Ox Notes: August 16, 2007

Big shocker -- Bachelor Andy and his chosen girl Tessa called off their engagement.

Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of The Amazing Race and National Treasure, is creating a drama about -- what else? -- treasure hunters.

Dateline: To Catch a Predator, which is being sued by the family of an alleged predator who killed himself when NBC's camera crew showed up at his house, is going to be the focus of a special investigation by ABC's 20/20.

Finally, I confess to being a Real World junkie. And so far The Real World: Sydney is great, primarily thanks to Tricia. MTV cast Tricia to be the bitch in the house, and she's living up to the role in spectacular fashion. A roommate asked to use the computer, and Tricia responded, "Get a personality."

What makes this season special is that all of the roommates are calling her on it when she acts terribly. In last night's episode, southern boy Cohutta told her that he didn't understand how she could hold hands with some Aussie guy when she's got a boyfriend back home. And when she asked Isaac, "Do you like me as a person?" he replied, "I don't know yet."

For Tricia in a nutshell, watch the third segment of episode 3.

But Tricia doesn't limit herself to picking on her roommates; she's managed to offend the entire Asian Australian community. In the show's second episode, she described to her roommates her futile attempt to get a sample of a McFlurry at McDonald's from an employee who she said didn't understand English. She recreated their dialog using a mocking Asian accent for the employee.

Perhaps it was Tricia who didn't understand that, in order to sample a McFlurry (a shake-like dessert), you'd have to make the whole damned McFlurry in the first place.

Now MTV is under fire for airing Tricia's racist rant, and Tricia has to defend herself from accusations that she's a bigot. Ahh, sweet consequences.