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"Survivor: Cook Islands" (7 p.m., KRQE News 13) is coming into its 13th edition with a wee bit of controversy.

Media genius Mark Burnett has split the 20 contestants into four tribes with five members in each.

The rub comes with the tribes being split racially. There will be teams of Hispanics, Asians, African-Americans and Caucasians.

A lot of people are up in arms about this little twist, but I'm just happy there's more than a token minority thrown into the mix.

Every race, creed and color should have the opportunity to humiliate themselves on reality TV. Frankly, Caucasians have been hogging the genre for way too long.

From their bios, these people don't seem all that different anyway. For heaven's sake, at least half of them have been in a fraternity or sorority, live in Los Angeles or are over-achievers who want their name in lights.

The part I am unhappy about is that there are 20 contestants that I have to remember instead of the old-school 16.

Not nice making me think, Mr. Burnett. Not nice at all.

I expected Damon Wayans' new comedy skit show "Underground" (8 p.m., Showtime) to be shocking and funny.

I was a huge fan of "In Living Color," particularly any sketch that Wayans had a hand in. I still count my "Homey D. Clown" T-shirt as one of my most prized possessions. His "Men on Film" moments continue to make me roll on the floor with laughter.

So I was a bit surprised when "Underground" turned out to be icky and kinda not funny.

Wayans promised a "smorgasbord of urban culture." I think all we got was a smorgasbord of lameness.

The first skit was "Iraq's Funniest Home Videos." Scary enough, I laugh more at Bob Saget's version.

The skits about Peter Pan in Somalia and a talking vagina weren't exactly the funniest things I've seen all year, but they did manage to make me cringe for almost 10 minutes straight.

Quite the accomplishment.

Maybe the Emmys can create a new category for gross-out sketch comedy that ain't so funny.