their fifteen minutes. Why anyone would want to hang with those people IRL, let alone watch them on tv is beyond me.
      I will cop to watching Project Runway on Bravo, The Deadliest Catch (Alaskan crab fisherman), and Everest: Beyond the Limit on Discovery, but those shows are more like documentaries than the usual mindless reality crap.

    69. geez says – reply to this


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      DUMB
      DUMB
      AND
      DUMB

    70. bringbackthefamilysitcom says – reply to this


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      NO, I will NOT be watching. I am sick, sick, SICK of reality tv!!!!! These executives who are scrambling to put these on the air have absolutely NO idea what it is that most Americans want to watch. These days, we either have to plug in a DVD or watch whatever show is the "best" of the worst. If it weren't for Nick At Nite, I'd rarely watch television at all.

    71. ciao says – reply to this


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      Re: Tessa

      somebody needs to stop ignorant, bitter, nasty people on the planet from taking up any more precious oxygen

    72. KP says – reply to this


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      No. I've given up on NBC's line up.

    73. Renee says – reply to this


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      NO

    74. Kristen says – reply to this


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      Nashville Star Baby! I'm soooo pumped!

    75. Beebop says – reply to this


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      Perez you forgot the Housewives of New York City. Total Mindless guilty entertainment. Its like a herd of Dina Lohans and Leslie Panatiere's.

    76. jenn says – reply to this


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      i like last comic standing.
      and i REALLY want to see the baby borrowers =]

      the others .. whateverrrrrrr

    77. blondie says – reply to this


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      I am sick of the reality tv programs. What happened to shows and actors/actresses and good old comedy, drama, anything but reality stuff about people and situations we could care less about. What is going on!! Unless the actors or getting to expensive. Maybe this is why so much reality tv. It is cheaper for NBC. MTV is suppose to be "MUSIC TELEVISION" but all they have is stupid (supposedly reality) programs for stupid people. What does the word music mean to these producers. They would have alot more viewers if they would stick to the original idea of music videos.

    78. itchy says – reply to this


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      Why are there so many reality show haters? I know you watch some of these, Perez!

    79. Lindsay says – reply to this


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      I will only be watching the teenaged parents show, that one is the only one that looks funny enough to watch.

    80. Nelson says – reply to this


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      Oh you all know you like some of them.
      I don't like all of them but I do like America's got talent and last comic standing is awesome!!

    81. carry says – reply to this


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      maybe, depends what is on the discovery channels. Not going to be watching reruns on any networks that made only 6 episodes for the season. Besides, these reality shows need no thinking. Come to think of it, half of the network series don't need any thinking.

    82. Lola says – reply to this


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      Reality T.V. is an absolute disgrace, ruining the potential for real artistic developments to take place and be made available to the world. All reality T.V. is is a structure used over and over again for the benefit of capitalists. Hardly any money needs to go into production because though the content of all these shows may be different, the form remains the same. No real writers, film aficionados or actors. It's all just vacuus crap for the money hungry. No, I will not be watching any of these along with any of the others out there. What's most unfortunate however, is that not everyone can afford the quality channels like HBO or Shotime and only have this kind of budget T.V. available to them. So yet again in a weird way, the poor are exploited and controlled. The worst offenders though, are the one's who get the quality channels and still watch reality T.V. because they claim it to be 'easy' and 'fun' to watch. Video doesn't have to be such crap people! Really just demonstates the negative effects and realities of our tech world.

    83. Lizzy says – reply to this


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      Those look terrible. I wont watch a single one.

    84. P.R. Seaon Finale Tonight! says – reply to this


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      The Project Runway season finale is tonight! IMHO, it's the best reality tv has to offer. They got robbed at the Emmy's.

    85. windycity gal says – reply to this


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      Hell no. Can you say 4th place..buh bye NBC

    86. gina says – reply to this


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      YEP!!! If there were not such a DEMAND from the VIEWING PUBLIC there would not be so many shows. So you can hate the game - don't hate the players. They are giving the public WHAT THEY WANT.

    87. whatever says – reply to this


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      reality tv B L O W ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
      reality tv will be a blight on tv history like disco is to rock n roll…

    88. dazza says – reply to this


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      And guess what?

      5 out of the 6 are originally British shows.

      Get your own ideas America.

    89. dirkgently says – reply to this


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      No to everything except Last Comic Standing. Usually there's a good comic or two that make a few episodes worth watching (although they never make it to the finals…)

    90. CMJ says – reply to this


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      I hate reality tv too but there is a soft place in my heart for americas got talent!!

    91. jenna allen bitches says – reply to this


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      YOU FORGOT THE ULTIMATE COYOTE UGLY SEARCH AIRING THIS FRIDAY MARCH 7TH AT 9PM ON CMT!!!!

    92. Class says – reply to this


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      There is so much garbage on TV right now I can't stand it! I watch the dumbest shows. They really can't look at any of the rating #'s right now. All they are is what people watch when there is absolutely nothing on TV. Thank goodness the writers strike is over. At least there is an end in sight.

    93. Lola says – reply to this


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      Re: gina

      It's not the only reason why reality T.V. continues to be produced, but this idea of "what they want" nothing but a refecltion of a vicious cycle of ratings. "What they want" is what the ratings tell us, but that is no surpirse since everything offered is reality T.V. Also, "what they want" is a bit of a misused term because really it's not about giving viewers what they would like to see, but to just get viewers to watch anything that will get them money quickly and efficiently.

    94. Perez is a hippo [crite] says – reply to this


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      Perez is the reality TV of journalism!!! Hippocrite!!!Perez is the reality TV of journalism!!! Hippocrite!!!
      Perez is the reality TV of journalism!!! Hippocrite!!!
      Perez is the reality TV of journalism!!! Hippocrite!!!
      Perez is the reality TV of journalism!!! Hippocrite!!!
      Perez is the reality TV of journalism!!! Hippocrite!!!
      Perez is the reality TV of journalism!!! Hippocrite!!!
      Perez is the reality TV of journalism!!! Hippocrite!!!
      Perez is the reality TV of journalism!!! Hippocrite!!!
      Perez is the reality TV of journalism!!! Hippocrite!!!
      Perez is the reality TV of journalism!!! Hippocrite!!!
      Perez is the reality TV of journalism!!! Hippocrite!!!
      Perez is the reality TV of journalism!!! Hippocrite!!!

    95. Network TV Is A Wasteland! says – reply to this


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      Network ratings have been falling for several years now. People would rather watch cable or dvds, play on their computers, or even, God forbid, read a book than watch the mind-numbing nonsense the networks have to offer. The only things I watch on network tv these days are 30 Rock and The Office. When Celebrity Apprentice comes on, I'm outta there.

    96. jojo says – reply to this


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      um no

    97. john says – reply to this


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      umm the phrase is CUP runneth dry you idiot

    98. sniffsniff says – reply to this


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      I sat next to one of the semi-finalists of Last Comic Standing on a flight back from Miami last month. He didn't make the final cut of 12 ,or was it 15, but he was really nice to me so if he doesn't make it in comedy he can always be some sort of caregiver coz I was a mess! Thanks Steve from Australia, hope you enjoyed the LAX.

    99. Chunks says – reply to this


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      Baby Borrowers is actually a really entertaining show. I saw a preview of it in one of my classes. I'll watch it when I can.

    100. Hypocrite! says – reply to this


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      Hey Pigez, did you forget YOUR reality show "What Pigez Says"? So who are you to talk dumbass?

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