Spike TV announced this week that it plans to broadcast a sequel to the greatest reality show of all time, “The Joe Schmo Show.” While the first edition parodied get-rich-quick-style shows, the new version will skewer the Bachelor/Average Joe-type “romance” shows, and the entire cast will consist of actors aside from one man and one woman.
Some reality formulas, especially “Joe Millionaire,” have only worked once because the concept wasn’t reproducible. “Joe Schmo,” seeing as how it will use an entirely different deception, shouldn’t have that problem.
Posted by Stephen Silver at June 1, 2004 09:52 PM