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May 29, 2007

My first look at 'On the Lot'

Back from vacation, I'm getting my first look at Fox's On the Lot tonight. I missed last night's show, in which the filmmakers presented their one-minute comedies. Sounds like it was a mixed bag, which will have three people going home this evening.

First, though, could the theme song have a little more bombast? It's so John Williams-esque, which is pretty over-the-top for a reality show. Also, the host, Adrianna Costa, is really annoying and not very smooth. She's stumbled over names, gotten caught staring off camera for her cue repeatedly and just very unnatural and smarmy in the Samantha Harris of Dancing With the Stars mold.

The top three of the evening were:

Zach Lipovsky's film is "Danger Zone," and it's pretty funny -- a chain reaction of chaos in a safety lab.

Will Bigham's "Lucky Penny" is also about a chain reaction, one of bad luck after a guy finds a not so lucky penny.

Last of the top three was Jason Epperson's "Getta Rhoom," which had caused some controversy as some of the judges and viewers thought the main character was disabled. He said he was meant to just be a nerd. Upon rewatching the film (and learning that it was one of the top three), judge Carrie Fisher said she had changed her mind and thought it was great.

Going home are Carolina, Claudia and Phil, with Claudia saying she and Carolina plan to work on a film together after this.

I'll have to see a regular show to see whether I'll stick with this, since results shows are always pretty padded and boring, but I'm not that excited about this one.


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About Sarah Kelber
Sarah Kickler Kelber, an editor in the features department since 1999, got sucked into reality TV with the first episode of MTV's The Real World in 1992. Then came Survivor and American Idol, and suddenly, the genre was everywhere. She started blogging about it for The Baltimore Sun in January 2006 and has logged more hours watching and writing about such shows as Dancing With the Stars, Big Brother and, of course, Idol, than she'd like to admit.
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