If television has to become overpopulated with reality shows, at least make them all as watchable as "Shipping Wars," premiering Tuesday on A&E.

If someone had told you two years ago that they wanted to make a reality show about people who run around the country bidding on the contents of storage lockers, you might have thought they'd lost their marbles. But A&E liked that idea, and "Storage Wars" has been successful for the cable outlet, so they've followed up with a show about independent shippers who bid against each other to haul all kinds of stuff from one part of the country to another.

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