Pigs, sheep, cars

GSN just sent me the pdf schedule for March 11-17. (See the sidebar.) The week features the debut of Family Trade, GSN's reality effort about a car dealership that takes sheep, pigs and most anything else in trade.

I really do try hard not to prejudge any show. Still, this production sounds like one of the lamer projects ever. I'll review it with as open a mind as I can manage. But the human stars of the show have already rubbed me the wrong way on GSN's promos. The pigs and sheep seem pretty unobjectionable, though.

GSN will run and rerun two half-hour eps all week long. By the fifth or sixth rerun, my guess is that the ratings won't be worth much of a trade-in at the Nielsen car lot. The premiere has already been pushed back a week, which is not an encouraging sign. But for better or worse, the show finally looks ready to roll.