Charm School - VH1

At times I enjoy being entertained by mind-numbing television, and no channel does it better these days than VH1 (remember when they were just the "MTV for old people"?). After two seasons of "Flavor of Love" and it's first spinoff "I Love New York" (each series getting progressively worse than the last), the celeb-reality show braintrust at VH1 decided to go back to the basics. They took the 13 most controversial, outspoken, loud, skanky, or pissed off women from the first two seasons of "Flavor of Love", dressed them up in private school uniforms and stuck them in a house for their new reality show, "Charm School". There they will taught manners and etiquette by Mo'Nique, the host and President of Charm School, and her "Ten Commandments", around which the challenges revolve each week. My favorite so far: "Thou shalt work with what thou art working with". How can anyone say that with a straight face?

Helping Mo'Nique decide the fates of the girls each week are a couple of "Deans"; one is an editor at Essence and the other is the resident Simon Cowell nasty nay-sayer type (who is, by the way, a beauty pageant coordinator!). Every week after a challenge, the group gets together and someone is sent home, symbolized by handing in their Charm School pledge pin.

Both TLM and I knew this would make our TiVo lineup the moment we saw the preview. Will there be any fistfights? Will there be any spitting? Will there be any chicken in the microwave?