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Osbournes: Reloaded on Fox

They’re baaaaaack.  Apparently, producers at Fox never got the memo that America is sick and tired of the Osbournes’ vulgar antics.  The self-proclaimed “first family of being f***ed up” has inexplicably been given a prime-time “variety” show.  In this case, “variety” doesn’t mean singing and dancing; it means cursing and…well, more cursing.  Hopefully, after a repugnant premiere and backlash from wary Fox affiliates, the potty-mouthed clan will be gone.  For foul language and a truly repellent collection of disjointed sketches, stunts, and hidden camera pranks, Fox’s special Osbournes: Reloaded (March 31, 9:20 p.m. ET) has been named Worst TV Show of the Week.

As soon as the Osbournes finished their first prank, it became painfully clear that this show may be absolutely the most brainless and repulsive thing on television.  A male audience member was chosen to take the stage and kiss another female audience member for money.  Once the blindfolds were placed over his eyes, he knew something was up; yet he went along with the stunt anyway.  Sure enough, right before he leaned in for a kiss, his attractive young female partner was replaced with an elderly woman.  After kissing the ravenous grandmother, the man shrieks, “What the [bleeped ‘f***?’]  No, no, no.  No, hell no!  What the hell was that?  What was that?”  Viewers at home were probably wondering the same thing. 

The train wreck continued with more mind-numbingly idiotic bits.  There was a parody of Flashdance, in which Ozzy squeezed into a leotard, flipped off the judges that were watching him, and passed gas as he left the audition hall.  During the live portion of the show, Kelly showed off what passes for quick wit in this family: after meeting an audience member named Nick, she asked him, “Do you know that rhymes with [bleeped ‘d***?’]” 

Kelly and Ozzy later got a chance to take their repugnant act directly to the unsuspecting public. In a hidden camera bit, father and daughter work “normal” jobs at a fast-food drive-thru.  In a disgusting display of arrogance and rudeness, they berate customers, contaminate food, and throw a shake at a car. In one exchange, the customer fails to hear the cost of his order.  Kelly spits, “Are you [bleeped ‘f***ing’] deaf?” “Don’t say [bleeped ‘f***’] to me, bitch,” the customer retorts. Ozzy warns Kelly not to swear at the customers.  Kelly explains, “He called me a bitch.”  When the customer asks for the price again, Kelly shouts, “I’m not [bleeped ‘f***ing’] telling you because you called me a bitch.  You can [bleeped ‘f***’] off.  Bye!”

Apparently, since the Osbournes have no real comedic talent, the only way to reinvent them is to repackage their shtick into pint-sized characters.  The skit entitled “The Littlest Osbournes” basically works off the premise that if adults cursing is funny, then children cursing must be hilarious.  Unfortunately, it’s merely crude and unsettling. 

“Lil’ Ozzy” and “Lil’ Sharon” – two children dressed up like the adult reality stars -- go to a movie theater, where the attendant tells them that they have to be grown up to watch an R-rated movie.

“Grown up?” Lil’ Ozzy asks.  “Look at you, you're barely out of [bleeped ‘f***ing’] nappies yourself for you to tell us what the [bleeped ‘f***’] to do.” 

“Um, look, those are the rules” the attendant replies.

Lil’ Sharon interjects, “And this is my fist.  We are coming in.  And you can shove your [bleeped ‘f***ing’] rules up your [bleeped ‘a**.’]”

The attendant stammers, “Look, I don't know…”

“You don't know how to shove something up your backside?” Lil’ Sharon asks.  “Well, I'll come over there and [bleeped ‘f***ing’] show you!” 

Originally conceived as an hour-long weekly variety show, Osbournes: Reloaded has been shaved to ever shorter “specials” with no fixed future airdates. Fox affiliates around the country were sent short promotional reels of this first episode prior to broadcast.  From those short promos, over a dozen affiliates wisely decided to pull the show off of their airwaves, knowing that the millions of children that watch American Idol would be exposed to this trash-fest immediately following their favorite wholesome show.  The Fox network should take a cue from these responsible affiliates and yank the Osbournes’ series entirely. If Fox has any sense, the Osbournes will be unloaded for good. 

For foul language and crude humor Osbournes: Reloaded has been named Worst TV Show of the Week.