Real People

There's a couple of shows on TV that my wife enjoys watching (and I tend to peer in on from time to time) that shows real people in real situations.

The first is "Cheaters" where one mate suspects that their current boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/husband is cheating on them. The "Cheaters" crew, with the sleuthing skills of the FBI, follow the cheater as they quickly build a case against themselves. Once they have enough evidence, the "Cheaters" team shows the jilted made the evidence and ambushes the cheater so that they and their jilted mate can have it out (usually in authentic "Jerry Springer" style).

The best part of this show is watching the cheating mate get ambushed. They're responses range anywhere from tap-dancing around the truth, coming up with wild excuses, blaming the jilted mate for their cheating, and getting violent (one time the host [the HOST!] was stabbed).

The other show is "Clean Sweep" in which a hapless couple whose home looks like a dumping ground for items gets to sort through their crap and reduce it down to a manageable size, while the "Clean Sweep" team remodels two of their rooms.

The thing about this show that's fascinating is HOW many people live in such junk-filled homes. I sometimes wonder if, while - yes - their houses are cluttered, the producers of the show take all their junk, fill the two target rooms with everything and make them look like crazy, junk hoarding shut-ins. Regardless, it's very cool to see them willing (mostly) to part with all their excess junk and, on the whole, the remodeling jobs have been decent.