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'Miss America' May Become Reality Show
Fox News Online ^
| 2/22/05
| Michael Starr
Posted on 02/22/2005 6:11:38 AM PST by TheBigB
Plans are afoot to transform the Miss America Pageant into a reality show — in hopes of jump-starting the sagging franchise.
The pageant, dropped by ABC last year after historically low ratings, has inked a deal with William Morris and hopes to reinvent itself as a multi-episode reality show tracking contestants in regional competitions up to the live finale, according to Television Week.
This new version of the pageant would feature reality staples such as backstabbing and contestant eliminations.
"It really hit home this past year that viewers in America are changing quite a bit — what they want to see is different, and that's been a problem with our show," pageant president/CEO Art McMaster told The Post Monday
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Three words..."nude mud wrestling"!
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:11:41 AM PST
by
TheBigB
To: presidio9; Constitution Day; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; Owl_Eagle; TomServo; cyborg; ...
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:12:37 AM PST
by
TheBigB
(Ask cyborg about the doughnuts. But you'll have to wake her up first.)
To: TheBigB
Three words..."nude mud wrestling"! LOL! Baby Oil wrestling? How about the WWE-famous "Bra and Panties" wrestling match...in the steel cage? Winner takes all.
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:13:32 AM PST
by
mattdono
("Crush the democrats, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of the scumbags" -Big Arnie)
To: TheBigB
Sounds a like cross between "Survivor" and "Project Runway".
To: TheBigB
Why does there have to be mud? That will just get in the way. :)
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:14:15 AM PST
by
kizzdogg
To: kizzdogg
Please. The other way would just be cheap and superficial. :^)
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:15:26 AM PST
by
TheBigB
(Ask cyborg about the doughnuts. But you'll have to wake her up first.)
To: TheBigB
Why aren't people watching the Miss America pageant anymore?
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:18:43 AM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
To: cyborg
I dunno. Maybe they think it's kinda boring.
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:23:36 AM PST
by
TheBigB
(Ask cyborg about the doughnuts. But you'll have to wake her up first.)
To: TheBigB
I think the reality show format is better. It's pretty sad to see the original format go, but that's just how it is.
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:25:59 AM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
To: TheBigB
Your absolutely right. How can I think in such ways? Lets compromise. Vaseline wresting?
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:26:41 AM PST
by
kizzdogg
To: cyborg
Why aren't people watching the Miss America pageant anymore?Too many cases of deja vu were provoked by contestants saying they want world peace and to travel.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:27:12 AM PST
by
MadIvan
(One blog to bring them all...and in the Darkness bind them: http://www.theringwraith.com/)
To: TheBigB
sagging franchiseA term not calculated to help the effort.
To: TheBigB; Tijeras_Slim; Constitution Day; dead; Slings and Arrows
I welcome the whole raelity show format.
OTOH, nevermind.
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:27:23 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Unclear on the concept)
To: cyborg
It is sad. I always thought of Miss America as kind of the feminine ideal. In a non-sexist way. :) Pretty, smart, talented, articulate, etc. I guess it's just too old-fashioned for today's market.
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:27:59 AM PST
by
TheBigB
(Ask cyborg about the doughnuts. But you'll have to wake her up first.)
To: MadIvan
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:28:08 AM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
To: TheBigB
As a young child, I never understood the Miss America thing. I always thought others were prettier/more talented than the winners.
I think I only watched it for the swimsuit competition.
What's the point of it now?
To: TheBigB
The age of reality TV has taken over. I like the Miss America contest but every year they do something stupid to it for political reasons brought forth by feminists. I would pay per view to see Michael Moore and Ted Kennedy fighting over a chicken bone and a can of beer in a no holds barred outdoor event.
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:39:47 AM PST
by
TheForceOfOne
(Social Security – I thought pyramid schemes were illegal!)
To: TheBigB
Sometimes I think our home is the only one in America that just has not caught on to this reality show craze. We could care less about them. And it's really psuedo-reality anyway. How can a person really act like themselfs when they have multiple cameras, lights, light-reflectors, microphones, and crew all around them?
I always said, if I want to watch a show about a group of diverse personalities stuck on an island, then I will watch Gilligan on the TV-Land station. It's more believable, more entertaining, the girls were better looking, and I can whistle the theme song.
To: TheForceOfOne
Roy Innis challenged Al Sharpton to a charity boxing match once. Ole Al didn't show up being the coward that he is because Roy whupped his ass the first time! LOL Now I would pay FIFTY dollars to the cable nazis (Cablevision) to watch Ted and Mike fight.
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:43:31 AM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
To: TheBigB
Yet another reason to not watch prime time TV
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posted on
02/22/2005 6:45:46 AM PST
by
NRA1995
("Yew jes' go and lay yore hand on a Pittsburgh Steelers fan & Ah think yer gonna fin'lly understand")
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