DCist: New Capitol Hill Series Premieres Tonight

August 23, 2006

New Capitol Hill Series Premieres Tonight

Hill staffers, it's your turn to bathe in the harsh glare of the reality TV spotlight. The new six-part Capitol Hill documentary series The Hill (not to be confused with the Laguna Beach spin off The Hills) shadows the young staff of Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Fla) as they navigate the slippery halls of political power.

While a documentary about the wonky inner workings of a Hill office sounds mundane at best to us, we are happy to see D.C. get a little screen time thrown its way. And the critics seem to think the show is worth a half-hour of your viewing time. According to Paul Farhi at the Post, the show won't be a Real World/Girls Gone Wild mash-up of drunken Hill staffers carousing through the streets of Adams Morgan at all hours (however realistic that could potentially be). Instead, we're promised a "a solid and useful look at some smart, passionate people trying do something they think is right." Wow, big props coming from the man who can't find a little humor in Monday Night Football.

The Hill premieres tonight at 9 p.m. on the Sundance Channel. Unfortunately, I don't get the Sundance Channel, but I do get MTV, so I'll probably just end up watching another high school reality show. If you have Sundance and do see the show, let us know what you think.