My dreams of a puppet-based reality show have been crushed

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Fox president of alternative entertainment Mike Darnell talked about the state of reality TV today. And along with defending the ratings decline of “American Idol,” Darnell discussed some of the craziest reality show pitches he ever heard.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you… “Big Brother With Puppets.”

…half the “Big Brother” people are human and they’re competing against puppets. Week after week, the audience either votes a human out or a puppet.

Is that not the most incredible thing you’ve ever heard? Just imagine the celebrity edition! The censors would have to work overtime on the scenes with Kermit and Miss Piggy because… you know… you can’t show violent humping on network TV.

Such a shame.

Posted May 7, 2008 at 8:56 pm by Andy | Share on Facebook
Categories: reality shows

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  1. Heather on May 9th, 2008 9:08 am

    I’d probably watch this over half the other reality shows on television.
    Oh god.

  2. Dara on May 13th, 2008 6:04 pm

    Well, there’s always reruns of Crank Yankers….

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