Top 10 Political Reality TV Show Ideas
Once upon a time, citizens were willing to listen for hours to debates and other lengthy political discourse. Unfortunately, today’s American attention span is better equipped for the likes of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
To get modern Americans more engaged in politics, maybe it’s time we changed things up from C-SPAN to America’s favorite television format — reality TV! Here are ten ideas for how to use reality TV to rejuvenate the political process.
1. The Bench-ler
There’s just not enough drama behind the process of choosing a Supreme Court nominee. Why not make the process like The Bachelor? Every week, the House and Senate can go on “dates” with the nominees to exciting locations like the Harvard Law School Library. And instead of a rose ceremony, they could hand out… “Clarence, will you accept this robe?”
2. The Vice Apprentice
Similarly, choosing a Vice Presidential candidate would be so much more dramatic if the nominee did it Apprentice style. Every week, the potential VPs would be assigned to degrading tasks with lots of product placement involved, and whoever screws up the worst gets fired. This may actually happen if (God forbid) Donald Trump ever gets the nomination.
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