I use to love reality shows, and still kinda do, but they seem to be losing the excitement and the hype is kind of dying down. Reality shows use to be something new and different from the ordinary evening sitcoms. They showed ordinary people doing extraordinary things (like be stranded on a deserted island, or doing crazy stunts) and it was fun. Now, Everything is getting redundant and "seen it!" But the point I'm trying to get at is that I don't think reality shows are realistically choosing people to be on the shows. I feel that reality shows are only looking for certain kinds of people to be on their shows and that also makes it boring. They look for people who are young, in good shape, argumentative, looking for sex, etc. Because they think that is all what people want to see, and it will boost their ratings. I know that doesn't apply for all reality shows (CBS), but majorly that's all I've been seing lately. Also, they almost always have only one non-white person in the show (which is unrealistic since all minorities together make up about half of the US population). Reality shows also rarely have people who are overweight or obese on their shows, which is also unrealistic since half of America is overweight or obese. I've just been noticing that lately and I feel that for reality shows to be realistic they need to realistically represent reality.
i think the television network killed reality TV. in the begining it was amazing... like "why didnt we think of this before?" but now there is a reality TV show for anything and everything! half of them are stupid and because of this - it ruins it for all of them... even the good ones! thats just my 2 cents on reality TV! (real world is still awesome tho... one of the originals!!!)
Posted by: FasHioN nUt at December 13, 2004 01:50 AMyeah i think that they should better represent different people but the problem with that is that no one wants to watch an obese person in a bikini (survivor, fear factor, ect), i think that american idol did a decent job with the representation part but then again they might only be choosing from the people that actually apply to be on the show, so if no minorities (or minimal number of minorities) sign up then they dont really have a choice but to choose from what they have, do u kinda get what i mean?
Posted by: erin at December 13, 2004 09:47 AMI do agree with you Erin, some reality shows wouldn't work well with obese people like in fear factor, some of the stunts they do many obese people can't do. And that's right a lot of minorities may not sign up for some reality shows. But I've been noticing that most reality shows only have like one or maybe two minorities in them all the time, and I know more minorities sign up than that. I'm not saying that all reality shows need to have an equal mix of people always, but it would be nice to see a more diverse show sometimes. But some reality shows do a good job of that sometimes like: America's Next Top Model, Real World/Road Rules challege, and American Idol.
Posted by: Chelle19 at December 13, 2004 11:12 AMI think reality TV has gotten way out of control. I agree with fashion nut, all the stupid reality shows have ruined it for the good reality shows. It's hard to find a good one to watch when the majority of them are just trying to make money. Sometimes I wonder who watches certain reality shows...but I guess someone is since there are new shows coming out everyday.
Posted by: Kawe0005 at December 13, 2004 01:39 PMi rarely get hooked on media, but for some reason, i was really into "who wants to marry my dad" this past summer. it was absolutely REDICULOUS... an old dude's daughters picked his new spouse. weird weird weird weird. the only good thing about this stuff is it makes me feel really smart and normal.
Posted by: =The Pata= at December 13, 2004 10:58 PM