If the 1970’s tv shows, “The Gong Show” and “Dance Fever” were to come on the air today and with Hollywood remaking retro tv shows like crazy you know damn well you’ll be seeing “Gong Show 2009″ and “Celebrity Dance Fever” very soon on your digitally enhanced screen.

For the simple fact that reality tv shows are here to stay!!!

Especially the ones with 3 judges because let’s face it everybody loves this formula.

You have one goody two shoes judge who tells contestants they were good when in fact they sucked, one heavy-set judge who says the word, “dog” alot and one judge who tells it like it is and likes to rip contestants new a-holes.

With a reality tv formula like that you can’t go wrong!

And do you want to know why reality tv shows are here to stay?

Basically to count it off on one finger................

-Reality tv shows are cheap to produce and networks don’t have to pay big name actors and actresses big paychecks because you can always find average joes and joesettes who will do anything to get on tv and take advantage of their 15 minutes of fame.

-People with no talent like William “She Bangs” Hung (God, this guy’s name sounds oh so porno!) who appeared on “American Idol” Season 3 are reality tv ratings juggernauts. Let’s face it, Americans love to see untalented losers make damn fools of themselves on tv. It makes us feel all warm and tingly inside!

-There is a never ending parade of washed-up and B, C and D-List stars who are really strapped for cash and willing to degrade themselves for money on these reality tv shows.

(Which is good for the American tv watching public.)

At this time I would like to send a shout out to washed-up 70’s star of the tv show, “Happy Days” Erin Moran. You oh so made a damn fool of yourself on “Celebrity Fit Club!” I hope it was worth it!

Which is why like I said before, reality tv shows are here to stay.

The one truly bad thing about the reality tv show epidemic is that you’ll see less and less of well-written scripted television shows like “Seinfeld” and “Arrested Development” because when it comes to Hollywood it’s all about the almighty dollar and how much of that almighty dollar they can hold on to.

So kiss well-written scripted tv shows goodbye!

Boo hoo hoo!