This week, USA Today applauds Small Town Security for defying reality series stereotypes. Plus, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recommends the series, and The Montreal Gazette hails Joan Koplan. Read on for more:

• "Most of today's reality series offer little more than overproduced, mindless sludge. But every now and then, a show manages to defy the stereotype," says USA Today of Small Town Security.

• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recommends Small Town Security in its weekly round-up of what to watch.

• The Montreal Gazette hails Joan Koplan for being "just as ornery, controversial, unpredictable and politically incorrect as the boys."