THE PAPER!

Who would have thought MTV would come out with a show other than Tila Tequila's "a Shot at Love" or "the Real World"? Last week a brand-spanking new series came out about a high school paper called "The Circuit" from a high school located in California. It's just like any other high school newspaper production, right? No, it's even better! With all of the paper's staff and drama-rama to go along with it, this is probably the funniest show to watch as a newspaper staff member myself.

Apparently in California it's a really big deal to be editor-in-chief. "I'm the big cheese, I'm the big cheese" as Amanda, the ever-so-hopeful future editor, would say. She dances around the kitchen with her Easy Mac and spends all hours of the night on a weekend to work on her essay in order to get the title of editor. As she spends hours slaving away at her computer on a Friday night, all of the other staff members are shown to be out partying and enjoying themselves. Then it goes on to show everyone else stressing out later about their papers, as she's out basking away in the sun by the pool. This girl is crazy.

The staff members are slightly harsh and somewhat cruel to our friend Amanda. Many find her hard to listen to, to take orders from, and simply just to be around in the first place. With a demanding, in-your-face type of personality, the other members find her hard to get along with. She falls ill and stays home from school the day the essays were supposed to be turned in, and her mom had to run in and hand it in for her. The staff goes out to eat later that night, and call her and ask her how she's doing with several bursts of laughter and muttered comments that she could plainly hear.

The funniest part of this show to me was not only how staged it all is, but also the couple that is on staff. As they are making out trying to finish their essays last minute, we also get into their "texting lives" and watch as they text each other IMMEDIATELY after they find Amanda is the new editor-in-chief. I can tell you now, the only reason I'm watching this show is because it's so dumb, it's entertaining. Torch is nothing like this show!