betsy woodruff joins us now. got inside access to the preproduction process, and she's here live. betsy, i would say that washington d.c. is the graveyard of reality shows. the real world came here. it was the worst one they ever did. every other show that's come through here, there's a whole plethora, they've all been awful and gotten killed by the critics. d.c. kr is a town where you ifry a staffer, especially on capitol hill, you want to be anonymous. >> it's fun question you say that because as soon as i wrote the first story about the show coming on i immediately got five text from staefrs i know saying what on earth is that about? i can't believe anybody would sign up for that. that's a terrible idea. it's almost as if d.c. isn't as interesting as d.c. people think it is. >> a little hip accurate. >> i heard one in congress, but whose name i can't repeat, specifically told his staff that they could not try out for it. that any of them who got involved would be in trouble. now, the show's producer, or one of