On the Lot sucks (but I've seen every episode)

It does though. I can't believe Mark "king of reality/competition shows" Burnett and Steven Spielberg dropped the ball on this. It's all over the place. There's no rhyme or reason to what they're doing and they're not showing the best part- the shooting! I don't think the general public knows what goes into making a film and maybe they don't give a shit but truly it's fascinating and would make for great drama without having to resort to the usual reality style editing where a situation seems more dramatic than it is. On top of that the Host needs to relax. Obnoxious doesn't even cover it. She has this habit of wrapping her arms around the contestants and making them do the same to her. It's awkward. Then she'll point out that they're "shaking" and "why are you nervous?" Ummmm, because you're a creppy weirdo who can't make them feel comfortable not to mention they just screened a piece of work that they put their heart and soul into (hopefully) and adrenaline is consuming them. I do like the guest director judges- there honest and not afraid to speak their mind, although Michael Bay seems like a douche bag through and through. Carrie Fisher is a trainwreck, and Garry Marshall says some good stuff and has some funny one-liners but sometimes I'm not sure where he's coming from. Either he's drinking during commercial breaks or he's slipping mentally. For example, he told one director that next time he'd like to see her do something more serious. Well their assignment was to make a comedy. I'm sure she would love to do something serious, when assigned to. But he ragged on himself for Beaches so that made up for it.

All right I'm done with the soap boxing...

I'm watching because I love watching the shorts. We DVR the episodes and fast forward thru the Crystal methed-up host. Probably the only way I could watch it. That being said, as a filmmaker (or wannabe filmmaker) it's a disappointment that the show doesn't tell you anything about filmmaking and that's it's American Idol for filmmakers. Maybe they'll get their shit together next season.