Wow, E! has such a Paris Hilton fixation
Even though Paris Hilton wasn't a celebrity in the '90s, she still got a good two or three minutes of attention on the top 20 hour of E!'s 101 Reasons Why the '90s Ruled.
They seriously spent multiple minutes repeatedly speaking– with a distinct tone of disbelief– about how Paris Hilton "did not exist" in the '90s. (The announcer later explained that she really did exist physically, just not on the E! radar... which, of course, is just as bad if not worse not existing at all.)
But the funny thing is that the segment ends with the normal tagline, "No Paris Hilton... one more of the reasons why the '90s ruled." The announcer guy also contrasted the 2000s explosion of reality TV shows to the '90s original: "In the '90s, reality TV meant The Real World, another reason why the '90s ruled."
OK, now you know that that is not even the official E! position on Paris or reality TV. The announcer sounds all nostalgic, but you know E! would freak out if one day Paris Hilton and reality TV disappeared off the face of the earth.
Of course, since I think just about every E! show already references Paris Hilton, I'm sure we'd see a lot of special tribute shows devoted to her: True Hollywood Story: The Disappearance of Paris Hilton, E! News Live breaking news coverage of the disappearance of Paris HiltonCelebrities Uncensored Remembers Paris Hilton, Celebrities Uncensored Remembers Paris Hilton 2, ..., Celebrities Uncensored Remembers Paris Hilton 13, and (of course!)The 101 Greatest Paris Hilton Moments.