The City is Coming to Town

First, there was Laguna Beach, then came The Hills, and now spin-off numéro trois: The City. That's right, Manhattan is getting it's very own MTV scripted "reality" show, complete with Hills alum Whitney Port and some dude who says he's a "downtown hipster, i wear a fedora." A blurb about the series paints the picture of "a whole new world" for the 20-something, "as she packs up and moves to the bright lights of Manhattan...taking a huge chance at a brand new life." (Doesn't this just make you want to listen to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin" at max volume?!) The network also divulges that she'll be working at Diane Von Furstenberg's design house, and her sidekicks will include "a best friend from her past and a guy she's head-over-heels for." Take a look at the trailer, which will surely make you long for the days of Sex and the City.

As one Livejournal scribe declared: "Oh my god oh my god oh my god. I can't wait it looks so fucking good. Dec 29th Bitches"!

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on December 2, 2008 2:08 PM

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Brainwash

DO NOT WANT

MrCow

DO NOT WANT

NannyState

Well, what's it going to be? Escapist faux-upscale teeny porn? Or recessionary Faux-gritty Welcome Back Kotter pfaff? Only time and condo development can tell...

kchu

Sorry to anyone still holding out that these shows are real, but my roommate works at DVF and Whitney definitely does not. She shows up with cameras once a month for about 20 minutes to pretend.

Amanda Harletsch

skinny and talentless! the core of celebrity culture. The good thing is that in real life this bimbos can not hold a job unless is for a camera.

hungryghoast

fuck.

all i could think while watching that was "death to the infidels"

MissPinkKate

Whitney bores me to death, and I don't know how, but they made beautiful NYC look just like the LA of The Hills in the trailer. No thanks, I'll take a pass on this one. I don't even watch The Hills anymore; I just don't care.

babyhitler

i'm a firm believer that ugly chicks shouldn't be on television

fakenewyorker

keep up the good work carlson.

haters gotta hate!

ChampionOfTheSun

How about a show about a non-pretentious struggling artist who has to share a railroad apartment with pain in the ass roommates in a building with a slumlord owner who won't fix the heat in the winter. I still probably wouldn't watch, but at least that would be a lot more interesting than another show about a bunch of rich brats that have no concept of reality.

JRod5417

But when will Justin Bobby get his own show. Phooey!

r1b2

"When Whores Collide."

matty

How about a gossip girl show about hookers in new york?

Like the girl comes to the big city with jonas brothers playing in the background but quickly is hardened to the realities of the world when she has to turn tricks to keep her cocaine habit in the capacity to which she becomes accustomed.

bxbrian

i hope she ditches that job and becomes a bus driver in brooklyn, ifyaknowwhatimean.

Wza

Matty, I was hoping the same thing.

Maybe we'll be lucky enough to see one of these dumbasses get robbed or something.

*sigh*

gossipgirl

I always liked Whitney! She seemed the nicest of all the girls.

chuzzlewit

also if you click on the livejournal link the first screen to pop up has porn on it...which is like omigod and so. not. Twilight.

matty

Also did JC quote someone from her livejournal page?

How old is JC anyway? 22?

sharight

this show is going to blow. whitney never has anything interesting to say. erin, her sidekick friend, is also incredibly lame and pathetic. she had never heard of iced tea when i met her a few years back. this pains me that you're covering this crap.

matty

I was hoping shows like these would die with the economic crash

babyhitler

this show is gonna fail, mainly cause whitney is an uggo. No hottie audrina or LC. Although Sex and the city had 4 ugly chicks and still did well.