Well the title says everything! Do you agree with people's personal moments being shown at TV as part of reality games and shows or not? Do you think that we have crossed the line or do you find that entertaining? :confused:

They're cheap, they're unimaginative, they can be (and frequently are) humiliating for the participants (which is fine, because they're usually a bunch of self-obsessed, pissy little primadonna cocksuckers).

It's TV companies appealing to the very unnattractive "Bread and Circusses" side of the public. What shocks me is their popularity.

The only reason anybody watched or is watching Big Brother is in the vain hope of seeing a real, live sex show, a punch up or a suicide attempt. Could you imagine the headlines?

"Dickhead in the Big Brother house realised the futility of his own pathetic existence and was found hanging from the light fitting in the kitchen area this morning. Channel 4 to retain sole video rights. Twatface, who discovered the limp body of Dickhead, is currently too traumatised to negotiate a book deal."

C*nts.

I think Big Bro can be funny sometimes. I don't really care for the eviction shows, but the highlights are good to watch - I'd love to watch replays of good parts of my week. I wouldn't say I'm obsessed, but I'm definately not against.

It seems most people over 25 don't like the idea of reality TV shows. In fact, I've seen like 4 or 5 people express their disapproval of the idea, and then proceeded to discuss happenings in the house a couple of weeks later. It's not doing any harm, it's just good ole entertainment and the occasional police phone call...

I think it's pretty much pathetic that people watch the lives of other people for entertainment. People obsessed with those shows seriously need to get a life. To me, TV is a way to get away from reality.

I'm not really against them as such-just the popularity of them, really...people talk about Big Bro all the time, and all the others-the only one I enjoy watching about is I'm A Celebrity-Get Me Out Of Here. Otherwise, I don't enjoy them at all. It's sooo annoying how much publicity they get-I mean, BB, what the fuck is so interesting in watching people sitting in front of the tele on their fat asses doing absolutely nothing, apart from futile attempts at flirting and trying to get sex off of some other housemate?!

Personally, I couldn't care too much that they actually exist-the people who actually are involved in being filmed are (I hope) at least intelligent enough to know what they're going into, and what the job entails, and they'll very probably be ridiculed in the process. So long as they know (and are probably stupid enough to know and still do) what they have to do, why should it bother us? As I said, the only annoying thing about them are the publicity they get.

My absolutely against. I see how people changed by these programs. They are unnatural. They do what people want to watch. I think it's a bit better show than zoo. Everyone from these programs like Big brother are too cute and ideal. They are chosen by jury (read: by program's rules). They are put into comercial layout. I don't know what people see in these shows... At the beggining I liked watching first edition of big bro, but the next editions were, ekhm, just a shit. Maybe sometime i will chane my opinion, but it might be really good show, without "monkies".

I think they are wrong, very wrong. Yet at the same time entertaining as all hell because people would actually willingly do a TV show like that.

I'm against reality shows... There really is absolutely NO POINT in ANY of the shows I've heard about, or even watched an episode of. TV is being ruined by reality shows. Although one show that I watched a few times was Last Comic Standing. (That might not even be a reality show but I wouldn't know 'cause I never watch TV)
But, yea, I'm totally against reality shows.

I don't tell others what to watch or anything, but I don't like these shows, and I don't understand what makes them so popular. For this reason I have trouble watching Fox News. Since Fox owns them, they cover what's going on in these shows. I wish they wouldn't mix standard news with entertainment news like that. Of course, other TV news organizations have their own problems. Fortunately I have the internet--the EvBoard feels like a show with me as a character...heh...

Most sitcoms bore me too. I find myself watching mostly movies and animated shows like South Park. But why watch "reality" shows? I find reality all around me--when I turn on the TV I want something different.

its those types of shows we can thank for why i dont watch tv any more. and it scares the hell out of me that Paris hilton and nichole richie are out on the roads of the states doing that road trip show deal. im sorry if you like them

I think reality shows are entertaining, but I also think they're an invasion of people's privacy... Sometimes some shows go waaay too far with what they put on TV. I think reality TV producers should think about what all they put out there and how it's gonna affect the stars' lives.

I am so glad that most of you agree with me! :D Reality is all around us, we do not want to watch also in television! I get really annoyed when at the late news instead of politics or other important information about social matters the channels talk about new flirts at "fame story" or "Big Brother" I think we should really worry about the quality of today's Tv shows! In my country things are worst cause there are also gossiping shows where all kind of silly people(being false called reporters) just sit and analyse the personal life of the players at reality games! Every lost relative or "friend" just calls to talk about them to gain 5 minutes of publicity! It is just a pity!

I watch them when i switch on TV ..and its on. i like it then ... but really dont care if they exist or not ..

In my opinion, they are not moral. Take "Fear Factor" for example, those people have to eat bugs, drink cows blood, eat pig hearts, etc. to compete for $50,000 (or $500,000, I forgot lol). That's insane that you would put some of your own values to the side just to win some cash. "Survivor" has become very phony in my opinon as well as "Big Brother". I also couldn't stand the "Swan". Those are the shows that bother me the most. I don't see the point in them. Those shows just prove in the end that the average human will do anything for money...that's what it all comes down to doesn't it. I wish the whole reality show fad would just die down already :( .....

Don't watch them cause I don't like it but I'm not against them cause ppl do whatever they want.. but in my opinion reality shows are boring and just suck I don't unsderstand why some ppl can be addicted to watching those things :p

Personally, I can't stand most of them. One of my best friends is addicted to them and it drives me crazy cuz she always talks about them.... my feelings are like this on reality shows:

They are not REALLY REALITY. The are cropped, edited, and slanted. Let's say in the course of one 40 hour week you have one 5 minute "snit" - well, next thing you know, in a 1-hour show, they focuse on tht 5 minute "snit" and next thing you know, you are the beeyoootttccchhh of the show.

Not to mention the reality of it all is not a group of people with perfect figures in a mansion.

I watch TV to escape reality, to watch a story, not to be bored with so-called reality shows on who is hooking up with who.

HOWEVER- there is one I watch from time to time.. I don't follow it tho, don't even know the name. But it is on PBS or something like that and it is a group of people who are forced into a colonial period and have to learn to live life in that type of setting -making your own food, sewing your own clothes, building your own homes, no currency, only barter, no plumbing or electricity, etc.... to me, I like that show because it is educational and I really think about what our ancestors had to deal with in living during that time period.

HOWEVER- there is one I watch from time to time.. I don't follow it tho, don't even know the name. But it is on PBS or something like that and it is a group of people who are forced into a colonial period and have to learn to live life in that type of setting -making your own food, sewing your own clothes, building your own homes, no currency, only barter, no plumbing or electricity, etc.... to me, I like that show because it is educational and I really think about what our ancestors had to deal with in living during that time period.

I like that show too, for the same reasons. I also kind of like the one where a bunch of people have to build a house, and only one of them gets to keep it at the end. All the others are just ridiculous.

My answer is pretty simple. So I'll do it the fun way:

Big Brother (Aus):

Series 1: Lets put some people in a house! Get all of Australia to become voyuers and spend all their money on their mobile phone bill so they can pretend they form some kind of difference to the outcome of this show!
Series 2: .. Let's do it again!
Series 3: ..... Err, let's spilt the house in to two, that's original, and it will get us more ratings!
Series 4: Fuck guys, we are running out of ideas, let's just do the exact same thing that we did with the last three seasons except make the grand prize a million dollars! Yeah, we have lots of money, that'll make people watch us!


Survivor:

...actually, I'm not going to go anywhere near this pile of piss for a show


Oh, I nearly forgot Celebrity Big Brother, where they put washed up actors and TV hosts in the house for a short period of time, but also give them privacy in the showers etcetc. Because we know that Tv stars are actually better people then us plebs.

Wait, no, but these great Tv stars are doing it for charity! They are perfect role models in society. Waitaminute, don't they get paid for some of the air time, and don't the producers of the Tv show STILL pull a profit into their pockets after the show gets aired?

See why I don't like reality TV.

a) it's fucking pointless
b) it hurts my head :/

I'm probably the only one in this thread who loves reality shows, but oh well, I do. :D

As far as it being an invasion of privacy, I don't agree at all! These people know when they apply for the show just what it entails - so we really aren't invading ANYTHING in my opinon.

But I love Big Brother the best out of all of them, in fact, I even subscribe to the live feed. Oh and American Idol, but that's not really a reality show, is it?

Now, there is ONE type of show that I think is TOTALLY wrong. I forget what it was called even, but the one where they told this lady she was going to be in the house with all these good looking guys and they were the dweebiest guys ever. To me, a persons looks don't matter, but some people it does matter to and that girl just seemed really shallow. It's not HER that I care about getting hurt, it's the poor guys who really fell for that girl and genuinely liked her.

Well there ya have it, that's my two cents. :)

I'm probably the only one in this thread who loves reality shows, but oh well, I do. :D




Well you are the only one so far but all opinions are welcome! Don't you think though that there must be something wrong when we start watching other peoples lives just for entertainment? Anyway...

I'm probably the only one in this thread who loves reality shows, but oh well, I do. :D




Well you are the only one so far but all opinions are welcome! Don't you think though that there must be something wrong when we start watching other peoples lives just for entertainment? Anyway...

I'm probably the only one in this thread who loves reality shows, but oh well, I do. :D

As far as it being an invasion of privacy, I don't agree at all! These people know when they apply for the show just what it entails - so we really aren't invading ANYTHING in my opinon.

But I love Big Brother the best out of all of them, in fact, I even subscribe to the live feed. Oh and American Idol, but that's not really a reality show, is it?

Now, there is ONE type of show that I think is TOTALLY wrong. I forget what it was called even, but the one where they told this lady she was going to be in the house with all these good looking guys and they were the dweebiest guys ever. To me, a persons looks don't matter, but some people it does matter to and that girl just seemed really shallow. It's not HER that I care about getting hurt, it's the poor guys who really fell for that girl and genuinely liked her.

Well there ya have it, that's my two cents. :)

Ah, I think I watched that lol. Yeah, thatb is kinda mean :)

But I kinda disagree with you on the point of reality TV shows-they are dull, boring, stupid and utterly useless. I'd rather go watch a documentary on how and why old people's hair fall out. Or even a documentary on faeces. I don't care. BB is the worst evaaaaaaaaar...I hate that show.

I watched American Idol. The first season. I loved it. I love Kelly. The rest of the shows need to die. It was really interesting at first. But now everyone and their dog has a show.

I kind of liked "Todd TV." I wonder what he's up to now? :cool:

I can't believe I admitted that.

Well the title says everything! Do you agree with people's personal moments being shown at TV as part of reality games and shows or not? Do you think that we have crossed the line or do you find that entertaining? :confused:

I'm not against at all but either agree, you should think first that people in that kind of shows have accepted all conditions they go through.

I don't mind reality tv... um, how is this a debate about again? :/

reality shows were interesting at the begining but since then they've turned into a real shit, but a lot of people keep watching them anyway and i don't understand that :confused:
In russia there are a lot of such shows on different channels, sometimes you switch programms and there is nothing but another reality show.
I'm so fed up with them!!! :mad:

Some reality shows are okay. For instance, I really like Real World and Road Rules, and maybe even the first season of Survivor. But it has gotten out of control. Fear Factor, for instance: what the hell is the point of a show about eating gross stuff and jumping out of planes? And what does that have to do with reality?

In particular, the "reality show" I most hate is Extreme Makeover. How can you take somebody with low self-image and self-esteem and tell them that they're RIGHT? Some of these women were beautiful before the knife even touched them. Instead of responding to "I'm ugly" with "yes, you are; now let's fix it," shouldn't we be asking why they feel that way, and counseling them to love themselves for who they are? And one moment in particular that I loathed was the "honey, it's a scalpel, not a magic wand" moment. I thought she was pretty. And so did a bunch of little girls, who were probably thinking "wow, if she wasn't pretty enough, and she's prettier than me, what does that make me?" Great. Another thing to make our young girls insecure about their weight and appearance. Oh, and another way to depict false reality. Good one.

They're cheap, they're unimaginative, they can be (and frequently are) humiliating for the participants (which is fine, because they're usually a bunch of self-obsessed, pissy little primadonna cocksuckers).

It's TV companies appealing to the very unnattractive "Bread and Circusses" side of the public. What shocks me is their popularity.

The only reason anybody watched or is watching Big Brother is in the vain hope of seeing a real, live sex show, a punch up or a suicide attempt. Could you imagine the headlines?

"Dickhead in the Big Brother house realised the futility of his own pathetic existence and was found hanging from the light fitting in the kitchen area this morning. Channel 4 to retain sole video rights. Twatface, who discovered the limp body of Dickhead, is currently too traumatised to negotiate a book deal."

C*nts.

For this reason I am absolutely against 'realities'... :mad:

Hey Guys, do you really want garbage in your lives? Just send an application form to 'Big Brother'... if you are enough mediocre, you win! :eek:

Realities... ew... buy 'The Sun' better... you may clean your ass tomorrow at least. :o

Here we've got Big Brother 1,2,3,4, VIP, now they're getting people for the 5...
Also Survivor 1, VIP 1, 2...
"The House of Your Life" in which a bunch of couples build up the house of their dreams....
and i think that the only thing that they can do to be original is "The Big Bathroom Survivor" and show up finally what all these shows are: a huge pile of shit.

Here we've got Big Brother 1,2,3,4, VIP, now they're getting people for the 5...
Also Survivor 1, VIP 1, 2...
"The House of Your Life" in which a bunch of couples build up the house of their dreams....
and i think that the only thing that they can do to be original is "The Big Bathroom Survivor" and show up finally what all these shows are: a huge pile of shit.

70 % of people say... mmmmmm... SHIT... tasty!

70 % of people say... mmmmmm... SHIT... tasty!

but i'm glad of being a member of the other 30 % that never practise coprofagia.

hope you aren't on the dark (well brown) side.

I like talent competitions.. like American Idol because you can see talent unfold from people that would never get signed if they had gone to a record label themselves, and i like the Simple Life and The Newlyweds because they're entertaining and they have a point to them..well kinda, But i hate the stupid and pointless dating shows like the bachelor and my big fat obnoxious fiancé... like what the hell is that?!

I personally think all reality shows are pointless. Like, you turn on your T.V looking to get away from reality for 30 or so minutes but, you turn it on and it's biting you in the ass again, plus most of its been done to death and now theyre looking for ANYTHING to make into a reality show, and I'm not exagerating when I say 'anything'..but yeah, reality T.V ish shtupid

Reality T.V. is really one of the world's guilty pleasures, methinks. Almost everyone watches them, whether they're a fan or not. :cool:

Over the years, reality T.V. has gotten dumber, and, unfortunately, more numerous. In the beginning, we only had Survivor. At that time, it was clever and different.

Compare that to what we watch today-- like that stupid talent show where they give the record deal to the worst singer. Television Execs. put shows like 'Fear Factor' and 'My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance' (or whatever it was called) which have absolutely no point whatsoever. They're not particularly entertaining, and it's kind of sad that people would put themselves through something like that for 15 minutes of fame.

Reality T.V. isn't 'reality' either-- not conventional reality, anyway.

How can you possibly act normal if you've got cameras in your face, and you're put in unnatural situations?

I used to find them somewhat amusing - until I saw the Stepford Wives. There's this scene in the movie where the main character, Joanna {Nicole Kidman}, was showing the crowd her new reality show ideas. There was this one called "I Can Do Better" and this guy lost his wife to a bunch of male strippers. He got all depressed and I thought that even though that particular clip wasn't reality, people that really do that shit could be going through the same stuff. I just don't think it's okay to put this one person up with 20 of the opposite sex and have that one person choose only one. Because what if all 19 other people or at least some fell for that person, only to see them choose one? It's wrong. And this "For Love Or Money" shit is the WORST reality show I've seen in years. Fucking. stupid. All of it.

im kinda getting sick of all teh reality shows...especially ones like the block, its stupid

Over the years, reality T.V. has gotten dumber, and, unfortunately, more numerous. In the beginning, we only had Survivor. At that time, it was clever and different.

I thought the first reality shows were real world and road rules? anyways, those were good shows, but now its just boring to watch them

-shrug- I always thought survivor was the first real reality TV show. I haven't seen the other ones you mentioned.

I like watching Big Brother, I get quite into that. I haven't bothered with any of the others like I'm A Celebrity... etc.

I don't mind The Osbournes and Newlyweds, are they classed as reality tv though?

In my opinion i think reality shows have gone too far. I mean in the beginning they were ok because they were just starting out and had new fresh ideas to do. now they have made so many that they make one reality show and then every other network creates one of their own and they are like the same show. i am just tired of seeing them all.

Honestly, if people like reality shows that's fine. What I want is to be able to turn on a network television channel after 6PM and find something other than something the vein of "The Swan" or Survivor at least 2 times a week. I figured this fad would've died a long time back, but clearly I was wrong then and will continue to become..more wrong?

Reality shows suck! They have no point :P

Honestly, if people like reality shows that's fine. What I want is to be able to turn on a network television channel after 6PM and find something other than something the vein of "The Swan" or Survivor at least 2 times a week. I figured this fad would've died a long time back, but clearly I was wrong then and will continue to become..more wrong?
Exactly! TV networks are being dominated by reality shows now.

And the ideas for the shows just get worse and worse. My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancee or something like that, JEEZ! Just how much can you embarass someone?? And then there's this show where they make fun of someone with dwarfism (dunno what it's called) Is watching other people suffer and embarassing them what entertains people the most nowadays? :confused:

And the ideas for the shows just get worse and worse. My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancee or something like that, JEEZ! Just how much can you embarass someone??


I watched that show once, and they had that poor woman literally in tears. :(

some are good but some are just plain stupid so i would say i don't like them

I'm not really "against" them but it just goes to show that:

1) Some people will do anything for money
2) People will watch anything just because it's on

In the immortal words of PT Barnum - "There's a sucker born every minute."

Turn the damn thing off!!

*goes to turn off TV*
*can't find remote and is too lazy to get fat ass out of chair*

How are these shows so bad yet Jerry Springer can be a hit for so many years? That show in my opinion is just dumb. Talk about trailer-trash hillbillies! I agree alot of these shows are pointless, yet, they ARE addicting. The only reality show I really enjoy are the Real Worlds, don't ask why. :cool:

I do watch reality shows sometimes (RealWorld/RoadRules/Newlyweds/The Simple Life). These are my guilty pleasure that's why I watch them.

I'm against The Swan (because its just so degrading.) The Littlest Groom, My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancee, Paradise Hotel, Forever Eden, Joe Millionaire. No offense for those people who watch them but I really think that these shows are just really cheap and pointless. It's like a three-ring circus.

What I still just can't believe is that they cancelled Wonderfalls (which is way more better) just to make way for The Swan.


*(Actually, am I making sense here? I'm sorry because I'm not really good at debating.)

i thought they were cool at first, but now i think they are becomming a little overdramatic and overboard. they are just plain ol dumb to me.

i hate that everytime i turn on the TV (which i don't even have cable anymore so i don't know why i am complaining) it's "the new millonaire joe shmoe" or "your mom does my dad, part II" or smething

it's just getting old

*hops in to give her 2 cents*

I. Hate. Reality. Tv.

the one i REALLY hate is WB's superstar USA. My parents watch this all the time. They actualy have to nerve to say at one point that the show was to basicaly make fun of all the cookie cutter pop stars coming out of shows like american idol, as if they're trying to make some sort of point with this show. PLEASE. :rolleyes: horrible singers being humileated over and over again on television and then having their little dreams of superstardom crushed in the end when theyre told its all a lie = the show making lots and lots of money.
It's just the fact that they tried to tell people that they were trying to make some sort of point with this show. arghh. the only reason i watch tv now is the occaisional ep. of family guy and to see music vids. ....*cough* okay and canadian idol...But, like someone mentioned earlier, are the idol shows and stuff like last comic standing actualy reality shows? everyone kinda puts them into that category but it's really more of a gameshow isnt it? Ah im going a lil off-topic now

anyway...TV is turning into nothing but crap. i hope people get over this reality tv craze soon. or at least tone it down a bit. :(

*end of 2 cents*

last year i couldn't stand them, idols, survivors, big brothers, but this year ive been watching outback jack and average joe and sometimes i sit n think.. why the hell am i watching these when i can't stand this crap?
but then i guess its what the show is about. I am soooo sick of idol shows tho, american idol, australian idol then new zealand idol then another american idol and now another australian idol *dies*

i dont really like reality tv anymore i used to be addicted to big brother but its pretty much the same every year and survivor man that is getting bad i still watch australian idol because there is some really good singers on there to bad there singing pop he he he he

I'm against reality tv. Shows like Last Comic Standing are okay, considering it
is about real people and it's for a career, not a get rich quick scheme. But the
shows like Survivor and Big Brother are about a bunch of backstabbing half-
wits, with each show edited to the point where it's meant to mislead you into
watching the next show. And where is the reality in half of the challenges?
It's just stupid that people get obsessed over this kind of crap. :mad:

So-called 'Reality' TV is total rubbish and should be discarded where it should be...in the freaking dumpster (or if ur in the country like me, the burn barrel!)

I just created a poll & thread on this but I done deleted it cause it's already been covered. Sorry and Thanks, Dawn! lol

They're cheap, they're unimaginative, they can be (and frequently are) humiliating for the participants (which is fine, because they're usually a bunch of self-obsessed, pissy little primadonna cocksuckers).

It's TV companies appealing to the very unnattractive "Bread and Circusses" side of the public. What shocks me is their popularity.

The only reason anybody watched or is watching Big Brother is in the vain hope of seeing a real, live sex show, a punch up or a suicide attempt. Could you imagine the headlines?

"Dickhead in the Big Brother house realised the futility of his own pathetic existence and was found hanging from the light fitting in the kitchen area this morning. Channel 4 to retain sole video rights. Twatface, who discovered the limp body of Dickhead, is currently too traumatised to negotiate a book deal."

C*nts.
LOL Fuck iv missed you head!!!! I agree compleatly. These people are picked for there self absorbed nature. I was forced to see some of the first big brother and the people were half normal. they picked a dominatrix chick and she was out first go! but now when my missus puts it on, all I see is a bunch of good looking young wankers acting up for the camera!

So-called 'Reality' TV is total rubbish and should be discarded where it should be...in the freaking dumpster (or if ur in the country like me, the burn barrel!)

I agree!! It is total rubbish!

<3
- Nina

Most of it is pre-scripted or picked in a way that will most likely cause drama and conflict, making the show interesting, when maybe 25% of it is true "unscripted reality".

i think we have completely crossed the line. it all just seems so fake now and i wouldn't wanna sit around and actually watch someone elses life and all the drama. it's just not my type of fun. and we have totally over done it. it seems as if people on the shows overexagerate or do alot of it for attention. like for example the real world. too much fake drama for me. i can see fear factor but that's about it. other thatn that we all need not to be so into these shows. in my opinion. i don't mean to offend anyone but im just saying. it's fake entertainment to mean.:eek:

seeing as though i was on one, i can't truely be against them. I'm against people dedicating a whole hour of their short lives to watching other peoples drama... entertainment today.......

i think alot of reality shows are pointless, stupid, and downright dirty, but some of them are very entertaining. i love the ultimate fighter on spike tv, it's entertaining, and you see they are actually working hard for their dreams. they don't vote people out simply because they don't like them, they have to fight for it, and then the losers goes home. it's one of the few reality shows that actually caught my attention.

Most of them are just a waste of my time. My poor brain hurts when I look at some of those people :rolleyes:

I go to high school. That's all the reality TV I need, right there.

Also, I find shows like The Real World incredibly hypocritical. You call these people "real?" They're all beautiful people with designer clothes. Sometimes they throw in the token black guy or the token gay guy just so it's more "diverse." Yeah, okay. And yet, HOW many seasons has this show ran?

It kind of scares me that people really like watching other people get humiliated. That's really bothersome.

Also, I find shows like The Real World incredibly hypocritical. You call these people "real?" They're all beautiful people with designer clothes. Sometimes they throw in the token black guy or the token gay guy just so it's more "diverse." Yeah, okay. And yet, HOW many seasons has this show ran?
Theres really an algorithm for the cast on the show.
1) The loud obnoxious party frat boy.
2) Gay man (sometimes the aggressor, known to keep grudges the entire season for some fag joke)
3) Ethnically proud person (normally hispanic/black man or woman, often talks about "where they came from" like anyone other than Oprah cares)
4) Innocent virgin (sometimes a Mormon)
5) The aggressor/instigator (sometimes the gay or ethnic person)
6) The thinker/artist/philosopher (normally arrogant when they talk)
7) The drama queen (sometimes the most drunk)

Each season has staple characters that follow the above list.

^You forgot the girl who sleeps around and gets herself in trouble <3.

Also, I find shows like The Real World incredibly hypocritical. You call these people "real?" They're all beautiful people with designer clothes. Sometimes they throw in the token black guy or the token gay guy just so it's more "diverse." Yeah, okay. And yet, HOW many seasons has this show ran?

In its first few seasons, the Real World was real . . . er, at least as real as it could've possibly been. It just evolved into what it is today, unfortunately, because it did tackle real issues early on (ex-- abortion; HIV/AIDS; and I think one cast member had a family/friend commit suicide). Nowadays everything is just so disgustingly typical and repetitive.

There are so many reality shows on these days, featuring every topic you can think of (except maybe highschool :rolleyes: ) that I will not be surprised if they come up with a reality show called:

Living in Reality: The New and Improved Reality Series. (or something of that nature) :rolleyes: Or, maybe they'll make up a cable channel called: "The Reality Channel" :p

And the people on the shows are all so damn annoying and hypocritical..not to mention stereotypical...why bother calling it 'Reality' when in fact its nothing like reality at all?

(if any of that made sense....:p )

In other words, they are wastes of valuable TV time. :p

I think that reality shows are examples of our society heading toward the crapper. Most of the shows are mean spirited, and specifically designed so that audiences can watch people suffer.

Most of the shows are mean spirited, and specifically designed so that audiences can watch people suffer.
In some respects- this is why I cant watch reality contestant shows- American Idol, for example. I cant watch real people fail, fall, lose, be humiliated, get their dreams squashed, etc.

Frankly, pisses me off that it airs in the first place, but I personally cant watch stuff like that.

Except, I do enjoy when Super Sweet 16 girls cant get that $525,000 car they asked for, and think their life is over.

I've skimmed through most of these threads and I've also read a few posts and here is what I have to say,

I love reality shows. I really hate how people are always stating that viewers who watch them are looking for some porno or drunken behaviour. That is just a clouded opinion on what most people like watching reality shows.

I personally love the show Big Brother (American, the English and Australian ones are ridiculous) and they feature a wide range of people. I watch it because I find it entertaining to see how they can live a house and evict one another to see who gains the grand prize. I would love to be a contestant because I'd like to see how far I'd get and if I was good at competitions physically and mentally. Does it mean I crave attention? No. I got really upset when someone mentioned that those who go on these shows want attention, and it's mostly because they want the prize at the end (At least in BB that is). The situations about sexual harassment and what not have happened in other BB's, but the one I'm talking about is the American BB who I believe is the best out of all of them.

And the first reality show wasn't Survivor, it was Big Brother and it was first shown in Europe. I can't remember the country, but it was the FIRST reality show contrived and I assume Survivor came from that with a twist. Simple.

Please stop generalizing reality shows and the people who watch them, it's like you're trying to insult us viewers when we just want to watch the show for the pure fact of entertainment, not some cheap ass porno or drunken party.

Honestly, if people want to humiliate themselves on TV for the sake of 15 minutes of fame, I cant stop them, nor can anyone else who isnt personally involved with the person.

Its still amusing the watch though ^_^. Humans can do the silliest things when in the spotlight.

I am addicted to reality t.v.

well.... some shows that is. It is entertaining to watch the competitions and to watch people do the funniest things but some people are a little outrageous with there "talents/stunts"

im not against them but im not adicted either.
I think they maybe can be interesting in some point but there are a lot of"reality" shows that aren't real at all sometimes they fake the things to make them interesting =S

'Yasmin's Getting Married' was axed from Australian TV last week. It was a reality show about a woman who had to find a husband in just 9 weeks-then she would marry him on live TV.

With all the religious cranks preaching about how 'sacred' marriage supposedly is, it is a slap in the face for them to take a back seat with this program.

I really hate programs like this-they get someone married, then less than a year later they head for the divorce courts.:rolleyes:

both, some reality shows are entertaining and tasteful, shows that help people overcome issues or make their lives better are great...i hate when people just fight the whole time...tv people are so dramatic, if i were on a reality show, i would not steal someone's shoes :rolleyes: