Let’s face it: The reason you watch most reality shows is to laugh at the people on it. They may be beautiful, but their stupid behavior makes you laugh and feel better about yourself. Billy the Exterminator doesn’t play that game. The star, a mullet-wearing metal head from Louisiana, is one of the most likable guys on television and you can’t help by admire him as he goes about his daily job, particularly because his job could be anything from cleaning a house of rats to wrestling an alligator that’s almost bigger than he is. The fact that the guy tries to do his job without actually exterminating any animals is a bonus. There’s plenty of family drama to draw you into the lives of Billy and his clan, but they, too, avoid the usual clichés of reality TV to stand out as just regular people who deal in normal ways with the problems we all face. It’s a refreshing change of pace from the tawdriness of most reality TV.
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