The hills, it gives me the chills

I was jogging on the tredmill at the gym a couple of weeks ago. There are only 5 channels on the T.Vs there, and the only thing even remotely watchable was MTV. "The Hills" was on. I have seen the title of that show float around in the gossip sections of various newspaper, but never really known what it was about. I knew that someone named Heidi had a major role but that was about it.
I didn't have headphones on but even without sound I was still able to tell that this show might perhaps be one of the dumbest shows in the history of television, and that's saying a lot.
These incredibly plastic looking people acting shallow and stupid, with every conversation so obviously scripted because everything was so awkward and feigned. Not a genuine emotion in sight. That Heidi person was the worst among them all.

The question is why this show has reached such popularity. Why? I don't understand it. I will never understand how these reality shows have become so interesting when we all know that most of what goes on in them is scripted. If it was reality it'd be a different story, but it's not.

Like those shows where lonely farmers are looking for their perfect mate and has women write to him and gets to pick out a handful who get to spend time with him on his farm. In the end he has to pick one. Are you going to tell me that people can actually fall in love in front of a whole camera crew, and that what they say and do isn't scripted. Any moron can see that it's all carefully planned. And what dignified woman, or man, would allow herself to be in competition with 4 other women over the affections of a man, in front of millions of viewers no less? You'd have to perform a lobotomy on me first, which is exactly what they appear to have done to that Heidi person on "The Hills".

I just do not get the love that people have for these shows. Most people know it's all a show for the cameras and most people are ashamed to admit they watch them. "I was flipping channels and I just happened to come across this show and since there was nothing else to watch I ended up watching it". "I watch it, I know it's stupid, but I can't help it". See, I even did it myself in the beginning of this post. Only in my case I can honestly say that I don't care if I ever watch "The Hills" again.