| Retirement Home is Setting for New Reality Show Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:51 AM PDT Sunset Daze, the first reality show to feature the over-60 crowd, debuts tonight on the WEtv network. These denizens of a retirement home in Arizona are getting some good advance reviews. From Matthew Gilbert of the Boston Globe: Sunset Daze would have to be yet another reality low, inviting us to laugh at Viagra-obsessed elders showboating for the cameras. And I was so wrong… Sunset Daze manages to deliver a bittersweet — but mostly sweet — portrait of the sunset years.
And from the New York Times’ Brookes Barnes: The media business often overlooks the importance of older folks — here including the first of the baby boomers — with all of the talk about attracting young viewers and racking up huge ratings in the 18-34 demographic. Yes, "Gossip Girl" is fine. But in some ways, "Golden Girls" is even better. And the country seems to be in the midst of a senior revival, with Betty White riding a wave of Internet lobbying to become guest host on "Saturday Night Live," Cloris Leachman becoming a "Dancing With the Stars" darling at 82, and the late Bea Arthur showing up in advertisements for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
I can’t wait to check out this show. |
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