The horrific murder story of Ryan Jenkins allegedly killing his girlfriend and then cutting off her fingers and pulling her teeth -- is perhaps the beginning of the end of irresponsible reality television.

Ryan appeared on the awful "Megan Wants a Millionaire" show and then graduated, as reality television stars often do, to another reality show called "I Love Money 3" which -- according to published reports -- Jenkins won:


Perhaps the only goodness to come out of this awful murder is the cancellation of "Megan Wants a Millionaire" and the unlikely notion that "I Love Money 3" will ever air in the light of day.

Ryan Jenkins was previously convicted of beating his girlfriend -- yet he still was cast for the shows. 

That's a big problem for reality television because it hammers home the notion that what we're seeing playing out before our eyes isn't really real:  It's all cake and shouting... until, of course, you lose your teeth and your fingers are chopped off.