How's Your News? (MTV)

HOW'S YOUR NEWS? started out as a series of short films starring the people who attended Camp Jabberwocky -- a sleep-away camp in Massachusetts for those with disabilities. The seven reporters who make up the TV series' team all have some kind of mental or physical disability, from Down syndrome and near-blindness to Williams Syndrome and cerebral palsy. They travel the country in a tour bus, interviewing celebrities and attending significant events.

Unlike more traditional celebrity/man-on-the-street interview shows, the How's Your News? gang's efforts to participate as equals in their conversations makes up a significant portion of the show's entertainment value. Which means that the producers (including South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone) have to walk a very fine line between promoting the reporters' efforts to function independently and not seeming to mock them when their challenges are most visible.

And, for the most part, they walk that line successfully. It's clear that the team's problems can be a source of misunderstanding -- and sometimes humor -- and for the most part everyone plays along. By recognizing that these incidents are just part of everyday life, the show makes everyone involved seem very real and very human.