Earlier today we posted about Channel Ten’s upcoming series The Shire, a reality show set in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire. The show has been dubbed by the network as a local version of Jersey Shore and is currently seeking “girls next door”, “home-wreckers” and “looker” blond surfer bros to sign up to the cast.
Based on your responses on Facebook (“Somebody needs to shoot the people behind this”) and Twitter (“I think we must be nearing the end if this is considered entertainment”), it’s clear you guys are less than enthusiastic about the production and its inevitably awful cast.
But, that said, the most addictive reality tv shows are so because they’re intentionally designed to resemble a train wreck. Whether that wreck manifests itself through story arcs (hearts getting brutally crushed in The Bachelor) or in the form of human cast mates (see: everyone on The Real Housewives, The Kardashian family) doesn’t really matter, just as long as there’s a consistently high level of horrendous shit happening, that’s the real key to reality television success. And thus, based on the Train Wreck Principle, there’s a good chance that The Shire will be a massive hit.
Would you watch it? Cast your vote by shame-free anonymous poll now.
