When magazines try to make the move to television, there has to be a certain, shall we say, allure. Such as following the lives of Star staffers, or drooling over the sure to be hotties on Rolling Stone's reality intern show.

But Real Simple? What would this show even be about? How to choose two colors to paint your entire house? How to make your own toilet bowl cleaner out of rose petals and ginger? To top it all off, the hosts aren't even famous. They aren't even washed-up famous.

The program, due to air on PBS January 7th, does promises to incorporate humor, however. And who knows? Maybe juggling a rubber chicken will be the funniest thing PBS viewers have ever seen.

The Real Thing [Sara James, WWD]
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