AUTHOR: Dave Sypniewski DATE: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 ----- BODY: Where's Regis when you need him? Remember how a few years ago Regis Philbin was like a pesky fly on a hot day? The man was all over the TV. Once a week was plenty, but the geniuses at ABC decided that we needed him in our living room SEVEN nights a week with "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire." If that weren't enough, everyone else decided to try their hand at hosting a game show. At one point, we had Regis, Maury Povich, Dick Clark, Chuck Woolery, Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens, and that annoying woman from England that liked to say goodbye to the losers on the show, all on TV in one week. The last one to bite the dust was Donny Osmond. I'd gladly take any one of those shows, even all of them for that matter, over the crap that's on TV in 2005. There's no comedies on anymore. The one's that are on are hanging by a thread however, if you like "CSI" and "Law and Order," you're in for a treat. Believe it or not, I read that there are MORE of the shows coming soon. If you don't like those shows, you're not completely out of luck. . .more reality shows are on the way as well. Somebody had the idea that several of these shows should come together and combine elements. Now there's going to be weird combinations like "Trading Spouses with The Bachelors Nanny's Surreal Life." The real kicker, is that now there's all kinds of technology to make sure we don't miss anything on TV. There's digital cable, Direct TV, TiVo, recordable DVD's and the good old VCR. Thank goodness for all these things, at least I know I'll never miss Simon Cowell argue with Paula Abdul again. With apologies to John Stossel, I say, "Give me a break!" -------- Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!: Welcome to everyone's favorite game show: The Squealing Pig

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Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Welcome to everyone's favorite game show: The Squealing Pig

Where's Regis when you need him? Remember how a few years ago Regis Philbin was like a pesky fly on a hot day? The man was all over the TV. Once a week was plenty, but the geniuses at ABC decided that we needed him in our living room SEVEN nights a week with "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire." If that weren't enough, everyone else decided to try their hand at hosting a game show. At one point, we had Regis, Maury Povich, Dick Clark, Chuck Woolery, Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens, and that annoying woman from England that liked to say goodbye to the losers on the show, all on TV in one week. The last one to bite the dust was Donny Osmond. I'd gladly take any one of those shows, even all of them for that matter, over the crap that's on TV in 2005. There's no comedies on anymore. The one's that are on are hanging by a thread however, if you like "CSI" and "Law and Order," you're in for a treat. Believe it or not, I read that there are MORE of the shows coming soon. If you don't like those shows, you're not completely out of luck. . .more reality shows are on the way as well. Somebody had the idea that several of these shows should come together and combine elements. Now there's going to be weird combinations like "Trading Spouses with The Bachelors Nanny's Surreal Life." The real kicker, is that now there's all kinds of technology to make sure we don't miss anything on TV. There's digital cable, Direct TV, TiVo, recordable DVD's and the good old VCR. Thank goodness for all these things, at least I know I'll never miss Simon Cowell argue with Paula Abdul again. With apologies to John Stossel, I say, "Give me a break!"

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