If by reality TV we mean sports broadcasting, than I think it is the best of TV.
I meant that I think we can all do without knowing all the medical and personal details of sports players. Sports broadcasting should stay on sports networks. The rest of us should not have to know about the latest big "news" in sports.
If by reality TV we mean sports broadcasting, than I think it is the best of TV. If the soap-operas that pass for reality TV (American Idol, Apprentice, etc..) than I cannot abide them.
I'm also a big Project Runway fan. ... And, I'm ashamed to say, I've been known to watch The Bachelor/Bachelorette now and again. It's like driving past a bad car wreck; you don't want to look, but sometimes you just do.
I love shows like Project Runway. They choose clothing designers from around the country and compete each week to see who will be the winning designers. The clothes they create are beautifuly. They are so talented. I also love The Amazing Race. Teams of two race around the world to see one team standing at the end of the race and that team gets $1 million dollars. They go to the most bueautiful parts of the country. Places I dream about going. Those are the good types of reality shows.
I don't have much time for TV and have never watched any reality shows. Just doesn't appeal. If I have time to watch anything, it's movies or concerts.
It seems likes it's mostly reality TV now. I am now reduced to watching reruns of sitcoms (which I didn't see the 1st time around), Phineas and Ferb (thanks to the kid) and reality train-wrecks. I seem to be partial to Hoarders, Top Chef and the Food Network. *sigh*
Reality or not some are entertaining to watch. The editing will always be done so someone is cast in bad light. Trainwrecks sell. If a few bad reality shows or prime-time game shows is what it takes so that they can actually spend some money developing some good shows I'll put up with them. There's always Food Network...
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A friend appeared on one of these shows and it was largely scripted or edited to show another reality than the one that existed when she filmed it.
Every channel seems to have a reality show. I watch a few, but am sad that many good dramas get axed because they are too expensive to produce, even with many viewers.
I like "The Buried Life" on MTV. It is a bunch of young guys in their early twenties that have a bucket list of things they want to accomplish. As they get ready to complete one of their dreams, they also fullfill one of the dreams for their viewers. It's surprising touching, and not what I expected the first time my daughter told me about it.
I am not a fan of the vote-in shows. I also have a friend who has a child who has tried out for one of the extremely well-known show twice and been rejected, not because of her talent, but because they said that she doesn't meet the profile of a "winner."
