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I feel icky even reporting on these two reality outings from Mike Tyson and Brigitte Nielsen, but it's my jobs, folks.

After making a cameo appearance on Being Bobby Brown, former heavyweight champ, convicted rapist and infamous ear biter Mike Tyson wants a show of his own. Tyson is shopping around a concept featuring himself, his daughter Mikey and Don King's granddaughter. The show would focus on their family dynamic, but also on Mikey, who is launching a plus-size clothing line. The concept is a bore, but the show is all about the Iron Mike freak factor. It's the kind of celebrity warmed-over reality show that I feel uncomfortable watching, which is why I'm not a network programmer. I'm sure it will sell like gangbusters.

Brigitte's post-Flav reality outing - Stud Farm - would feature a male escort service with Brigitte as the quasi-Madame. Nielsen would set up lonely women and men ("johns") with escorts ("gigolos" or "hustlers"). It has been reported that the show would be set in Beverly Hills or Bel Air - among the rich and lovelorn - but rumor has surfaced that the production could be shifted to Nevada where prostitution is legal. Despite the trick-turning premise, Nielsen's manager Steven Tempone insists that some escort services are totally "legit" and that nothing illegal would take place on the show.

Fortunately, these shows have yet to be picked up by any particular network, although they have been shopped to the usual suspects - Fox, VH1 and Bravo. I realize that in the era of reality programming that celebrity never dies, but could we all agree on a limit? Maybe, nine lives - like a cat. Once you've done your stints on Celebrity Fit Club, Surreal Life and America's Got Talent, game over. Time to pass on the fame-grubbing torch to the next former child star.