The Will

Fine. This show was absolutely terrible. Bill Long, a real estate developer, put the rights to his ranch up in this show. Then, 10 of his family members and friends would compete for the rights to it. They completed inane challenges, like holding a piggy bank while leaning on a safe, or doing various ranch chores, and all of this has nothing to do with winning a ranch! Just hire people. OK. The elimination process worked like this- The person or people that won the task would start a chain. They would pick someone to stay, then that new person would pick someone, etc. So the least popular person goes. So the tasks are irrelevant. This show was pointless, and still is, and will remain as TV's darkest reality moment- even worse than "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire".

This reality show was on Saturday nights, the kiss of death for most reality shows. I actually caught the premiere episode and to my surprised I ended up liking it. And then without notice it was yanked off the CBS schedule never to be seen again.

I admit that on first sight the show didn't look all that great. After all, the cast looked like a bunch of hicks out of Hootersville. But with any reality show you get involved, and this one was no exception. I've since forgotten the names of everyone (it's been three months), but there were some pretty interesting characters, including the rancher's wife who was hot, and the rancher's son who was the black sheep of the family, so to speak, yet he had his supporters in the cast.

What I would like to know is why networks go to the trouble of filming a reality show, investing all that money and time, then deciding it isn't good enough because of ratings so they yank it off. Fox has a habit of doing this with their reality shows (i.e. "Playing It Straight," "My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss").

Hope CBS will change their mind and give this show a chance.