Idolator
NBC announced its fall schedule today, and among the network's new offerings is a show called The Singing Bee. Unfortunately, it's not a fake documentary about the later-life cabaret adventures of that girl from Blind Melon's "No Rain" video; instead, this product of executive wordplay turns out to be a brand-new "finish these lyrics" game show. Bee's slogan is "You don't have to sing it well; you just have to sing it right," and its official site illustrates that point with a back-of-the-car YouTube clip that's as unlistenable as its visuals are nausea-inducing. We can only hope that the real thing uses the same sort of fleet camerawork—otherwise, this showcase of people making complete asses out of themselves is going to garner ratings like those seen during the earliest audition rounds of American Idol, and its run on NBC will never, ever end.
The Singing Bee [Official site]
Comments
If they make the contestants sing inside a plexi-glass booth filled with bees, then I might watch it...
As soon as they can reanimate Uncle Miltie's corpse and give it a new show, television's transition back to 1958 will be complete...
1. Trivia-oke is bad enough when played on NTN, never mind watching someone else play (and screw up).
2. The Writer's Guild contract is up soon (with Screen Actors Guild expiring not too much later) -- so expect lots more schlock-o-rific reality/unscripted content until there's a new deal in place.
Nothing could be stupider than the show I can't believe NBC suckered me into watching last summer, Hit Me Baby One More Time.
...I am so fucking confused by that YouTube clip
Auditioned for this dreck. They made us sign a non-disclosure agreement promising not to reveal the "hook" of this lame game show. Now if they would only promise not to ever air this bad idea, I'd agree not to watch it. What a clunker.
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