My name is Ruth and I’m addicted to bad (Really REALLY bad) reality television. I have just about had it with these reality shows that have “unattractive” men or women pitting themselves against “attractive” men or women for the affection of someone of the opposite sex. First came Average Joe which was originally fine with average men fighting for the attention of a very attractive woman. The playing field was level at first. It was very popular at least with the people that I talked to but the ratings must have gone downhill because close to the end the producers or writers decided to give the average guys a run for their money and put on some “above average” Joes. The final came down to two, one average guy and one hottie and naturally the throne went to the more attractive of the two. (Granted the average Joe got his own show the next year that did better than Average Joe ever did.) Now there’s this new show coming out this summer called “Age of Love” that forces forty-year-old women against twenty-year-old women for the attention of a thirty-year-old cowboy. We don’t need a crystal ball to tell you how this one’s going to end. The forty year olds are going to be overlooked for the younger hotter twenty year olds with the exception of two maybe three. The final two will come down to one twenty year old and one forty year old and the twenty something will get the crown. Look, we’re not stupid. Reality Television people we know what’s coming next. First it was hot vs. average, then older vs. younger, next comes stupid vs. smart. Where the show takes 7 big breasted “dumb blonds” and 6 rocket scientists and the crown will go to the one who thinks Telemetry is a cell phone company. Next comes fat vs. Fit. Yet another unfair fight that will whittle down from thirteen to two; one skinny girl and one overweight girl and the anorexic bitch is going to win. As long as we keep watching this twaddle they will continue to create these idiotic shows! At least Mark Burnett has the right idea with his new show “Pirate Master” he figured since all of his contestants on Survivor and Apprentice were out for blood, he might as well put them in a situation where a little bloodshed was par for the course. It’s a shame he couldn’t put some kind of medieval weaponry in the hands of some of the Apprentice Martha Stewart contestants. If anything just to end the series that much sooner (no offence intended of course Ms Stewart). I liked the concept of Mr Personality though. There were twenty-six men in pretty metallic masks. It makes for a pretty level playing field and it actually ended that way! The way it was supposed to go was that they bring in two guys who are hot and don’t have to wear masks and the girl has to pick between one of the hot guys or what’s in the BOX. Sorry son, but the man in the mask isn’t going to get the girl in this drama. I’m actually surprised more shows don’t try the sight unseen method. Think of how much fun Fox could have mixing ugly women with handsome men or the other way around. Just think of king of queen s with fat ugly men (no offence, ‘doug’ you’re very funny) winding up with skinny unfortunate women; wouldn’t that be a hoot? I often wonder what the point is of having these romance shows to begin with. Are these beautiful smart women so desperate to be with anyone that they’ll put themselves on television to duke it out, back stab, lie and sleep their way in? They don’t need to degrade them selves on some stupid reality tv show. How long do these marriages last anyway?? My point is this. If you like the show for it’s ideas and story keep watching. But if you like the show because women degrade themselves in some kind of sick ‘greased pig’ contest, don’t watch. Flip over to House or ER or heck even a soap opera, heaven knows they have the same amount of intelligence put into them…