Jennifer Lopez deserves your respect. Here you were, thinking that she was just some middling pop star who's made a career out of having a big booty and being a mediocre triple threat, and then she turns it all around by showing her true face as one of the most devious con artists since that guy who dated Anne Hathaway.

How, you may ask, has J.Lo managed to swindle big bucks from networks like NBC and TLC?

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During last night's BET awards, Alicia Keys reintroduced the youth of America to three amazing girl groups: SWV, En Vogue and TLC. Some of the ladies still have it and others (SWV, we're looking at you) do not. But even at their worst, all of these groups put The Pussycat Dolls to shame.

Alas, despite reports to the contrary, Jennifer Lopez's upcoming "reality program" is not a reality program at all, according to People magazine.

Instead, the show, airing on TLC, is going to be a very elaborate commercial for Lopez's upcoming fragrance. People shut off from the world enough to tune should not expect to get a glimpse into Lopez's life as a married mother of new twins, but rather to learn about the intricacies of "the creation, production and eventual launch" of a branded perfume. It's marketing and consumerism pawned off as entertainment and, unfortunately, it's reality.