Kirstie Alley's Big Life

I am big fan of celebreality shows and of Kirstie Alley so when I heard she was doing her own show I was excited. Kirstie is most known for her Star Trek role and her stint in Veronica's Closet. Her television show Fat Actress, a fictional take on her own life, was sadly short lived. Kirstie is hilarious and her show Kirstie Alley's Big Life, Mondays on A&E, is an expose on celebrity and weight loss and gains tackled with deft humor and some deep moments.

Kirstie is a natural, funny and engaging, and her show focuses on her big life: it's a busy mix of work and keeping up her house (and life) along with raising her two kids and tending to a cage full of lemurs, and on top of that she's really fat and trying to lose the weight. Her staff is heavily featured, and they are the only drawback of the show. Sure, their exploits are humorous and their interaction with Kirstie entertaining, but I can't help feel like she allows her self to be used and taken advantage of by being friends with them, rather than maintaining a professional relationship. They're lazy and annoying.

The deepest moments are when Kirstie's relationship with fame is explored. Such as when her most recent appearance on the Oprah Show was highlighted, and she muses about 15 minutes of fame. "You can never decide when it begins, or chose when it's going to end, but you can make the most of everything in between."

I also recommend Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood. Tori Spelling is the daughter of the late TV mogul Aaron Spelling (Charmed and 90210 are among his many credits) and famously left a life of millions to marry Dean McDermott, a z-list actor from Canada. Her life is a roller coaster of trying to get over her wicked mother and dealing with the pressures of her recently (re)expanding fame, while raising her infant children. She acts in her own life which makes it seem so fake sometimes, and conflates the drama in her life to annoying proportions, but her relationship with her friends, husband, and children is touching because it's the only genuine thing in her life. People who have said Tori can't act need to look no further, she's can't turn off acting. Tori & Dean airs on Oxygen. I also recommend her first book sTORItelling. It's a great examination of her life, and helps clear up the tabloid gossip that seems inescapable in her life.