By the time the Bravo series "Real Housewives of New Jersey" drew to a close during the spring of 2010, it had generated enough buzz, controversy, and water-cooler discussion to make devoted viewers forget the producers' original intention: They had intended this installment of "The Real Housewives" franchise to satirize the characters and lifestyle represented in cable hit "The Sopranos." As "The Real Housewives of Orange County" were supposed to mimic ABC's "Desperate Housewives," so the Jersey Girls were groomed to look, sound, and spend like real-life equivalents of Carmella Soprano. The New York Times summed-up, "[They are] loud, nasal, nouveau-riche wives who raise spoiled children and spend their husbands' money in vast marble and onyx starter palaces in Franklin Lakes, N.J. They boast about everything, including how soon they qualified for the black American Express card. As Danielle Staub puts it, "˜I actually got mine before Madonna did'." They even had the pedigree to support the role: Albert Manzo, husband of mater familia Caroline Manzo, is the son of Albert "Tiny" Manzo, whose body"”all 350 pounds of it"”was discovered in the trunk of his Lincoln Continental; in 1983, police described the body as "perforated" with machine gun bullets.

The Kardashians are a family that became famous for their reality TV show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians". The show follows the lives of the family members, who are known for their fashion, beauty, and business ventures. The family includes Kris Jenner, her children Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob Kardashian, as well as Kendall and Kylie Jenner.

Impractical Jokers: After Party is a TV show that discusses and dissects the latest episodes of Impractical Jokers, a popular hidden camera prank show. After each episode, the four members of the Impractical Jokers team join host Joey Fatone to talk about what went on behind the scenes, share their thoughts on the pranks and challenges, and answer questions from fans. The show gives viewers an inside look at how the Impractical Jokers team creates and executes their hilarious pranks, as well as a chance to get to know the guys better.

Who would have thought that the same man who used to put surgical gloves over his head to gain laughs could become so enormously popular, not to mention talented as Howie Mandel. His most recent endeavor includes taking the concept of an increasingly popular concept of flash mobs and turning it into a successful Fox television program called Mobbed. The program combines the "candid camera" concept with surprise occurrences leading up to some pretty interesting programming. Among the plans are a marriage proposal, a pregnancy disclosure, and a job applicant finding she got the job. This is all done with the aid of thousands of guests so the surprise ending is saved for show's end. Viewers watch as guests prep for the main event and rehearse their lines and routines. Mandel is there to guide them through detailed plans until the grand finale. Starting with a few dancers the show moves into a grand scale type performance to conclude some pretty life changing events we can all watch on the show. Highly addictive new show!

Alcohol, sex and partying, partying and more partying" this is the main appeal of The Catalina, a CW television reality show about work days and nights of same name Miami party-hotel. Concerning the level of vulgar jokes, demeaning situations, offensive remarks and drunken people talks this show seems to be on the hair's width above the another remarkable sex&alcohol reality series Jersey Shore produced by MTV. From this point of view The Catalina looks like CW marketing answer to MTV's domination in the humanity moronizing niche. Dramatis Personae of The Catalina could be characterized as "one is better than another". Let's start with the pool bartender couple Kris and Nancy. The first one calls himself as "a big ball of horny energy" and the second one, his ex-girlfriend is always jealous about his penis. As we moving further, we see Morgan a Polish restaurant manager. She hates everyone in the mile radius and describes the rest of the staff as ""¦they are all very stupid." She regularly yells at Eyal, her bartender an Israeli bisexual, who seems to be happy with this "relationships." His sobriquet Gayal, was given to him by their boss, Nathan, who represents the top of this Sodom and Gomorrah. His most remarkable singularity lies in the spraying the fountains of champagne over the guests and staff.

"The Carbonaro Effect" is a TV show where Michael Carbonaro, a magician, pulls off incredible magic tricks on unsuspecting people. The show is unique because the magic happens in everyday situations and locations, making it seem like a hidden camera show. However, unlike most prank shows, Carbonaro's pranks are not mean-spirited and are designed to entertain rather than embarrass or scare people.