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Reality TV- Make it Stop
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kazmac
macrumors G4
I'll watch Chopped occasionally, but that's as far as my reality tv goes. I hate the medium. Nice to see cable step up the plate and make scripted television viable again.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
Agreed, and I generally don't watch much of that stuff. I think the closest thing is some of the video shows, those are generally harmless and safe for the family.
Meister
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AlliFlowers
macrumors 601
When I was young, naive, and full of enthusiasm and good will, I used to hope for things like world peace and an end to starvation and homelessness.
Now I simply wish for an end to reality television.
Now I simply wish for an end to reality television.
Huntn
macrumors Penryn
Not to sound like a lecture, but Reality TV is supposed to be based on some quality or quality of reality. No set amount, the % of real required is a personal preference. 🙂
For Pawn Stars, I don't mind if the things people bring in have been screened in advance as long as negotiations are real. I won't watch staged negotiations. Other shows have done the same thing. Storage Wars is staged. Paranormal Witness is renacted. There was a bounty hunter show (not Dog) that was staged with actors playing the peopl mbeing pursued . That is a violation of the Reality Show Code of Honor. 😉 I've heard some negativity about Ghost Hunters. But if they are exploring properties and reporting what they observe, no problem. But if they are manufacturing "events" then...
Melrose
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I was sick of reality TV after the first two episodes of the first Survivor. The one with the gay guy, Dave of Kevin or something, who didn't pay tax on his $1 million.
Huntn
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Caught my wife watching Hollywood Medium (Tyler Henry) on E Network. I've slid towards the sceptic side on these matters since Sylvia Brown and Pawn Stars... but not saying it's 100% impossible. I just don't have enough info to make a determination. Some people call psychics grief vampires. 🙂
Interesting article on Doubtful News.
Caught my wife watching Hollywood Medium (Tyler Henry) on E Network. I've slid towards the sceptic side on these matters since Sylvia Brown and Pawn Stars... but not saying it's 100% impossible. I just don't have enough info to make a determination. Some people call psychics grief vampires. 🙂
Huntn
macrumors Penryn
I found this interesting article (2015), if you like American Pickers:
Let’s Pick at American Pickers: Real Or Scripted?
Let’s Pick at American Pickers: Real Or Scripted?
- Locations found by staff, prescreened, and preapproved by producers.
- Danielle is a show personality as is Frank Fritz who was brought in as a counter personality to Mike.
- Sometimes the values given for items is not accurate.
With so many people canceling the TV these days networks don't have money to spend on movies or TV shows and only way to stay in business is cheap reality TV shows.
Now TV is loaded with lots and lots of cheap reality TV shows.
It not going to get better but worse. Only demographics left are older people not comfortable with netflix and streaming and type of crowd that will watch Wife Swap, Storage Wars, Cupcake Wars, The Real Housewives, Cake Boss, Little People, Big World, Say Yes to the Dress so on.
Just other TV shows and reality TV shows gotten worse.
May be I'm getting old but I find my self looking for older TV shows to watch.
Huntn
macrumors Penryn
22Apr2020- caught an episode of Ghost Hunters on A&E. Grant from the original show is still there. Basically I was not impressed, a lot of “I’m uncomfortable“, “What’s that?!”, “It felt like someone is near us.” “It freaked me out”. One of the girls fell down the steps, and they made a big deal out of that, but she did not say she was pushed. Ok, whatever.
compwiz1202
macrumors 604
I don't mind them if they aren't trying to sabotage each other and other drama is low. Those Japanese shows can be hilarious.
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Me too. I also don't like the ratio. There are hardly any comedies I like anymore. And anything I do seem to like gets canceled promptly 🙁
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That's one of the things that annoys me about shows anymore. Always some sort of extreme lifestyle person and always someone who had so many bad things happen, it's a miracle they are even alive to be on the show.
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That's one of the things that annoys me about shows anymore. Always some sort of extreme lifestyle person and always someone who had so many bad things happen, it's a miracle they are even alive to be on the show.
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Yes chopped is great especially Junior. The adults need to take lessons from those kids in sportsmanship and kindness.
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The one show I was surprised I liked was the Circle. Some of the people were idiots, but most of them were cool, and one of the cooler ones wound up winning.
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