Jersey Shore

Everyone knows that Jersey Shore struck gold when it found a magical group of eight completely unknown nobodies, put them on TV, and watched as they became mega-stars more famous than any other MTV personalities had ever been. So why not use that casting magic on another Viacom show?

RumorFix is reporting that Dr. Drew’s Celebrity Rehab is being completely revamped — instead of convincing washed-up D-listers (is there really any other kind of D-lister?) to go to rehab and attempt another sad chance at infamy, the show will be formatted as Rehab With Dr. Drew, and will follow regular, unknown addicts struggling to overcome their addictions in rehab.

On the Doron Ofir casting site (the folks that found the likes of Snooki and The Situation), a notice reads: “Are you the one who closes the bar every night? Oxycontin eaten up like Tic Tacs? When people say ‘eight-ball’ do you get the tinglies? Is your idea of a great way to spend the day being baked to the bejesus belt watching Judge Judy? Gather up, TV wants you.”

Great! No seriously, this is great. Personally we’ve found Dr. Drew Pinsky’s formula of Celebrity + Mental Disease = Entertainment troubling for a while now. He once claimed in an interview with the NY Times that focusing on the celebrity aspect of addiction was simply an example of him staying up-to-date with social trends.

We’re glad Dr. Drew has given up worrying about his relevance and started worrying about real, sick people instead.

Catch an all new Jersey Shore on Thursday, January 26 at 10pm ET/PT on MTV.

Sources: RumorFix , IMDB

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