American Porn Idol

The porno-ization of America continues as Silhouette Productions announces its plan to produce a 7-episode reality show in which 28 women compete for a contract with an adult film distributor. Among the judges? Former gubernatorial candidates Mary Carey and Cruz Bustamente. (Just kidding; even the porn industry refuses to touch Cruz after his loss to Arnold!)

“It’s like ‘Paradise Hotel,’ when they go behind the scenes,” said Silhouette CEO Harry Feingold, “Everybody wants to know what’s going on. Well, here you see it.”

There are two important questions:

1. Have we been able to beat the Roman Empire for decadence yet?

2. Will Fox take up the challenge to its sleaze crown and in fact launch a hardcore pornography channel, as joked about on the Simpsons?