VH1 added 7 shows to it's already successful reality lineup with some new and some old news stars. Danny Bonaduce from Breaking Bonaduce and Pepa from two Surreal Lifes are back with different shows and I am looking forward to both of their shows.
THE SALT ‘N’ PEPA SHOW (10 episodes)
On “The Salt ‘N Pepa Show,” VH1 will follow the ladies as they attempt to reunite on and off the stage in this funny, often touching reality series. They soon discover however, that achieving this is easier said than done since most of their past issues are still unresolved. Salt is angry about being unappreciated when they were together and Pepa blames Salt for breaking up the group. Their lifestyles are also polar opposites: Salt has indeed found God and is living a quiet life in Long Island with her husband while Pepa is still the party girl and up for anything. Can they overcome their differences long enough to heal their friendship and perform again?
AMERICA’S MOST SMARTEST MODEL (10 episodes)
Beauty is a double-edged sword. It seems to be a commonly accepted notion in today’s world that an inverse proportion exists between brains and beauty – the prettier someone is, the less intelligent they are expected to be. And no one has it worse than models. But is this assumption really true? Do smart models exist, or does a life devoted to getting by on one’s looks make a person stupid? Now, VH1 will attempt to answer this burning question in “America’s Most Smartest Model.” Hosted by celebrity fashion expert Mary Alice Stephenson and Emmy Award winner Ben Stein, this reality competition series brings together fourteen models, (7 men, 7 women) all of whom think they are the perfect combination of beauty and brains. In every episode the ‘himbos’ and ‘bimbos’ will face challenges that put both their overall intelligence and beauty to the test. In the end, only one model will prove that they are more than just another pretty face and take home a $100,000 prize and the coveted title of “America’s Most Smartest Model.”
CLICK! (8 episodes)
From the producer of “America’s Next Top Model” and “Pussycat Dolls Presents: The Search for the Next Doll,” “Click!” will give 10 amateur photographers the chance to live out their wildest fantasies in pursuit of their ultimate dream: to become the next great fashion photographer. Our cast will live and work together in a downtown L.A. loft while being guided by world-renowned fashion photographer Russell James. These aspiring photographers will embark on a series of photo shoots meant to challenge their creativity and expose their individual weaknesses. For the first time in their lives, the cast will work with supermodels and high-end professionals, while traveling to exotic locations – all to capture that one perfect shot. Whether it’s shooting on the deck of a schooner in the midst of a storm, or trying to get a supermodel to cuddle up to a Siberian tiger, our cast will face daunting tasks and obstacles that will test their talent, desire and drive to be the next great fashion photographer.
DANNY BONADUCE’S CHILD STAR – tentative title (8 episodes)
In a world gone mad with delusional stage moms and money hungry agents, only one man knows how to save the endangered species known as the child star. “Danny Bonaduce’s Child Star” (tentative title) challenges Danny Bonaduce to seek out one great, aspiring, triple threat stage-hungry kid, identify them as a star, and train their driven stage mom or dad to be a supportive and fit parent who won’t end up driving their kid into rehab. Over the course of 8 hour-long episodes both kids and parents will participate in challenges to see if they have what it takes to make it in Hollywood. The kids will need to have talent and the parents will need to have the smarts to navigate Hollywood without ruining their child’s career.
FREE RADIO (8 episodes)
“Free Radio” is a half-hour improvised comedy where the worlds of celebrity, mediocrity and talk radio collide. It is a comedic, behind-the-scenes look at a struggling Los Angeles radio station and its dysfunctional staff, led by Lance, the dimwitted, laughably ignorant, yet inexplicably popular host of “Moron in the Morning.” Celebrity guests from film, television, music and stage join Lance every week in the booth as they promote their latest projects while enduring his clueless questions and oblivious take on the world. Lance is played by improv comedian Lance Krall (“The Joe Schmo Show”).
LORDS OF THE REVOLUTION (7 episodes)
They questioned authority. They celebrated nonconformity. They dared to be different. VH1’s new documentary series “Lords of the Revolution” profiles the nonconformist heroes – and anti-heroes – of the 60s and 70s, honoring those icons who challenged social, political and cultural institutions of the time. Edgy, colorful and visually dynamic, each hour-long episode will tell the compelling story of a visionary who – through music, art, social change or politics – influenced popular culture in a way that it is still felt today.
OLD SKOOL WITH TERRY AND GITA (5 Episodes)
It’s The Golden Girls meets Borat! “Old Skool with Terry and Gita” is a half-hour weekly series starring Terry Moore and Gita Hall as they explore the hottest topics in pop culture. Terry Moore, 77, a movie star from the studio days and ex-wife of billionaire Howard Hughes, and Gita Hall, 72, one of the world’s first supermodels, have an unquenchable thirst for life. Terry and Gita are on a mission to explore all the weird and wonderful “subcultures” normally reserved for people far younger than their demographic proving it’s never too late to get “skooled.” From hip hop to the gay community, the two ladies are committed to discovering what’s hip and happening today. Their fish-out-of-water immersion into those worlds is often revelatory, sometimes shocking and always hilarious.
