True that, they make a mint out of making sure that title is mostly reserved for their viewers. Although there's probably a sort of bovine intelligence working it out somewhere behind the scenes.
I can't think of anything more boring than putting talentless people on a TV show where they have to do nothing other than sit around and talk for horus on end about how they are talentless and boring but are somehow managing to get undeserved fame.
Although the Big Brother and Pop Idol phenomenons did spawn two fantastic Ben Elton books, Dead Famous and Chart Throb. Doesn't make it worth putting up with these people, but it does soften the blow a little. He somehow manages to nail both of them exactly
It makes me chuckle how they call it reality TV but it's about as far away from everyday reality as you can possibly get, for example Jade Goody wouldn't be a millionaire in reality, she'd be unemployed and living on dole money!
Just googled Peep Show, it's not the one I meant above.
There is a pretty funny hidden cam show that I can;t recall the name of, most sketches seem to involve a smart bird with a short skirt or a smart bird undressing in a shop, and the publics reaction.
Have you guys seen "startup junkies"? Search for it on hulu. It's very good. In season one, a bunch of experienced entrepreneur try to start a company that scans mail and then emails the mail to the client. They try to beat the odds and keep from going belly up.