Over the past few years I’ve found myself very entertained by the reality shows known as “celebreality” that VH1 had to offer. From the Surreal Life, Flavor of Love and now Rock of Love, VH1 was always impressing me with their quality and humor in their shows. Lately though I think they are becoming rather stale and lacking in those shows that just made you laugh without making it see too fake. The numerous copies of the original Flavor of Love are all the same and lately the drama just doesn’t seem to be there for them. They are reusing their same celebrities time and time again and are really overusing their “Love” theme a little too much. With three romance themed series and seven of them either finished or currently airing, it just gets too tiring. Luckily two of their shows have caught my attention and made me love VH1 all over again.

First up we have Scott Baio is 46 & Pregnant. Although this is a sequel to his first season it feels nothing like it. It’s all about his life now that he is a dad and how his life has changed. It is filmed in a very different feel from other shows as it feels almost like a comedy more then reality, even though it is depicting his life. All the people on the show are always adding something to it and it feels “right”. It doesn’t feel contrived too much, like other shows, and offers real life drama which VH1 is lacking on its romance shows.

The second has to be Celebrity Rehab. I didn’t think the show would be as good as it is as I thought it’d be exactly like intervention but with Celebrities. It’s nothing like that as it takes you through their stages of beating their addiction rather then showing you what their addiction does in their real life. It is a real life drama and catches REAL emotions and is just great to watch. Although some of the characters are focused on more then others, each of them had a moment on the show. I can’t wait to see how it ends and hopefully VH1 can pick this up for another season as it’s Celeb-Reality at its best.

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