The Assistant is an American spoof reality television show produced by MTV which features comedian Andy Dick's search for a new personal assistant, parodying The Apprentice, The Bachelor, Survivor, American Idol, Fear Factor, and other reality game shows.
The series originally premiered in the USA on MTV on 12 July, 2004. There are eight half-hour episodes in the series.
The Assistant originally aired in South Africa on DStv's GO channel from 2 May to 20 June, 2007, on Wednesdays at 22h00.
It premiered on DStv's MTVbase channel on Monday 2 June 2008, at 19h30.
Repeats
Saturdays: 16h00
Synopsis
Nowadays you're a nobody if you don't have your own reality show - and Andy Dick wants to be a somebody. He'd throw his whole career away to have his very own reality show.
So he begged MTV and got his wish. Now he's going to subject 12 innocent Hollywood wannabes to a grueling process as he searches for his next assistant. These 12 Hollywood wannabes are going to have to kiss a lot of butt if he's going to pick them.
The winner gets a new car, a new wardrobe and a cool job working in Hollywood. Andy gets a revived career, 12 shrinks (the kids) to deal with his problems and the opportunity at cocktail parties to say, "Oh, you don't have your own reality show? Well, I do!"
The contestants have a dream, Andy has an agenda - together they are headed for reality chaos as Andy begs, borrows and steals from other shows and discovers that "this whole elimination thing is a lot harder then I thought."
Good luck, suckers.