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Show: Paris Hilton's British Best Friend

Season, Episode: S01E01 - S01E05

Imagine a reality show where the prize is...wait for it, wait for it...NOTHING.  Impossible you say, not for America's favorite heiress, Miss Paris Hilton.  With Paris Hilton's My New BFF, Paris has exploited "our" need for celebrity, offering a grand prize that essentially amounts to a few publicity appearances with Paris herself.  Having only caught a few moments here and there, I can't comment on the series as a whole, but from my limited exposure I found it totally unwatchable.  The characters were uninspiring and I found myself searching for the remote within a few wretched minutes.  My thoughts aside, the show managed to be a mild ratings success, and we should all thank our lucky stars for this.  Without this success, the premise would've never got the British remake it so deserves.

Just like Paris Hilton's My New BFF, Paris Hilton's British Best Friend is completely indefensible.  What makes the show stand out from it's parent are the characters.  These are girls who truly want to be her BBF.  Instead of laughing the weekly competitions off, the girls (and token gay) dive gung ho into them, they get genuinely excited at the opportunity for a "date" with Paris, and they actually cry when they think Paris may think they are fake.  Because as we all know, there is nothing worse than being fake (unless you are an insecure, shallow, attention-deprived tramp).  Wrap all that up into a package that includes hot girls and even sexier British accents and you have the best kept secret of 2009.  Let's all give a bloody toast to vanity and make sure to tune in every Thursday.