Post by dkennedy on Nov 16, 2005 3:25:43 GMT -5
Young, Beautiful & Looking Hot in HDTV
HDNet's new reality show about nubile women trying to succeed in Hollywood may be the sexiest show on TV today. No, make that ever.
November 14, 2005
By Phillip Swann, tvpredictions.com
Lingerie model Aiko Tanaka tells the HDTV camera that she's giving it up to try her hand at stand-up comedy.
However, Aika is appearing in the new HDNet reality show, Young, Beautiful & Trying to Make It In Hollywood. And, as everyone knows, few gorgeous women can go long on HDNet without suddenly donning a bikini.
The next scene shows Ms. Tanaka boldly taking the stage at a Southern California comedy club in tight-fitting, highly-revealing swimwear. As the audience looks on with stunned expressions, the young woman belts out her best jokes while playfully hopping and jiggling around the stage. It may not be comedy, but it's certainly entertaining.
Tanaka later confesses that stand-up may not be for her (insert your own joke there) -- while she's photographed cooking at home in, yes, another bikini.
By now, you may have a detected a theme to YB &..., which airs in beautiful HDTV at various late night times during the weekends on HDNet. (The high-def network is available on DIRECTV and EchoStar satellite systems and several cable TV lineups.) The show, which follows three different young women every week as they audition for magazine photo shoots and bit acting roles in Los Angeles, is the most blatant display of raw, gratuitous sex appeal since ABC went T&A in the 1970s with such shows as Charlie's Angels and Three's Company.
But, hey, sex sells -- and, in crystal-clear HDTV, sex has never rung up more business than here. This just may be the sexiest d**n show ever.
During last week's episode, the high-def production team followed Chanelle, a buxomly blonde, as she was photographed in a skimpy school girl outfit for a magazine photo spread. In case the viewer didn't get the point of the segment, the cameraman offered several close-ups of Chanelle's most obvious charms.
Earlier this season, another aspiring (and, in high-def, occasionally perspiring) actress went on a modeling session for Trashy Lingerie, a Los Angeles-based store whose specialty I'll assume you've already guessed. Angela, the actress, was asked a few times to change her clothing before the cameras. And, of course, she agreed. Although HDNet kept the high-def cameras up north -- and slightly blurred the image when all of her charms were revealed -- I suspect that this scene will be the most exposure that Angela ever gets in Hollywood.
Young, Beautiful and Trying to Make It In Hollywood may sound a bit sleazy because of its obvious mission to depict as many women as possible wearing as little clothing as possible. However, the show is actually done with a tongue-in-cheek style, making it humorous rather than exploitative. (Although I'm sure that some female viewers would disagree.)
The women clearly know this is not intended to be a serious look at the difficulties of becoming an actress. (Which would make for a good documentary, by the way.) Consequently, they have as much fun performing in it as the viewers (males, at least) do watching it.
HDNet's new reality show about nubile women trying to succeed in Hollywood may be the sexiest show on TV today. No, make that ever.
November 14, 2005
By Phillip Swann, tvpredictions.com
Lingerie model Aiko Tanaka tells the HDTV camera that she's giving it up to try her hand at stand-up comedy.
However, Aika is appearing in the new HDNet reality show, Young, Beautiful & Trying to Make It In Hollywood. And, as everyone knows, few gorgeous women can go long on HDNet without suddenly donning a bikini.
The next scene shows Ms. Tanaka boldly taking the stage at a Southern California comedy club in tight-fitting, highly-revealing swimwear. As the audience looks on with stunned expressions, the young woman belts out her best jokes while playfully hopping and jiggling around the stage. It may not be comedy, but it's certainly entertaining.
Tanaka later confesses that stand-up may not be for her (insert your own joke there) -- while she's photographed cooking at home in, yes, another bikini.
By now, you may have a detected a theme to YB &..., which airs in beautiful HDTV at various late night times during the weekends on HDNet. (The high-def network is available on DIRECTV and EchoStar satellite systems and several cable TV lineups.) The show, which follows three different young women every week as they audition for magazine photo shoots and bit acting roles in Los Angeles, is the most blatant display of raw, gratuitous sex appeal since ABC went T&A in the 1970s with such shows as Charlie's Angels and Three's Company.
But, hey, sex sells -- and, in crystal-clear HDTV, sex has never rung up more business than here. This just may be the sexiest d**n show ever.
During last week's episode, the high-def production team followed Chanelle, a buxomly blonde, as she was photographed in a skimpy school girl outfit for a magazine photo spread. In case the viewer didn't get the point of the segment, the cameraman offered several close-ups of Chanelle's most obvious charms.
Earlier this season, another aspiring (and, in high-def, occasionally perspiring) actress went on a modeling session for Trashy Lingerie, a Los Angeles-based store whose specialty I'll assume you've already guessed. Angela, the actress, was asked a few times to change her clothing before the cameras. And, of course, she agreed. Although HDNet kept the high-def cameras up north -- and slightly blurred the image when all of her charms were revealed -- I suspect that this scene will be the most exposure that Angela ever gets in Hollywood.
Young, Beautiful and Trying to Make It In Hollywood may sound a bit sleazy because of its obvious mission to depict as many women as possible wearing as little clothing as possible. However, the show is actually done with a tongue-in-cheek style, making it humorous rather than exploitative. (Although I'm sure that some female viewers would disagree.)
The women clearly know this is not intended to be a serious look at the difficulties of becoming an actress. (Which would make for a good documentary, by the way.) Consequently, they have as much fun performing in it as the viewers (males, at least) do watching it.