Whatever finally comes to be considered the Golden Age of reality TV, the phenomenon's roots lie in earlier decades. Consider "Candid Camera," which got its giggles by ambush, or "Law and Order," which was among the first to examine real cops in action.

"Big On The Web" checks in on reactions to Christopher Nolan not getting a Best Director nod, a Seinfeld mashup, and what your state is worst at.
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American Idol Season 10

 Cast member Hayden Panettiere (L) answers a question, as co-star Marcia Gay Harden watches, at the Lifetime Television panel for the movie "The Amanda Knox Story" during the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, California January 7, 2011.

In an industry propped up by hits, the programming landscape is typically dominated by misses. Roughly 80% of all new shows fail; about a third of this year's freshman crop won't even make it past January. Figures like these have driven many to question network television's costly model, but none to actually alter it. And so it goes, another season of turkeys, as we've affectionately dubbed the shows that have already gotten the ax or are dangerously close to it.