Why go to such extremes? Because if the show reflected the real state of “nerds” in 2013, we would all be contestants. Like all reality shows, they went out and found people who fit their mold, then told those people to amp up their personalities to 11. No surprise here: The show is populated by nerd caricatures. The glasses count, if you’re curious, is 7 with to 4 without. The remaining 6 blog about gaming, host podcasts about gaming, or simply game too much to hold down a full-time job. Out of the 11 contestants, 5 of them are scientists of some variety (including astrophysicists, a neuroscientist, and a theoretical physicist). The producers of TBS’s new reality competition King of the Nerds worked really hard to find themselves actual nerds.
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