Is it just us, or does anyone else think that the lengths our political figures are willing to go to in order to win some love from the American people is getting to the point of sheer ridiculousness? They've been on late shows, SNL, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, even The View. We get it — you guys (and gal) are hip and cool. But if you happened to be watching TV last night, you may have noticed that all the current heavy hitters were appearing in some really odd places. First, President Bush showed up on the hit game show, Deal or No Deal, delivering a thank you message to a soldier contestant as well as poking fun at his low approval rating: But the icing on the cake had to be when we saw Hillary, Barack and McCain air a message on WWE Raw the night before the Pennsylvania Democratic primary. Their wrestling jokes were so cringe-worthy, we could barely make it through to McCain’s bit: Your take: How do you feel about our politicians making so many TV appearances, namel...
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WWE's Triple H by Martin Schoeller/USA Network/WWE Photo
The rasslin' ring is the latest stump stop. Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, along with GOP presidential hopeful John McCain, will bring their campaigns to WWE Monday Night Raw tonight (8 pm/ET, USA).Each candidate will address the audience in a taped message. For Clinton and Obama, the hope is that tonight's appearance could lead to a body slam in tomorrow's Pennsylvania primary. — J.R. Whalen
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WWE Smackdown by Rich Freeda/WWE
Hold on to your spandex! World Wrestling Entertainment will be bringing their wrestlers to MyNetworkTV in fall 2008. The general entertainment network will become the exclusive prime-time broadcasting home for WWE SmackDown, a weekly, two-hour program featuring the blood, sweat and cleavage of all the WWE's top superstars. SmackDown has become one of the most highly watched programs on broadcast television among men during its nine-year existence, previously airing on UPN and the CW as Friday Night SmackDown! The WWE reaches 16 million viewers weekly with Smackdown and two other cable shows, Monday Night Raw on USA Network and ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling on the SciFi Channel. — Adam Bryant
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Michelle and Torrie by Barbara Nitke/Bravo
Cheers to Project Runway for coming up with TV's fiercest challenges. Just when you thought Bravo's reality show couldn't top the prom-themed episode for sheer kitschy goodness, the contestants were required to design outfits for the WWE divas. While the task seemed tailor-made for over-the-top-rope drag queen Chris — who confessed that he wanted to wear his winning leopard-print ensemble — others struggled. (As Jillian so succinctly put it, "'Oh, s---!' was the initial thought that went through my head.") It eventually proved the undoing of little Ricky, who wasn't granted immunity despite winning the last challenge, and whose ugly-ass orange bathing suit got body-slammed by the judges. Auf, that hurts!For another take on Runway's latest, read Matt Roush's new Dispatch.• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on Super Tuesday coverage, Old Christine and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• W...
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Shear Genius host, Jaclyn Smith by Mitch Haaseth/Bravo Photo
Bravo has ordered second seasons of both Shear Genius (Jaclyn Smith will return as heavenly host) and Top Design, to begin casting shortly and debut next year.... ABC has ordered Wipeout, a reality pilot in which 50 contestants navigate "the world's largest obstacle course" en route to a $50,000 prize, says the Reporter. The show is described as "Fear Factor with none of the gross" — but all of the implants!.... USA Network has extended its contract for WWE Monday Night Raw by two years, through 2010.
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