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Twitter Getting a Reality TV Show?

by Terrence O'Brien on May 26, 2009 at 05:54 PM

Twitter Getting a TV Show?

Twitter is going Hollywood. Well, kind of. Although, contrary to rumors, no official Twitter TV show will make its way to the airwaves anytime soon, Twitter has indeed signed a deal with Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, known for such shows as 'Politically Incorrect,' 'Just Shoot Me' and 'The Steve Harvey.' Per that agreement, the microblogging service will be featured in an as-yet-unnamed reality show.

The involved companies have described the show to Variety as "putting ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format." We're pretty sure that by "revolutionary" they mean, "It's exactly the same as this other reality show except we're gonna have people Twitter!"

This may be a sign that Twitter's days as the darling of tech elites and celebrities are coming to an end. If the social networking service is prominently featured on a successful reality show, you can expect teenage girls and middle-aged housewives to increasingly flock to the service, just as they did to Facebook. [From: Twitter and Variety]

Tags: microblogging, reality tv, RealityTv, top, twitter

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