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WDJT-TV (CBS-58) Will Air 5-Part Brewers Series
MLB Productions has been following around members of the Milwaukee Brewers organization for the past few months, and are currently putting together a five-part series of behind the scenes action that will be aired on WDJT-TV (CBS 58) in Milwaukee and re-aired on Fox Sports Net North. Carlos Lee, Damian Miller, new owner Mark Attanasio as well as Ben Sheets, Geoff Jenkins and Lyle Overbay will be profiled.(Brewers.com article here).
I think this is a great idea. Frankly, the Brewers need to generate as much interest as possible, and this will be a way to let fans feel like they are a part of the organization by seeing what happens behind the scenes. More than any other sport, Major League Baseball is the most secretive about what happens behind the scenes, so in that respect it'll be interesting to see what is shown and what is not shown.
With reality TV sweeping the nation, maybe this will be the start of a new trend in MLB. Here are five MLB related reality TV shows I'd like to see...
Temptation Hotel Room
Cameras follow Mets pitcher Kris Benson around on road trips as his teammates keep buying him drinks and sending women up to his room every night hoping that Benson slips up so they all get a chance with Kris' wife Anna Benson. Don't be surprised if there isn't a cameo or two from Pedro Martinez' lil' friend Nelson de la Rosa.
Celebrity Fit Club: Baseball Edition
Join Major League stars Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and any other of MLB's "incredible shrinking men" as they continue to shed pounds from their pre-2004 body mass. Tensions heat up on the show when the residual 'roid rage still hasn't left Barry Bonds as he confronts Sosa and Giambi about who stole his arthritic balm.
Real Life: I'm a Baseball Player on Community Service
MTV follows Tigers outfielder Craig Monroe as he serves his community service sentence for shoplifting a $30 belt and also follows Denny Neagle around after he was caught trying to get a $40 hummer from a prostitute in Colorado.
The Apprentice: Steinbrenner Edition
Could you imagine a reality TV show that follows George Steinbrenner around? Wouldn't you love to hear what he yells at Brian Cashman this year whenever the Yankees struggle? I say throw a bunch of college kids trying to get ahead in the corporate world into the Yankees' offices and have them deal with the mercurial Steinbrenner. We could also get to know the softer side of big Stein, maybe by following him around to Sak's Fifth Avenue as he purchases his many turtlenecks. Seriously, I bet dude has a warchest of turtlenecks in Yankee Stadium. How has this show not been made yet?
The Real World
I'm not sure where the house would be located, but who wouldn't want to see Carl Everett, John Rocker, Jeff Kent, John Kruk, Doug Glanville, Barry Bonds, and Albert Belle thrown together in a house? Imagine all the friction between Everett (crazy), Rocker (racist/crazy), Kent (jackass/liar), Kruk (big fat party animal), Glanville (jackass), Bonds and Belle (pick one). See how the house reacts to MLB giving all-access passes to a camera crew in the house.
Those are a few of my ideas, what do the rest of you think? Is anybody reading this a TV executive?