It's A "Reality Sitcom"

Follow the bouncing Ball: We have all these crappy reality shows because the networks don't want to pay the writers to write sitcoms. But the Reality shows are getting old, so they need a few new sitcoms. So they have a reality show...where contestants write a sitcom. Cheap bastards.

NEW YORK (AP) -- If you ever watched an episode of "According to Jim" and said, "Any idiot could do that," well, here's your opportunity to prove it. And then some.

Recognizing that comedy is too important to be left to the professionals, cable's Bravo is inviting couch potatoes to create the next great sitcom.

The two viewer-written scripts judged best will be turned into 15-minute presentations and aired as part of Bravo's forthcoming series "Situation: Comedy," a behind-the-scenes look at the whole sitcom development process. Then its viewers will decide the winner, who gets $25,000 and a year's exclusive representation from the high-powered Creative Artists Agency.

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