America's Next Silly TV Show

"Cycle" 8 of America's Next Top Model began last night, and my disenchantment with the show grows. In its early days, the show was about young women wanting to be models. The program was less known--to the audience and to the contestants. There were no silly, staged scenarios to increase ratings. There were fewer girls acting crazy just to get attention. The judges were just themselves, and anything funny or theatrical they did was because of that alone.

Now it's all cliche. There are more melodramatic "skits" the judges do to make their grand entrances while the girls scream as though they're seeing someone really important. Like God. The girls try too hard to be the loudest, toughest, craziest, or strangest, and the judges have become caricatures of themselves. I'm sure there are "writers" somewhere suggesting, "Yeah, do more of that. Be more like this." It's all very annoying, and I had trouble watching it last night.

I do still enjoy the photo challenges though. And seeing the finished photo product is my favorite part of the show. But is it worth watching the whole hour for that? I'm not sure.