REALITY television has sunk to a new low.

It's almost hard to imagine television executives could think up anything more morally corrupt than testing out quickie marriages, or the likes of the Bachelor, but they have.

It's called the Briefcase and the teasers streaming for it on my screen last week made me me feel sick already.

The premise is simple. Drop a briefcase containing $100,000 on a doorstep and then give the so-called lucky couple a choice - keep it or give it someone ostensibly more deserving.

How sick have we become that we have to play on people's goodwill for the sake of TV ratings?

The show was scrapped in the US because of its poor ratings, but Nine seems to think Australians will lap up this grotesque pretence of a moral quandary.

Equally disturbing for me was watching another reality newcomer, the Rookie, last week.

The premise of the show is okay, it's trying to "find" the next NRL legend, which I guess is no worse than The Voice or X-Factor.

What was disturbing was watching Brad Fittler and others persuade a player he would have to conquer his fear of heights by jumping off a high building to prove he had the mental capacity to make it in the game.

What rubbish! And how pathetic to play on a person's fears when they have absolutely nothing to do with their careers.

Come on TV executives, stop digging in the gutter and dishing out drivel dressed up as entertainment.