Next stop C-Span for Miss America?

Let it not be said that AdFreak neglects to solve society’s problems. Here’s a solution for one of them. Over the weekend, an article in The New York Times discussed the quandary the Miss America pageant faces in the aftermath of ABC’s decision to drop the telecast of this September’s competition, following last year’s “disappointing” ratings. Miss America officials have discussed turning the pageant into something more akin to today’s “reality” TV shows, “although state and local organizers say they would rather see their program stay off the air than have contestants get down in the mud and the bugs like the competitors on Fear Factor.”