I need some black friends

I was cruising around the BET website looking for information about The Christies, the new reality show about Doug Christie & his lunatic wife, when I ran across the promo page for the new show Beef.  In a nutshell, “Beef: The Series explores the conflicts of America’s hottest celebrities every Wednesday at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)!”  I hate to sound like a complete provincial rube, but what the fuck, Black America? 

Are you really going to tune into a show about millionaires who have petty grudges against other millionaires?  Episode One’s synopsis makes me think this show was pitched to E! (Entertainment Television) and then rejected for not being highbrow enough for the discerning E! audience.   ”In the first episode, Beef: The Series explores the catfight between Tyra Banks and Naomi Campbell, and gets into Lil’ Romeo and Bow Wow’s beef.”  There’s seriously an audience wanting to know about Tyra Bank’s opinion of Naomi Campbell?  Aren’t Lil Romeo & Bow Wow both 18?  Man, am I old.  And white.

I just wish E! would make a version of this for whitey.  ”On the next episode of I’ve Got A Bone To Pick, Barbara Streisand - is she still angry at Bruce Willis for his caustic remarks about James Brolin?  Plus, inside the feud between Haley Joel Osment & Jonathan Lipnicki!”