Vying for the editor-in-chief position, a group of high school students show that backbiting and undermining one another isn’t relegated to the adult world.
The show is located in Weston, Florida and focuses on Cypress Bay High School’s newspaper staff consisting of at least 50 people. The high school publication is called The Circuit.
The show airs Mondays at 10:30 p.m. on MTV. The channel has taken another reality show with a bunch of naive, spoiled and complaining teenagers and turned it into another small-screen hit.
The first episode revolved around four determined and ambitious students who were all competing for the position of editor-in-chief for the new school year.
Each member has their own agenda as high school students and are still fulfilling their roles on the paper as well as juggling their schoolwork.
One of the cast members, Amanda Lorber, became editor-in-chief in the debut episode. She said she believes that she’s been given more authority and power than she can handle.
The staff, bothered by Lorber and her new position, gets to working on their first issue of the paper.
Then there’s Adam Brock, the advertising manager who whines and is always complaining about Lorber’s controlling ways and clashes with her on the show.
Alex Angert, the managing editor, wants to be superior to Lorber, but ends up putting a strain on his friendship with her.
Every newspaper staff has some kind of conflict and The Circuit staff has its own.
Giana Pacinelli, the layout editor, is always distant and sort of separates herself at times. This is because she is dating news editor Trevor Ballard.
The two spend their time making out and manifesting their teenage hormones and love for one each other throughout the show.
Watching Lorber trying to control half the people on the staff gets annoying after the first two episodes. It’s understood the throne belongs to her, but she can stop reiterating it now.
Brock’s temper tantrums become irritating since he constantly talks about Lorber likes she’s not there. Eventually they will have an ugly confrontation. No one really cares to see that Ballard and Pacinelli can’t keep their eyes off of each other. After all, this is a reality show about a high school’s newspaper, not a love story.
If one likes watching vengeful, backstabbing teenagers bickering over their issues of superiority, popularity and subjectivity, then this is a good show.
Viewers should be cautioned that this is still only high shool and these are still only teens.
