It's hard not to feel jealous of the contestants on Fire Me... Please. The CBS hidden-camera show (Tuesdays, 9 pm/ET) features freshly hired employees trying to get themselves fired for a $25,000 prize. These baristas and salesclerks let loose and loony at work, acting out many a low-wage toiler's revenge fantasy, while host Dave Holmes secretly watches all the dramedy go down from a nearby van. The former MTV personality — himself a runner-up in the music channel's reality experiment Wanna Be a VJ — tells TVGuide.com why his new gig is worth holding on to.
TVGuide.com: Had you been looking to do reality TV before you landed Fire Me?Dave Holmes: Sure. For a while, it just seemed like every [reality show] was [about] having your face put back together or doing something really mean to somebody. This is funny and smart and not mean.
TVG: Do you really spend the whole day in the van while the contestants are
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From the sublime to the ridiculous, we've got the goods on the latest crop of new reality shows. Trailer makeovers? Check. Will & Grace's "Just Jack" slumming it on Bravo in the dead of August? Check. Pauly Shore's resurrection from the dead... on TBS?! Check, mates. You've gotta get a load of this!
Fire Me... Please (CBS, premieres tomorrow, 9 pm/ET)
"The Bizarro Apprentice": Each week contestants do their damnedest to get fired.
The Cut (CBS, premieres Thursday, 8pm/ET)
Aspiring designers compete to work for picky, pint-size fashion mogul Tommy Hilfiger.
Minding the Store (TBS, premieres July 17, 10 pm/ET)
Pauly Shore takes over his mother's legendary laugh house, the Comedy Store.
Situation: Comedy (Bravo, premieres August 2, 8 pm/ET)
Sean Hayes and producer Todd Milliner turn the pilot-season pitching ritual into a reality competition.
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