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Antonio Sabato Jr., Blu Cantrel, Christopher Knight, Janet Evans, Wee Man, Rachel Hunter and Stacey Dash star in the show performing different acts like the high wire, trapeze, wheel of death, and the Russian swing (human catapult) and judged by their high-flying abilities. Obviously, this show is a spawn of the popular "Circus of the Stars" series that ran on CBS between 1977 and 1994. However, this was before reality TV's massive influence on pop culture. Whereas "Stars" was original and fresh in 1977, "Celebrity Circus" seems pretty pathetic in 2008, when you see it next to shows like "Living Lohan" and "Rock of Love."
It's been happening, but TV has been slipping into a sad place for awhile now. There's "The Office," "30 Rock" and your premium cable shows, but the rest of tube time is filled with reality programming. The last episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" was probably the end of an era -- when the 30-minute family sitcom died. We aren't sure why "Celebrity Circus" struck such a chord with us (after all, we watch "The Hills" and "American Idol" like everyone else), but perhaps it's those ridiculous outfits they're wearing that has us up in arms. There's just something very disturbing about Sabato's Aladdin-esque pajama pants.
