Brody Jenner will be seeking a new "Bromance", MTV-style

It's pretty cliche to say this, but I miss the MTV of my youth when The Real World starred idealistic people who spent their energies debating issues rather than trying to top each other in terms of drinking, bedhopping and yelling the loudest. With a few exceptions, MTV is now the network that airs shows that I end up hating myself for watching. I know I shouldn't tune in, but sometimes they come up with a concept I can't help but check out. And then I can't stop watching until the whole thing is over.

Sadly, I don't think I'll be able to keep myself from checking out their new Brody Jenner-focused series, Bromance. The series will see several guys competing to join Jenner's entourage and fill "the (Spencer) Pratt void". Bormance will mirror reality dating shows in that the reward for doing well in a competition will be a group date or alone time with Jenner. Each episode will have a "Hot Tub Elimination Ceremony" where the rejectees "will be asked to leave the bachelor pad dripping wet in a swimsuit". How can I pass on something like that?

On the other hand, with so many homoerotic undertones, a part of me worries that Bromance will play to homophobic humor to re-establish Jenner's manliness. (I've managed to skip all of Jenner's other reality shows, so please fill me in on the likelihood of this happening.) Still, if Bromance includes regular scenes of guys tearfully declaring how they value Jenner's friendship (the same way those trainwreck dating shows have contestants who insist they're totally in love with Tila Tequila or Flavor Flav after knowing them for just a few days), it'll have me addicted through the first season.

Yikes, somebody get Dr. Drew to give me a call before Bromance debuts.