Whatever it is, The Biggest Loser holds it.

I haven't watched a second of this show yet. I kept saying I wasn't going to but I wasn't sure if I could do it (or if I could not do it).

Is there any reason I should?

'Because I've never seen a train wreck!' is always good.

Then again, you're a reality TV viewer. You've seen more train wrecks than Gomez Addams.

Watch it for Steven Tyler. He is having a good time and is funny. (His face lift is bothersome though!)

On the very rare occasion when we do have a dissenting vote, it's always Jennifer.

And I haven't found myself in disagreement with her solo 'no's either.

It seems that Randy, when having to make a choice, always sides with Tyler. I think it has less to do with Tyler (or even the contestant) than it does with his 'when in doubt, say yes'.

I could definitely see Jennifer taking over the Simon role. She assesses the whole package not just the looks or the voice. She sounds more like a producer than the other two do.

As long as she doesn't go Kara and assess every performer based only on their commercial potential. And for Kara, that was 'number of commercials potentially able to appear in'. (If Kara was the lone judge and voter, your winner would be Peyton Manning.)

Sometimes, Randy might go the "when in doubt, say yes" route, but other times (like the one with the former Miss Teen USA), I think it's because the person's a pretty girl.

Another consequence of just not being able to say no: we're seeing record numbers of golden tickets being handed out. Compare the end-of-episode count to those given out in prior seasons. We're not seeing a flood of unstoppable talent produced by lowering the application age: this is a direct result of giving Economy seats to anyone who can come within three octaves of a note one try out of twenty.

At this rate, Hollywood Week is going to have every hotel, motel, and alleyway in a twenty-mile radius booked to capacity. We're easily on track to get four hundred (or more) wanna-bes -- and unless the judges locate their spines, eardrums, and vocal cords in a hurry, they will be in no shape to cut that number down.