The Voice's first season just ended, which means now it's time for record deals, tours and contract renewals.

Tags: Adam Levine, American Idol, Andy Richter, Being Human, Ben Lawson, Better with You, Blake Shelton, Cee-Lo, Christina Aguilera, Dien Lachman, Fear Factor, James Tupper, Jennifer Finnigan, Jennifer Lopez, Joe Rogan, randy jackson, revenge, Steven Tyler, The Voice, Wild Card

I'll admit that back in the day (you know, 2001), I was one of the millions of people who was grossly fascinated by Fear Factor. Watching people confront bugs, spiders, heights etc. was something relatively new and different for the still fresh genre of reality TV and it really struck a nerve. But by the time the series ended in 2006, I was beyond tired of watching people eat scorpions, nosh on cow testicles, get hoisted by helicopters and be placed in the general vicinity of not-really-near explosions. So now that NBC has brought the show back, I had hoped that they'd found a way to push the envelope and take the premise to the next level.

Tags: fear factor, joe rogan

With the recent addition of Wipeout to the world of stupid shows where people make themselves look like idiots in order to earn some cash money, we've decided to take a look back at some of the really ridiculous shows that involve rewarding those with little or no talent with cash. While Wipeout just barely missed making the cut, there are some others that are horrifyingly bad and are contributing to the downfall of quality television just as much as an average episode of The Bachelorette. That's not to say that some of these aren't entertaining to watch, but that doesn't really make them intelligent TV.

Tags: Bobcat's Big Ass Show, deal or no deal, dog eats dog, fear factor, game shows, hurl!, let's bowl, let's make a deal, my dad is better than your dad, national bingo night, set for life, the chair, the chamber

Few things make me gag and cringe in horror like the thought of parents having sex. Not just my parents, mind you. All parents. I understand that it's silly of me to refuse to accept that people over the age of 50 have sex lives. And I also acknowledge that were it not for that one time my parents accidentally did it, I would not be here today to be grossed out about it in the first place. I get all that, people. But I think there must be an evolutionary basis for why "parents" and "sex" are two words I'd just as soon not have appear in the same sentence, let alone paragraph. And I don't think I'm alone in this.

Tags: Dr. Drew, Fear Factor, Loveline, MTV, Sex Talk with Sue Johanson, Sex with Mom and Dad