mark burnett is a genius

"survivor" was interesting tonight. sue quit the game 'cause she felt she was sexually violated by richard hatch on the previous episode. i have some mixed feelings about her leaving, but all those "survivor" message boards out there are talking about this enough. so go read them if you actually want to debate about whether she was justified in leaving and blah, blah, blah. still, mark burnett sure knows how to make a bad situation into entertaining television. being able to catch everyone's thoughts and reactions on camera in the aftermath was impressive. getting people to show their 'true' selves was classic. it just made us love or hate the 'characters' even more. however, i hope this is the end of the 'somebody quits' shows. it totally takes all the anticipation / excitement out. you knew something was up when they didn't have a reward challenge until the show was 2/3 done.

i also decided to check out "the apprentice" (another mark burnett show) for the first time tonight. i have to say it's a pretty good show. it's pretty good drama to see how cutthroat all these players are. they're bitching, backstabbing and making the 'executive decisions'. riveting. =) i also like how people have to truly earn their keep to stay in the game. if you stink, you'll get fired. and it's kinda funny to see teams compete and have one of them fail miserably. man, donald trump is pretty arrogant / pompous. but i guess that's why he owns half of new york. :)