still in bed together...

ah, bravo and nbc, it's the affair to remember. although you make a super-cute couple, and i like that you cover so beautifully for one another (i.e., i can see repeats of NBC shows on Bravo), the cross-marketing is getting ridiculous. and don't even start me on the product placement.

just as reported in summertime lovers, the networks are once again hot and heavy this season. both the biggest loser and top chef had super bowl challenges this week. funny, because the super bowl was no where near happening when these episodes were filmed; top chef-testants are wearing shorts and t's as they run around nyc, so we know it ain't anytime recently. oh....wait a second. hmmmm... the super bowl is on NBC, right? and the super bowl is THIS sunday, right?! aw, how cute is that? nbc and bravo are such a supportive couple!

so, there's THAT -- the blatant plug for the networks' other shows -- but are they for reals with the product placement???? it's enough that they go over the top about the Glad products, and the Kenmore kitchen, and the Quaker oats, and the Domino sugar, etc, but tom callicio can't be proud of the forced use of DIET DR. PEPPER in a challenge. i love me some DDP, but i don't COOK with it. i don't cook with Velveeta or SPAM, either! are they trying to find the next TOP CHEF, or the next racheal ray?? [excuse me while i vomit] or maybe just the next advertiser. sigh.

biggest loser: each week is now TWO hours. not only b/c they can't find a good show to fill the 9 - 10 spot on tuesdays, but b/c they fluff the shows up with so much damn product placement that they need an extra hour! all that time Bob or Jillian spends going over how to make a healthy meal, it is only for the purposes of product placement. they never used to do this and, although the tips are helpful, the networks need not add another 60 minutes-worth of this show. 24 hour fitness; gatorade; glad; jell-o; fiber one; kraft; etc. I GET IT!!!! oh, and the "celebrity chef," curtis stone? i am aware that he has a show on TLC, but the history of this love affair has made me very paranoid about the alterior motives involved here. is curty getting a show on Bravo? or, is bravo owned by TLC/discovery? no.... so, is this an innocent relationship, or is there something sordid going on with mr. stone and nbc/bravo?

i'm shocked that the various versions of real housewives doesn't place products yet. it can be like the truman show. all of a sudden, in the midst of one of their cat fights, one of them can turn her huge plastic head to the camera and hold up a box of Glad products. or her BlackBerry. oooo, or her Valium!! maybe nbc and bravo are having an affair with Roche labs. tsk; nbc and bravo are such swingers, i swear!!