The T.O Show debuted on Monday night on VH-1, and if you missed it, you didn't miss much.
Well, that's not exactly true. In fact, you missed quite a bit. Sort of.
Owens is in his typical form here. The show picks up where his stay in Dallas came to a close. In fact, T.O talks us through how Jerry Jones broke the bad news to him on that fateful day. It appears, and genuinely so, that Owens may indeed be broken up about his release from the Cowboys. With tears attempting to eek out of his eyes, Owens dials up his publicists, Kita Williams and Monique Jackson, to help get through this trying time.
It's at that point where the show takes a bizarre turn. Williams and Jackson are two talkative young women who seem to have Owens' best interest at heart. But they're nagging, oftentimes coming across as frivolous and vexing. Acting more like Owens' two moms than best friends, the women follow the star wide receiver around like stray cats looking for a new companion. They want him to date the right girl. Plan for his future. Party less.
They certainly realize he is a pampered athlete, right?
NFL fans might like the show, however. Always a flamboyant personality, Owens is his affable self in the pilot episode and never comes across as an unlikeable athlete despite admitting to cheating on his former girlfriend. The following episodes will attempt to humanize the outlandish NFL star, as he visits his grandmother in Alabama who is stricken with Alzheimer's. Owens has often referred to his grandmother as his inspiration.
But it's the show itself that has its fair share of problems. Often looking like the neglected love child of The Real World and The Hills, we view Owens' steamy hook up with his real estate agent in a hot tub and watch as he hosts a house party that upsets his seemingly omnipresent publicists. With the amount of women who force their way onto the one hour premiere--including Williams and Jackson--you spend a good portion of the episode wondering how much footage is pre-planned or, at the very least, loosely scripted.
Viewers may not care, however. Owens has always been a player who scripted his celebrations. From the sharpie to the pom-poms to the end zone sit-ups, VH1's new show is just another vehicle for T.O to entertain the masses.
Get your popcorn ready.
'The T.O Show' (Terrell Owens reality show)
This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009



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