Why celebrity shows like Hollywood Game Night are so repugnant
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/hollywood-game-night-and-the-problem-with-the-celebrity-fun-bus/2015/07/06/f85beaa6-2054-11e5-aeb9-a411a84c9d55_story.html
The Jane Lynch-hosted NBC game show, says Hank Stuever, “serves as another reminder that we live in a sad, unimaginative era of acquiescence to celebrity status. Large swaths of network TV — from morning shows to late-night, from midday to afternoon to prime time — have been given over to constant, publicist-pleasing opportunities for stars to advance their own brands, unchallenged, and pass off their self-promotion as the very definition of fun. Celebrities no longer have to prove that they are talented; they mostly have to prove that they are always good company.”