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Published Wednesday, June 01, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

TELEVISED TRAIN WRECK TRIFECTA: We've had five years to watch how a Survivor outwits the competition and 13 years to see how college students react to The Real World.
Haven't we learned anything yet?
This summer's crop of new shows proves that no shame, no fame is still the name of the "reality'' TV game. Tonight's trifecta of televised train wrecks may share a basic odd couple motif, but they'll also share a basic fault - the failure to teach viewers anything they don't already know.

Read the rest of my story: All aboard? On these train wrecks? No thanks! (Boston Herald)