Bachelor Pad

ABC loves to capitalize on its hit franchise The Bachelor/Bachelorette. Thus, Bachelor Pad was born.

Bachelor Pad takes past contestants from the other two shows and lumps them together in a house. They participate in silly challenges and win immunity. They flirt. The speak in sexual innuendoes. They walk around ether in clean-cut formalwear or scantily clad bathing suits.

Occasionally there are (gasp!) hookups. But the real prize is the $250,000 the winner receives.

It's really just like watching a dating reality show. And when you have contestants like Vienna,

who is the perfect reality-show contestant because she's good-looking and melodramatic, it makes the show that much more fun to watch.

So, if you're looking for TV that's gonna grow new brain cells, this is NOT that show. But for the eye candy appeal, it'll do, particularly on a night like tonight, with a dull Monday night preseason game between the Jets and Texans.