Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Pickups and Renewals, Ratings

Reality rules at ABC — or so it seems. Today the network announced that five “alternative” (their word, not mine) shows have been picked up for next season: Dancing with the Stars (no surprise), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (still no surprise), Supernanny (understandable), Wife Swap (not too unexpected) and America’s Funniest Home Videos (are you kidding me???).

Yes, yes, it’s true. Even in this era of YouTube, there’s an audience out there that still enjoys America’s Funniest Home Videos. ABC has booked it for an 18th season, making it the longest-running primetime show in the network’s history. Host Tom Bergeron will be back — natch — and more money will be awarded to the funniest videos, which are now DVDs.

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