Tonight, the evil-genius minds of Fox's alternative programming department unveil their latest reality show creation: Anchorwoman (promo above), which seeks to mine the implied comedy gold in transplanting a blonde, spokesbimbo bikini model from L.A. to the anchor desk of the local news in a small Texas market. The LAT's review, however, remained thoroughly unamused—offended even:

If you hate women, men, Texas, Los Angeles, television news and any of the social progress made by Americans in the 20th century, then "Anchorwoman" is the show for you.

On the new Fox reality series, Phil Hurley, owner of the struggling KYTX in Tyler, Texas, has hired Lauren Jones, L.A. model, WWE spokeswoman and general bombshell, to anchor the news, despite the fact (or because of it) that she has no previous news experience. [...]

Jones is not part of the joke, she is the joke, because she is blond, busty and wears short skirts. Which is somehow supposed to be funny. If [series creator Brian] Gadinsky had any courage at all, he would have simply made her a drag queen — that at least would have been interesting — because that is what she is: a female drag queen, her femininity exaggerated, her intelligence diminished.

Maybe we're revealing too much about ourselves by admitting that, on paper at least, the concept seems to have some potential. For one thing, it's hard to get too riled up about how the contrived scenario might compromise the integrity of local TV news—that branch of the fifth estate devoted almost entirely to covering car chases, salmonella scares, supermodel dating habits, and Paris Hilton. Further, the review's suggestion that the just-stupid-seeming-enough Jones be replaced with a drag queen—perhaps a compelling pitch for a limited series on Logo—would quickly grow tiresome drawn out over an entire season on a mainstream network such as Fox, where audiences have likely already had their fill of a mirror-obsessed TelePrompter reader droning on about eyebrow waxing and hair-highlighting tips simply from watching Ryan Seacrest.