This where those who despire reality TV will convene in means to insult it, degrade it and unjustify it's reason for still existing. Reality shows eat up time for good television shows. They cost nothing to yet they make millions of advertising.
Take Extreme Home Makeover for instance. People say it is entertaining. I don't understand what is so entertaining of remodeling a house (there is what a thousand shows involved with this?) and families cry and there is a lot of emotion. Worst is the networks look all 'kind and loving' by helping out families. If they didn't make ten million dollars (sic) an episode at the cost of, at maximum, a million an episode (Ty Penningtons ridiculous salary included) would they be doing it? They use people to make money then leave and they look like the good guys.
Does anyone remember that show The Swan? It's bad enough 80% of the women on reality TV are hot and beautiful but they actually created a show explaining how image is everything and ugly women competed to become the most beautiful. I seen a woman with masking on from plastic surgery running on a treadmill practically crying she couldn't take it any more. Absolutely disgusting. That is no entertainment, it's practically torture. 'But we're giving them the oppourtunity at beauty', yeah, fake beauty. You ever seen Paris Hilton with then without make up? Beauty is what you portray it as.
There are some reality shows I don't like 'American Idol', 'Survivor' but it's more of a contest. But then you've got Flavour of Love with Flavour Flav. I'm am guilty enough to say I've even sat down and watched some episodes of it. It was, essentially, women fighting and Flav trying to shag them all. Trash TV more trash than Springer. Perhaps that's why I found it so amusing, it was so horrible and low brow I couldn't help but laugh at it.
American Idol - The show that managed to turn 80% of North America into believing they can become a pop star. Thank you very much Ryan Seacrest, you douche. Worst part about Idol is I watched an episode near the end of a season and we had four commercial breaks before ANYTHING of significance happened.
At the base of it, reality TV is the biggest racket the networks have decised. They can have free talent by hanging the possibility of winning something over their heads. So they pay one person the cost of regular television actor for an episode and save a bundle. Best part is there is no need for writers, actual production or thinking. They can do the same thing week after week after week. It's flawless, really. No way without reality TV could Flavor Flav break out of being a has been. He was in like three reality shows!
Who else dislikes reality and would like to join in on the dislike?