If only I had the power to close the book on the Reality TV aspirations of has-beens, I would. I swear I would. Unfortunately, there seems to be a spot at a network for anyone and everyone who is or was moderately famous. The newest: Coolio & the Gang. Can you guess what it’s about?
Oxygen has greenlighted an unscripted series starring rapper Coolio that will follow his trials and tribulations as he tries to balance his work with his role as a single parent raising six teenagers.
The network has ordered six half-hour episodes of the series, titled “Coolio & the Gang,” set to air in second-quarter 2008. Oxygen will produce with RDF USA, whose reality credits include ABC’s “Wife Swap,” Fox’s “Don’t Forget the Lyrics” and Lifetime’s upcoming “How to Look Good Naked.”
Not to nitpick — I mean, a deal’s a deal, especially when you’re Coolio — but isn’t Oxygen supposed to the a women’s channel? Coolio doesn’t exactly fit right in.
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More coonery. Yay.
he couldnt even get a show on a “respectible” reality tv network (VH1, MTV) what channel is OXYGEN on anyways?