The Secret to Watching Reality TV
Unless you have been asleep for the last few years, you’re probably annoyed, as you should, of all the reality TV shows. Somehow designing rooms in houses suddenly picked up huge interest, along with watching people struggle to lose weight, and watching ugly people get transformed into beautiful ‘entities’. Networks are racing to come up with new ideas, whether it’s a new twist on having someone voted off an island, or to dress someone up in brand new clothes. There must be over 40 different variations on re-decoration shows, about 20 variations on people going on diets, about 10 on aspiring artists, a handfull on plastic surgeries, quite a few on car revamping, and well over 100 on people getting voted off something!
What do all these shows have in common? You only need to watch the last five minutes of the show, to know the outcome of the episode. This is the secret about watching reality TV that networks don't want you to know about. That’s how pathetic these shows are. They rely on having the audience griped to their TV sets for half an hour or an hour, following up on mind numbing details, just so they can see the outcome at the end of
the show. Let’s face it people. Do you care to know that Paul Jr. had trouble fitting the exhaust manifold on the chopper’s engine, or that the homeowner didn’t like the paint colour, or that Julie gained all her weight after a car accident, or that Jimmy caught a fish to feed his tribe?
Of course not!
I want to watch shows that make me think, wonder, analyze, laugh, feel sad, happy, nervous, etc. All of which reality TV doesn’t supply me with. I want to see more shows like Lost, the Sopranos, and Seinfeld. Shows that have more depth than “
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posted by x @ 9:12 PM
5 comments
5 Comments:
At 11/09/2006 10:53 AM,
ياسمين حميد said…
Yes, you are right. Let's all refuse to see these shows, maybe they will disappear then? After all, they need the audience!
At 11/09/2006 2:14 PM,
Anonymous said…
Amen to that!
I think the sheer amount of reality shows around and the number of people hooked on them is sickening- such a waste of time!
At 11/09/2006 6:19 PM,
x said…
yasmine, TV is commercial based.. no viewers equates to now shows.. but can we convince every stay-at-home mom that American Idol is stupidest creation on television.. probably not
mar youm, I totally agree. My friend was telling me once that his mom even watches shows that she doesn't like just so she can join in on reality TV talk at the office.. It's a plague, and it's out to get us all
At 11/17/2006 7:09 AM,
Maria said…
I used to really love watching them. Especially, the home makeovers aka "before and after" shows. Now, the concept is getting really stale. Currently, I only watch The Apprentice.
I blame American Idol for resulting in the creation of many other crappy similar shows in the region. I need to start a "Save Our Ears" campaign. Enough of the singing and dancing crap, please!
At 11/18/2006 5:44 PM,
Anonymous said…
"I want to watch shows that make me think, wonder, analyze, laugh, feel sad, happy, nervous, etc. All of which reality TV doesn’t supply me with."
That's not very fair. It depends on the show really. And of course it depends on the audience. When I watched the Apprentice I analysed the actions of the leaders a lot. And it had a couple of good laughs. But mostly it was good for analysing. Redecorating shows are good too if you have a home owner or landlord or are in the business of interior design. Survivor makes some people think about strategy and stuff and trying to forecast who would get voted off, etc. Not all reality shows are the same and it depends on the person watching.
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