Americans are utterly obsessed with celebrities ... particularly their lives away from the limelight. Numerous television "news" programs and magazines highlight stars doing normal things that many of us would do on a daily basis. So, it was only logical that reality series have been built around some of these personalities to highlight their time away from the camera.

Yet it didn't work out as was intended. Rather than showing that these personalities were normal people, they showed the viewers how messed up they, and their families, really were. In some of the earlier Celebreality programs, they even showed unknown weaknesses that fans never knew existed. Despite all of this, viewers have been tuning into these shows each and every week to watch ... just like they would if video of different train wrecks were aired each week.

This fan base has given many of these stars a second, third, or fourth chance at success -- even if their boat sailed a long time ago. Such is the case during the Reality Revolution, where even the most famous can receive fifteen more minutes of fame.

Besides hosting Regis & Kelly every single morning and America's Got Talent a couple of times a week (not to mention the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire specials a few times a year, the commercials and everything else he does), Regis Philbin was all set to host a new version of the classic show This is Your Life. But now it looks like that's not gonna happen. Philbin told Broadcasting & Cable that the option has run out. ABC says the show will still happen, but without Philbin as host.

This is really too bad. I think this show is made for someone like Philbin.

[via TV Tattle]