Disappointment: Only by Bravo!

I think the honeymoon phase between me and Bravo is over. For a long time they could do no wrong in my book. Sure they have shows I don’t watch (ie Kathy Griffin, Flipping Out, Top Design, Make Me a Supermodel) but I have no doubt these shows are good, they are just not my style. However, in the past month Bravo debuted two shows I felt would be just my style.  Following around people richer, prettier, and snobbier than I will ever be. Eating and shopping at the most fabulous places. Living a life I’m ashamed to admit I want. So until I get to the point in my life where I can shop at Verve and Blue & Cream and eat on Lincoln Ave I can watch other people do it on TV, right? WRONG!

The first of this summer’s Bravo disappointments is NYC Prep. The attempted reality version of Gossip Girl. What could be better? However, I think execs at Bravo failed to realize the fact that teenagers, no matter where they live, have pretty boring lives. Shows like Gossip Girl aren’t meant to portray reality. They are a vehicle through which teenagers can escape the banality of their lives; not see their lives reflected.  So needless to say, the private school biddies portrayed on NYC Prep are very annoying because they think they lead fabulous lives, but they don’t. Sure they go out on dates at fancy restaurants and have their own credit cards and shop in expensive boutiques, but that’s it. Just because they wear expensive outifts and go to parties at clubs instead of houses does not mean they are worthy of their own reality show. I’m bored. And I don’t get bored by TV easily.

Last night came the second of Bravo’s summer belly flops: Miami Social. The Hills for the older set. The  show follows a group of seven fabulous, fashionable Miami party people who are constantly sunning themselves, partying, hooking up, breaking up, and throwing up. However once again I’m BORED. These people are poor excuses for adults. Two of them have even already appeared on other reality TV shows (Big Brother and The Apprentice).  I mean its been 24 hrs since the show aired and I can remember maybe two or three things that happened during the whole hour. And I don’t forget things easily.

So what does this say? I think maybe this life of wealth and opulence isn’t for me. It’s boring and shallow and not as fabulous as Bravo would like us to think. Sure there are certain restaurants I wish I could afford and stores I want to be able to shop at, but I definately do not want the life of Miami Social nor do I wish my high school experience was like the one depicted on NYC Prep. However, until ANY other network schedules something of worth on Tuesday nights, I am sorry to say I will keep watching. Yep, my honeymoon phrase with Bravo may be over, but we haven’t broken up yet.

July 15, 2009. Tags: big brother, bravo, gossip girl, miami social, nyc prep, the apprentice, the hills. Uncategorized.