I’ve been pretty critical of reality television since its inception back in the mid 1990s with Friends, but some news is breaking today that has me ALL riled up in all the right places!
Are you an Alabama woman who drives a truck? Rides horses? Watches auto racing? And likes to shoot guns?
Then have we got a reality show for you.
A Huntsville company, Helen Evans LLC, is looking for cast members for a new series, “Redneck Housewives of Alabama.” If you fit the bill and want to be considered for the show, you can submit a YouTube video, photo and resume via the official website.
You have GOT to be kidding me. Be still my beating heart.Man, this may be good enough to bring Lane Kiffin back to Alabama.
You’re telling me these housewife shows have finally realized that if you put a bunch of redneck women on TV, a bunch of cool shit is bound to happen? Where the hell have the TV executives been for the last forever?
“Normal Southern women” with a fondness for big trucks, guns, speedway racing, horseback riding and hiking will have a leg up on the competition, the staffer said. Husbands and children are likely to take part in the filming, as well.
The Huntsville company, which also is producing the series, doesn’t have a network deal yet, but hopes to secure one after the series is “up and going,” the staffer said.
Oh, man! No need to iron out the network deal. This is as good as gold as is. I’m sure the ratings are going to be through the roof for this deal.
Cast members will be paid, according to the “Redneck Housewives of Alabama” website. The rate hasn’t been revealed, but will vary depending on the role.
Let’s be honest – you can probably pay these women in meat. And, feel free to take that as you will. I really hope they don’t choose attractive women either. If it’s real reality television, they’ll get real Southern people – real women, real men, real redneck kids, animals, etc. The whole shebang – the real biscuits and gravy type of Southerners.
Details on “Redneck Housewives” are scarce right now, but like the “Real Housewives” franchise on Bravo, this series is likely to thrive on drama.
Groups of friends are encouraged to audition, the website says, especially if they’re “battling with serious and realistic issues such as suicide, divorce, broken relationships, bankruptcy, infidelity, family feuding, alcoholism, deadbeat dads and foreclosures.”
Hey, let’s exploit people’s real life problems for money! YAY!
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