Here are the four most fascinating I just caught getting their prime-time break:

(1) Nathaniel

He's in love with his car, a male vehicle that he calls Chase. He dates it, buys it gifts, and is "intimate" with it. They have a monogamous relationship -- Nathaniel's never cheated with an SUV or a U-Haul -- and he wants this to be forever. But if Chase ever falls apart or gets towed, Nathaniel will surely be a mess. Plus I can picture the guy's mother: "I don't mind you dating a car -- but did it have to be a male car?"

On the back cover of the brand-new literary epic Kris Jenner ... And All Things Kardashian, there's a whole mess of gushy, ecstatic blurbs.

From critics?

No, from Kris's kids!

The ones she nurtured and guided into a life of "reality" spectacle, scandal, and moolah.

Here are the adoring quotes from Kris's well-trained brood:

With her husband, Michael, Marina owns the Rasputin club/restaurant, where people swill vodka and do line dances.

But Ryan and Tatum O'Neal have always struck me as charismatic and fascinating people, and their Ryan & Tatum show on OWN is a big notch above most other televised attempts at celebrity reconciliation.

Christina Hopkins

Anyway, in the midst of it all, I overheard this oh-my-God conversation between Jersey Shore's Angelina Pivarnik and Bad Girls Club Miami's Christina Hopkins, their words ripped right out of my remote control.

Bravo's Milionaire Matchmaker might not really be filled with millionaires.

In fact, some of them probably eat hamster food out of garbage pails.

Tart-tongued funny lady Kathy Griffin is calling it quits with her Bravo show My Life on The D-List after six seasons.

Chatty Kathy never intended to be a reality star, she says.

Besides, I would imagine it would be hard to pretend to still be D-list when the show has won Emmys and helped propel you to the top of the prime-time cable heap.

And I guess a title change would be way too much trouble.

Last week, I blogged about a zingy year-end blurb that had popped up in the gay nightlife publication Next magazine.

In it, writer Dan Avery critiqued the Logo reality show A-List: New York, saying the series consists of vapid queens who've done a lot of harm with their superficial antics.

"The 'reality' show everyone loved to hate probably cancelled out 100 'It Gets Better' videos with its cringe-worthy depictions of Reichen, Rodiney, and the other vapid queens trying to impress upon viewers why they're important.