I have to admit I don’t watch a lot of television. I do admit to watching American Idol, The Shield, NCIS and other occasional series, but that’s about it. Oh yeah, The Young & The Restless I watch at night during dinner and I try to listen to the People’s Court with Judge Marilyn Milian in the afternoons.

What I don’t watch is reality TV. I’ve never seen Survivor, The Flavor Of Love, The Great Race, etc.



But, I do know what’s on television, and it seems every week there is a new show featuring celebrities making a fool of themselves. The latest debacle? Armed And Famous. Celebrities such as Erik Estrada and LaToya Jackson are trained to be police officers and then are put in actual police situations and filmed while doing so.

Uh, how dumb is this? Can it be real? I mean, seeing LaToya and another female officer trying to subdue a 300 lb. suspect was scary, but more scary when she looked into the room and saw another supposed crack suspect in the room, alone. He could have easily pulled out a weapon and shot her. I have to assume that part of this was a set-up and they had 50 armed real cops behind her, out of range.

What worries me is the danger these celebrities put themselves into. One of these days one of them will be severely hurt — or worse — and then where will reality TV be?