TV Party for Wednesday, August 3rd

It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s Reality Night. Where summers past have been filled with Made-for-TV movies and re-runs, this year we’ve got a huge set of Reality shows, and many of them have landed on Wednesday nights.

At 8 you’ve got your choice of singing or dancing – or, possibly, both singing AND dancing. Fox has your dance card covered with the fourth installment of “So you think you can Dance?” where 50 contestants are whittled down to just 26. Man, that’s gotta hurt. If you’d rather watch people singing, with possibly some dancing thrown in for spice, head over to UPN for the second episode of “R U Tha Girl With T Boz and Chili”, as the two remaining members of TLC head to Miami to continue their quest to find a new Left-Eye. The girls have fun at a gator park, then select the next set of semi-finalists to compete in Atlanta. Those not chosen will, we can hope, be thrown to the gators.

If you’d rather watch stuff get blown up and shot into the air, try out Sci-Fi Network’s “Master Blasters”. This week the contestants try to make a field goal. Doesn’t sound too hard, until you learn that the attempt is from 1,000 feet and instead of a football they’ll be using a sports car…

At 9 slide down to ABC for “Brat Camp”, the show about troubled teens sent to live in the wilderness of Central Oregon. Tonight the kids must spend three days and nights completely alone, fending for themselves in the wilderness, as they endure their "Solo Experience." This solitary time is especially difficult for Derek, who must confront his intense fear of being alone. Well, alone except for the camera crew, that is…

Finally, at 10 it’s time for some celebreality with Bravo’s "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List." Welcome to the outrageous world of famous-yet-unappreciated comedian Kathy Griffin as she pulls out all the stops to keep her D-List celebrity status in the public eye. From judging a drag show (where she runs into Marcia Cross, John C. Riley and Rachel Bilson) to performing at a straight-laced Beverly Hills charity benefit, Kathy milks every opportunity to make money, get free publicity and wrangle unwilling celebs into attending her upcoming fundraiser while driving her husband, her assistant, her elderly parents and her two gay best friends crazy.

That’s your TV Party for Wednesday, August 3rd, for Northwest Indy Radio I’m Scott Chicken