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The Hero: moments and moments of frustration that need more of The Rock

TNT’s competition series The Hero has reached the point at which viewers get to select Patty O’Neil as the hero, giving her $610,000 and the title. Because honestly, is there any way that she will not win? Last night’s penultimate episode was blatantly edited and structured to set her up as an actual hero, saving the challenge and stepping up to face her fear. Also the other people are annoying, kind of like the show. But I couldn’t stop watching, mostly for its host and executive producer, Dwayne Johnson. The single best part about the show is The Rock, especially when he’s jumping out from behind things and scaring the contestants, before he offers them some kind of bribe and/or choice. It’s hard to underestimate how awesome he is as a host, combining personality and pathos, and also a lot of humor and self-deprecation. It’s his charisma, yes, that makes it fun to watch him, whether he’s encouraging a contestant or screwing with them, but it’s also clear that he’s really engaged in...

CBS planning more reality TV, sees football overrun frustration as a sign of an "engaged audience"

CBS »     by Andy Dehnart / January 11, 2012, 11:46 AM More reality TV is being developed by CBS, which has primarily relied upon its standby trio of Survivor, Big Brother, and The Amazing Race for the past 12 years. With the exception of Undercover Boss , which started strong but fizzled fast, especially in terms of buzz, CBS hasn’t launched a successful reality show in years. “We’re in the fortunate position of having successful, long running franchise shows,” CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler told TV critics this morning. “That is the reality of reality. Those shows Survivor and Race and Big Brother had ratings growth, [and] they continued to.” Tassler said that “this year going forward in summer, we’re being very aggressive. We have a number of shows in development in the unscripted space that we have early triggers on so we can get them ready and we can have them on the air in fall. We do incredibly well with Big Brother. They had ratings growth last season.” She didn’t g...