Failed Reality Spinoffs: Which Was the Worst?

There are two words in television that can evoke pained groans at their mere utterance: "reality" and "spinoff." So it should come as no surprise that the "reality spinoff" genre is ripe with failure. As if "Jersey Shore" wasn't bad enough already, MTV had to go and produce "The Pauly D Project" based on the thrilling personal life of one of the show's stars. Needless to say, it flopped.


Yahoo! pointed out four more reality spinoff fails (is that redundant?), each more boring than the last. And when we say boring, we don't mean "causing or marked by boredom." We mean "hollowing out, cutting through, or removing a core of material." There were two "Project Runway" spinoffs ("Models of the Runway" and "Mad Fashion"); "RuPaul's Drag U," a "Drag Race" spinoff; and "It's a Brad, Brad World," a spinoff of "The Rachel Zoe Project," whatever that is. They all died on impact. Obviously.

And if that's not enough, Yahoo! also reports upcoming spinoffs for "Toddlers and Tiaras" and "Dance Mom," two shows already better known for the controversial parenting depicted therein than for their "entertainment value." We can't wait.