New reality program gets royal treatment
From the people who brought us “Anna Nicole Smith Unplugged” or, more precisely, “unglued,” comes the new reality show “Love Is in the Heir,” which premiered Sunday night on E!
Let me see if I can explain this farce of a reality show fittingly. Princess Ann Claire Van Shaick Pahlavi (Princess Ann Claire for short) is a descendent of the last shah of Iran, which means big money. She has been chosen as the star of a new reality show because this real-life princess has a passion for, would you believe it, country music. I guess she wants to be the next Patsy Cline.
Apparently, the Mom and Daddy Pahlavi Dynasty do not understand this out-of-the-ordinary desire and would like their daughter to stop her rebellious antics and land herself a royal hubby. But wait – here’s the premise of the show, and the twist:
Princess Honky-Tonk has to land both her dream job of becoming a country music singer and a man worthy of her father’s approval; if she is unsuccessful, then she’ll have to go home or risk having her family cut her off financially. Yikes!
The financial threat has got to be difficult for someone who quite obviously has never had to hold down a job and pay her own bills. In this show, she has decided to “rough it” and live out on her own … in a beautiful Hollywood Hills apartment, complete with a personal assistant.
That’s roughing it? And she wishes to date “average Joes,” or guys her father would never approve of – you know, doctors and lawyers. I hate this princess already, and I’ve only seen one episode.
Who knows, perhaps Princess Ann Claire will meet the man of her dreams, and ABC can perform the nuptials on the new show “Extreme Makeover: Wedding Edition,” set to premiere Jan. 10.
Due to the success of the original “Extreme Makeover” and “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” the network wants to continue to help deserving people (oops, maybe the princess doesn’t qualify) and assist them with their special days. My only hope is that the weddings they create are on a normal level and not over-the-top wedding explosions, such as the “Ryan and Trista Wedding of 2003.”
And don’t forget, “American Idol 4” is coming your way on Jan. 18 on Fox. The talent search has already begun, and if you are really quiet and put your ears to the ground, I bet you can hear thousands of tone-deaf performers auditioning in the distance. Can’t hear it? Listen closely, that sound can be sometimes be confused with cats screeching.