Could it be that the lowest of the low has actually hit rock bottom?
Britain's hit Big Brother "reality" franchise is being dropped by Channel 4 next year after a 10-year run. It's part of a "creative overhaul" described in this Financial Times article as C4's decision to focus "more on its public-service broadcasting responsibilities." Channel 4's own announcementcited its "public remit to champion new forms of creativity."
Which apparently don't involve locking strangers in a house under constant camera surveillance and waiting for the bad behavior to begin.
How will Britain survive without all the backstabbing betrayals, violent brawling, racist bullying, personal spitting, sex-for-cameras and other obnoxious activity devised to turn oneself into a reality show "celebrity"?
Oh, wait. Britain won't go without. Some other channel will doubtless pick up the Big Brother franchise and let the humiliations start anew. But at least a "prestige" broadcaster like Channel 4 has said enough is enough when it comes to "unscripted" seaminess. Could a U.S. broadcast network be far behind?
Probably. (Not.)