NEW LOW IN TV

I have seen the new low of television programming, and that's saying something!

America's Got Talent, created by Simon Cowell and hosted by Regis Philbin, is the old gong show without the humor. This must be Simon's revenge for some reason. It also must be programming to the QVC callers, many of whom appeared to be in the audience of hopefuls, geeks, and crazies. This is like Karoake night for the double digit IQ personality challenged. Like The Price is Right hopefuls on fairy dust.

And what's even more amazing is that the show has no flow, no good structure, no sense of drama; it's a total zero. They couldn't even package it well.

Which could mean it's a hit.

They sure hyped it heavily. It must be a sign of the apocalypse. It's embarrassing to be human.

Regis is competent. He's a pro. But he's got to have enough money by NOW. Even with editing it's clear he's embarrassed.

And the 'judges' pass the horn honker and oldest male stripper and the juggler with dropsy through to the 'next round.' Like tryouts for a bad circus sideshow.

No, I didn't watch very long.

Avoid this stinker if you can.