In a time where "real" moments don't happen that much anymore, when reality tv is so over the top watered down that no one really care anymore, you have the moment that happened on Sunday night.
This time of the year people are watching their favorite shows come to a close, whether it be for the year or for good. That being said Sunday night was a very hyped night. It was Lost finale night. The big even had been hyped for months and was going to be ABC's major big ticket in the ratings, especially on a big sweeps night. Meanwhile CBS aired a major Brooks & Dunn tribute concert, which I have on my DVR, but that was more geared towards hard-core country fans, ad it was a really smart decision on this night. Fox had their Animation Domination finales, from which The Simpsons was really funny with the Idol crossover, but that has never been a huge ratings threat.
So when the ratings come out on Monday and you saw that Lost didn't get the big numbers that they were expecting (5.8 average for the entire night including a 4.0 on the pre-show), what could have happened? Well alot of people like myself were turned into NBC for the Celebrity Apprentice finale.
The show that has been really under the radar all spring. It's actually been the most intriguing, funny, emotional, nail-biting reality show in quite awhile. On this night it wasn't the tasks, the shameless promotion and seeing that Donald Trump's son has a worse head of hair than he does.
It turned into a night where a little girl with borderline diabetes gave her dad a reason to give up. It was about a man was smart enough to make a dolly-track out of a rolling chair, a board and a camera just to make sure he got the shot he needed. It was about a man who was on his death-bed a month ago walking on that stage by himself to a standing ovation. While everywhere on television on Sunday you had fantasy world to escape to, the real world was the most intriguing thing of the whole night.
It wasn't about winning the show or claiming a title anymore, that was a foregone conclusion before they went on the air. It was a man with more guts, more pride and more fortitude than anyone had ever seen.
I don't know what the future holds after this, but on this night and for now for a long while after, the man of the hour and the most talked about man in America, has now 100% clinched his legendary status.
Bret Michaels, you are the man. Get healthy and rock on!!
