brettratner

(S01E01) I'm a reality TV junkie, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Well, almost not afraid to admit it.

If I were to compile a list of all the reality shows I've watched you'd find some real stinkers on it (*cough* Temptation Island), but I can't say I could include a single Mark Burnett produced series in the bunch.

Although On the Lot got off to slow start, I really see some potential in the show and think it's going to be another bona fide hit in the realm of Survivor and The Apprentice.

Why you ask? Because it takes all the things we like about the aforementioned shows (i.e. the competitiveness, the warring type A personalities, the bitchiness, and the everyman appeal of the contestants) and wraps it around a topic most of us have more than a passing interest in - movies.

Brett Ratner, AKA The Man Who Killed The X-Men, is bringing his poisonous talent to FOX. Whoa- sorry. Guess I'm still a little angry about The X-Men III: The Last Stand. Ratner and writing partner Neil Tolkin are producing a series based on the popular book, Blue Blood. The book is written by a Harvard graduate who decided to go into the family business of law enforcement (the author also writes for The New Yorker). Reviews of the book were positive, saying that the author, Edward Conlon, shows a side to the police force that is never accurately portrayed on television or in movies. The book chronicles Conlon's days as a rookie and goes up through 9/11.