reality TV

Flip through the TV on any given evening and chances are you’ll come across a reality-TV show in which the premise centers on someone being naked.

It’s for the best that the Learning Channel changed its name to “TLC” some time ago, because there’s not much to be learned—other than the fact that we Americans will watch pretty much anything that shows up on TV.

For television, it is the best of times. The current slate of programming embodies the second “Golden Age” for a medium that has profoundly influenced American culture ever since the first little box flickered to life.

There’s not one thing Ali Vincent can tell about how her life has changed since she became the first female Biggest Loser on the popular television show of the same name.