Bravo Bites Off MTV's Style, Circa 2004
Original Ideas Not required

Bravo has a rap sheet about thiiiiis long for stealing show ideas from other networks and making it work. Real Housewives of Orange County was nothing than Desperate Housewives with a pinch of The O.C. thrown in for good measure. Step it Up? More like So You Think You Can Dance: Vegas Edition. And you don't need to be told what the celebrity hosted (if Niki Taylor counts as a celebrity) model show Make Me a Supermodel ripped off.

The only thing the network can call it's own is Project Runway, and hell, they already lost that. So what's in development for the style-biting network next? Hint: It's not an original idea:

"The network is developing a docu-soap featuring "hip and stylish" 18- to 25-year-olds based in Orange County."

Sound intriguing? It shouldn't; that description could be used as the one-sentence summary for MTVs Laguna Beach. You know, that show that predated The Hills and made LC a common household bane of existence.

And Laguna Beach hasn't been on the air since 2006, so either the statute of limitations on show-poaching just ran out, or Bravo really thinks people want to watch yet another program about over-privileged white folks complaining.

The station would behoove itself to stick to more original programming like Project Runway or hell, even Top Chef — which is just a long form Iron Chef episode with Padma Lakshmi's legs — instead of trying to mine the reality show archive of the early millennium for inspiration. America doesn't need more versions of The Real World floating around. One is fine, thanks.

Sep 11, 2008 · posted by drew · Link · Respond
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