{"id":49,"date":"2010-08-24T14:24:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T14:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/catholicsmediaandculture\/2010\/08\/a-hurt-locker-reality-show-joins-list-of-really-tv-show-ideas.html"},"modified":"2010-08-24T14:24:01","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T14:24:01","slug":"a-hurt-locker-reality-show-joins-list-of-really-tv-show-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/catholicsmediaandculture\/2010\/08\/a-hurt-locker-reality-show-joins-list-of-really-tv-show-ideas.html","title":{"rendered":"A “Hurt Locker” reality show joins list of really bad TV show ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hollywood Reporter<\/a> says G4<\/a>, the Comcast-owned cable network known for video game and tech-themed themed programming (i.e. Attack of the Show<\/i><\/a>), has ordered ten episodes of a Cops<\/i><\/a>-style reality show that will follow a bomb-disposal unit in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

The show, called Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan<\/i>, is the latest of a series of horrendous reality show concepts to come down the pike in recent weeks — including Lost and Found  <\/i><\/a>(starring Ryan and Tatum O’Neal attempting to, before TV cameras, heal their dysfunctional father-daughter relationship), Loving Levi<\/a> <\/i>(following Levi Johnston’s run for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska) and one featuring former Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater <\/a>doing a reverse Donald Trump and encouraging people to quit their jobs. <\/p>\n

While Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan <\/i>may be able to make a more reasonable claim to high-minded aspirations than those other shows (i.e. calling attention to real American heroes) it, nonetheless, places cameras in places they don’t belong for essentially entertainment purposes.<\/p>\n

Unlike a defensible one-time documentary or 60 Minutes<\/i> piece reporting on the work of these brave soldiers, a so-called reality TV series (especially if its a hit) will, by definition, need to keep finding new ways to stretch reality and keep things interesting (as any scripted TV drama does).<\/p>\n

Besides the security concerns one  would think the military would have over such a show,  there is the cringe-inducing possibility that we’ll end up with a reality soap along the lines of The Real Soldiers of Afghanistan <\/i>as the interpersonal relationships of the “characters” come into play. <\/i>These heroes should not have their sacrifices and lives reduced to to still more fodder for television entertainment.<\/p>\n

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