Marketplace, Gift for Dog Lover

In this new CBS reality show, dog owners and their pets live together in the same house as they compete to see who is the best. The show will have competitors from pageants and from people who have trained their dogs at home.

The premise of CBS’ Greatest American Dog sounds more like the plot of a Christopher Guest mockumentary than a compelling reality show.  Here’s the setup: 12 people with strong personalities are thrown into a house along with their canines, where they’re forced to put their pups through all sorts of wacky challenges.  Each week, judges Wendy Diamond, Allan Reznik and Victoria Stillwell eliminate an owner/dog team, until the one duo left yapping is awarded $250,000.
(more…)