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‘Wipeout’ and ‘Japanese Game Show’ debut on ABC
Scratch tonight off your viewing calendar if you’re not a fan of reality TV. Or watch reruns on CBS, which is the only major broadcast network without reality shows tonight.
Two newcomers debut on ABC: “Wipeout” (7 p.m.) and “I Survived a Japanese Game Show” (8 p.m.). The former puts a series of ill-equipped participants through silly physical challenges, like leaping from one huge pink ball to another without falling into the mud pond below.
The latter sends 10 Americans to Japan to compete in one of that country’s legendary (and highly bizarre) game shows. Hilarity and humiliation ensue.
NBC, which loosely defines celebrity and talent, has “Celebrity Family Feud” (at 7 p.m.) and “America’s Got Talent” (8 p.m.).
The former features Wayne Newton, Vincent Pastore, Adrianne Curry, Christopher Knight, Corben Bernsen, Ice T and Margaret Cho battling with their families in a revival of the old show. The latter is the return of last season’s hit talent show that features everything from wannabe opera singers to sword swallowers.
Fox has “Hell’s Kitchen” all night, and even the CW has “Beauty and the Geek.”
If you punch the remote fast enough, you might be able to swirl all of these realities together for a truly surreal experience.
“Camp Rock” rocked
Friday night’s premiere of “Camp Rock” on the Disney Channel pulled innearly 9 million viewers between the ages of 9 and 14. That’s called a big-time kid/tween hit.
It’s not bigger than “High School Musical” or “High School Musical 2,” but it’s definitely one of the most-watched program among young viewers and all viewers of the calendar year.
“Camp Rock,” which surely will be repeated a gazillion times during the summer, features the wildly popular Jonas Brothers.
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