Love it or hate it, the Hills is for whatever reason a culutural phenomena that years from now will be mocked accordingly in “I love the 2000’s”. Its Gen Y’s Saved by the Bell, Beverely Hills 90210, Dawson’s Creek, etc all rolled up into one ridiculous borderline reality show. However its clear to me that the writing is on the wall that this may be the last season or potentially second to last. MTV has a track record of having shows abruptly end and their has been talk that the show needs to wind down. Here are 5 other key indicators that it could be curtains on the most ridiculous “reality” show ever perperatrated on the American public.
1- Whitney is going to have her own spin off in New York City. This leads me to believe SOMA could soon become its own ridiculous reality show.
2- Recently the salaries of the “stars” of the show were leaked. The fact that these guys are being paid to be pretentious socialites in this economic climate really sours the shows appeal to many viewers. I recently joked that I wanted to infiltrate the cast of the Hills and would date any character to do so. Maybe that wouldn’t have been a bad career move. The idea that they are paid ruins the guise that they are just trying to live their lives. Heidi Montag: $65,000 per episode ($1.25 million per year) Spencer Pratt: $65,000 per episode ($1.25 million per year) Audrina: $35,000 per episode ($665,000 annually) Whitney: $20,000 per episode ($380,000 per season) Brody: $10,000 per episode ($190,000 a year) Lauren “Lo”: $10,000 per episode ($190,00 for The Hills Season 4) Stephanie: $8,000 per episode ($152,00 for Season 4) Frankie: $0 3- MTV has a new show entitled “The Hills According to Me”. The show mocks the Hills (its great), but begs the question would they have a show mocking their hit, if it wasn’t winding down.
4- Finally, this show just needs to end. It’s worse then crack and it plagues millions of people. Everytime I sit through an episode, I feel guilty the moment the after show comes on and I realize what I am associating myself with. The near image of the co hosts below, makes me cringe violently.
