So tonight we’re in for a second week of the lousy, spoiled-brat claptrap called NYC Prep, and I say that as someone who does not by any means dislike other Bravo reality shows: give me a Top Chef Masters or a Housewives of New Jersey or an episode of the surprisingly-refreshed new season of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List and I’m happy for the minutes of pleasure they afford.
But NYC Prep, with its privileged nobodies flaunting their self-perceived hotness and their my-perceived inarticulateness, is actively annoying. Which leads me to ask: What’s the worst reality-TV on the air this summer?
I’m not asking about junk versus quality. I’m asking, what are the series that strike you as pointlessly ignorant, arrogant, and assaultive to your senses? Is it the dumb, recycled concept that is ABC’s The Superstars? Was it NBC’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here? How about E!’s screechy Kendra? Or is it CBS’ soon-to-premiere Big Brother? (Confession: I always get hooked on this, for a few weeks at the very least.) And is anyone besides me bored with, and just ignoring, the TV dance competitions?
Time to rage out or confess; thanks.
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When I saw the previews for Spoiled Brat Patrol–er–NYC Prep, I think my disdain for these “reality” shows (whose reality? Not anyone’s that I know…)hit its apex. To see one of these unattractive little s*its spit on a city bus as it drove by was beyond nauseating. Please, Bravo. Enough with this “how the other half lives” garbage.
As for me, I’ll have none of the other ones, either.
Enough already with all the housewives….
SYTYCD is not just another dance show. It is high quality.
I’ll agree with you on everything except SYTYCD. A great show with talented competitors. (I am not a Dancing with the Stars, fan, either.)
I watched the first episode, and they all look alittle off, like they might be slightly inbred, I’m not sure just a hunch
one girl looks odd, her eyes are to close together. they basically reminded me of Gossip girl but much less better looking. I rather stick to watching Gossip Girl then kids are staring at a future eposide of INTERVENTION
i totally agree with you.
This show makes me want to get a hysterectomy. I don’t remember pretending to be 30 when I was 16.
I, for some reason, watched an episode of Kathy Griffith’s show. I think a lobotomy would have done less damage to my brain.
Considering I haven’t touched a reality TV show in three years since Americal Idol started putting me to sleep (literally, it was my naptime), they all seem particularly ridiculous to me. Sure, Dance Your Ass Off sounds like a great way to lose weight, but do I want to watch you do it? Not really.
Wow – something topped “My Super Sweet 16″…
NYC Prep isn’t the worst, it’s just BORING! Even my teenage daughters find all the teens on this dull and unintersting. (Glad someone else noticed the girl with the eyes to close together…)Bravo’s new show Miami Social has potential to be a a great trainwreck like the Housewives of NJ and Atlanta. As for Superstars, I didn’t recongize one person in the promos, so what kind of superstar can they be. It like the Dancing with the C-list Stars. Give me Project Runway and Top Chef anyday. Now those are decent shows.
I think K8 is right. They’re all odd looking. I don’t want to be mean to children, but, really, their parents should, ah, fix stuff for them. Who enjoys watching plain, smug adolescents without any ability to take care of themselves pretend they’re independent? Without their parents’ staffs, forget it. Not everyone can be Paris Hilton who is as pretty as money can buy, and comes from a long line of alchoholics and wife beaters. Ahhh, money, glad I don’t have to worry about having too much.
This show is tragic. The fact that any parent would allow their child to participate in such exploitive crap is an outrage, and the fact that everyone on this site is disparaging vulnerable teenagers’ awkward looks is equally outrageous. These kids are victims (horrible, smug little victims).
This is so not how ‘the other half lives’. This is how a miniscule percentage of our population live. Bravo dive into your inner Jacob Riis and come up with something better than this! Why would people want to watch stupidity in their spare time when we have to deal with it everyday!
The show is so lame. And Jessie is probably the ugliest teenager on the planet. What’s the point of this?
Is it just me or are some of these kids being served in a bar??!
what do they have against straws? i agree with the inbred comment especially about “jessie”.
I watched 5 minutes and had to turn it off. NYC Prep is like nails on a chalk board… annoying and unessesary. I always liked Bravo’s reality shows. If I wanted to watch snot nose teens (come on I am 28 and saying this) I would watch MTV all day.
I think people in NYC Prep are boring! I live in San Diego, go to a VERY public school, and honestly my life is more exciting than there’s. I know for sure we at least have better dance skills then they do.
umm yeah i like this show nyc prep, i think its funny and i love watching sebastian playing and winning all the girls. then pc balances it by failing with his relationsihps. but at the same time, its really annoying watching these ignorant brats waste their lives acting like paris hiltons. pc’s bff jess is terrible. unnatractive, annoying, yet she beleives she is already successful. i just grad’d hs, and i just love watching sebastian score the ladies, i would prob give him a high five if i saw him.
I’m proud to say that I have never seen an ep of this show and have no intention to. I want to ship all the kids from The Hills and shows like this to a galaxy far far away. Like hell.
I tried NYC Prep and boy it was horrible the kids have no redemption qualities like Chuck & Blair instead their just mean and annoying!This show could’ve been the new Laguna Beach which could’ve spinned off a another Hills so it was a bad move for Bravo!True Blood & Make It Or Break It are the only shows I watch this Summer.
Bravo made a serious mistake with this one… not only is NYC Prep revolting, it’s BORING! Give me housewives, Tom Colicchio, and Cat Deeley any day. NYC is a pile of stinking poo.
I’ve become disillusioned with Bravo’s reality line-up lately. NYC Prep is obviously the worst of the lot; however, I couldn’t get on the band wagon with Top Chef Masters or The Fashion Show. I am a big fan of Kathy Griffin and her stand-up, but even she is beginning to grate on my nerves (although I LOVE her mother). Bring back the good old days of Project Runway and Top Chef. It’s come to the point that I’m actually looking forward to the narcissism of The Rachel Zoe Project.
I just think it’s sad that these kids want to be 30 so badly. I sound like John Cougar Mellencamp but, be 16 as long as you can…trust me, I’m 40. You’ll miss being “young” someday. They are also nasty and cruel to everyone possible. Makes “The Hills” look like nothing.
You nailed it, Ken. Not only is NYC Prep “bad” in the way all reality TVis bad but, far worse, it’s boring and off-putting. I suppose this is only fair after Bravo’s triumph with the Real Housewives of NJ. BTW, So You Think…Dance is having a fantastic season and I’m sure Big Brother will be riveting as usual.
im a teenager and i dont think nyc prep is bad at all. sure the kids are spoiled but this show seems way more real than laguna beach. this is how teens actually talk and behave.
There’s just nothing compelling about any storyline NYC Prep offers. It is in no way comparable to Gossip Girl. Now that’s compelling storytelling. I’d like to tell these kids to get a life and cease the self-centered ways they currently showcase, but I’m sure they believe they’re doing the right thing.
I agree with K8 — the Annoying Spoiled Brats of NYC definitely look inbred. I guess the uber-wealthy have intermarried about as much as European royalty at this point — not that I’m comparing the two. One of the most evident signs is the eyes being too close together. Take a look at Prince Charles and tell me I’m wrong! Anyway, these kids are delusional, annoying and boring and I simply don’t give a crap what they do or what happens to them. Its as unwatchable as I’m a Celebrity for me. At least the Housewives are funny. The dance shows aren’t for me either. As always, Kathy Griffin gives me a stomach ache from laughing. And if you don’t like that, both you and Jesus can suck it!!!! Kendra is an idiot. Daisy of Love is freakin’ hilarious — as stupid as she is, she does seem to have a good heart. Ricki Lake and the Charm school skanks should be killed. I’m also enjoying the new season of Intervention and am obsessed with Obsessed. Both are fascinating.
NYC Prep offers no compelling storyline. Now Gossip Girl has compelling characters and compelling storytelling. I’d like to tell the NYC kids to get a life and cease the self-centered ways, but it seems they’re into their own groove and will continue.