Addicted to E (Briefly)

So I must confess that I've watched a little too much E these holidays, particularly anything and everything starring the Kardashian family. I know, I know.

It was kind of hard not to. Like most of the pay per view channels this particular one lacks the imagination to schedule programs that would cater for the fact that almost everyone is home over the holiday period and thus present an opportunity to pick up flagging viewership figures.

But alas no, such forward thinking doesn’t apply when you’re the only pay per view platform in the market. So wall to wall, 24 / 7 repeats of every show it was and the pick of the bunch was the family that really only got big for two reasons; their father represented OJ Simpson and the daughter did a porn tape.

Still, I have a new style icon; Scott Douche-ick. No one wears the Marino wool sweater and polo top combo like Scotty does. Oh. Yeah.

Yes, the guy might have issues in the parental and the ‘being a supportive partner’ stakes, but I’ve already got those so no real losses there. What I haven’t got is the ability to carry off the colour combos and matching sweater skills that Scott has. In fact he is so good at it he may very well be my muse from this moment on.

There’s really actually only one thing that makes me watch this guy with interest and that is he looks and acts a lot like the character Patrick Bateman form American Pyscho (played in the movie by Christina Bale). They even come from the same kind of background. Coincidence?

So a small part of me has kept watching in the hope that Scott – the style icon – does indeed turn out to be Scott the Bateman and in a climactic end of season episode, kills off the entire Kardashian clan whilst listening to Phil Collins.

Now that would make for some interesting TV.