I hardly ever watch network TV any more so I saw only bits and pieces of the above: I think the author was a bit unfair to Kathy Griffin and her ego; after all, about half her jokes come at her own expense the other half--entertainment's sacred cows.
I could only manage a glimpse of "But Can They Sing?" and I was utterly, absolutely horrified by Bai Ling. What could motivate a beautiful 35-year-old actress with a respectable film career to dress up and bounce around like some Jap teeny-bopper tells me we hardly knew her. I would imagine her chinese colleagues would love to lynch her.
The whole premise of Kathy Griffin's show (at least the episodes I watched) was that she is only sort of famous and has to scrap to keep her name out there enough to keep making a living.
Don't get me wrong, there's only so long it's interesting to watch a show about the life of one person. It worked with Ozzy for awhile, but only because he's not all there and because the whole family was over the top.