im getting SICK of reality based shows!!! FUCKCKCKKK@#!@#$

its all about ratings man. turn off your tv and go on a walk, much healthier for your mind.

Yeah, the reality shows aren't cutting it. Especially that show that is coming soon called "Outback Joe." I will not for a day turn on my tv and watch that bullshit. Well, i guess it is the same way porn has a lot of reality sites now. The mainstream television is catching onto that idea aswell.

rich.. do you want my big brother live feed password? you can see all the stuff not shown on tv, and the writers cant use clips of as they please to create a story, its tightttttttttt

"catching on" OMG i hope they are almost PLAYED OUT at this point lol

i cant fucking stand it, its forcing me to spend a fucking fortune on DVD's

I think in the last 6mo i maybe bought about 100 DVD's

figure that i bought some on discount and some full price, avg for all is about $20 each

if i keep this up, ill be spending $4k per year on DVD's lol

i cant rent because i NEVER return on time, and it costs me even more lol

Wow, that is a shit load of money on DVD when you can just watch it on TV. You should get a satelite dish or comcast digital cable, so you can choose what channels you would like to watch, and it is DEFINITELY cheaper than 4k a year.

look at THIS BOARD for reality shows

scroll through a few of the forums there, each topic is getting THOUSANDS of replies!!!

OH MY GOD america has gone fucking mad ....

Chill out before you have a heart attack

obviously you haven't turned on your tv in awhile....it's already been on for a couple weeks now......


the reason there is so much "reality television" is because it's cheap to produce and it gets good ratings = more profit

reality shows should be banned i can't stand those fuckin shows anymore there so played out

as long as people keep watching them, they'll keep making them

why do you think we keep building porn sites? because people are still buying porn...
it's all about $$$$$

rofl

was going to make this same fucking post, but remembered i made one already so figured id bump it

FUCK REALITY!!!

Wow, still strangling yourself over reality shows? hehe.


Which one of them aired today and got your blood boiling again?

Worst thing is that it's not even reality anymore ... it's all made up bullshit

take a hike it would be healthier... hehehe and for that you'll conserve electricity...

I was sick of reality shows 2 years ago. Can't stand that shit and won't watch it.

I fuckin totally agree - you cant turn on the tv these days without sitting in someone elses house watching their moral dellimas and social problems... wtf is right... tv fucked the world and theres no coming back.

as a sponsor program would say

"Reality is the new gold standard"

It's the in thing nowadays, viewers look for something new and not passe. Don't worry it's just a fad

I feel the same way about sit-coms. As far as I'm concerned, pretty much every sit-com on TV is the same played out BS we've seen since the formula first came into existence. For me, reality shows are a breath of fresh air.

I figure there are 3 or 4 tiers of reality shows.

Tier 1 (Top notch): Survivor, The Amazing Race, The Apprentice, The Mole (sadly departed and replaced by "Celebrity Mole", tier 3 at best), Joe Schmoe (brilliant for its parody of all reality shows).

These shows have an interesting premise to begin with, and they support it by casting a reasonably interesting cross-section of people. Heavy on personality, relatively light on fame-whore.

Tier 2 (Entertaining but tiresome): Big Brother(?), American Idol(?), The Real World, The Surreal Life, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, tons of home improvement/makeover shows I've never watched...

Some are throw-away entertainment you can take or leave; others can become disturbingly addicting. They tend to cast fame-whore types who truly believe their careers are going to be made or revived by their casting. Or, they're fun, but the formula quickly gets boring (Queer Eye, I'm looking at you, my departed love.)

Tier 3 (Crap that's fun because it's so bad): Temptation Island, Paradise Hotel, Forever Eden, Big Brother(?), American Idol(?), tons of others I'm sure...

I put Big Brother and American Idol in both tiers two and three because the entertainment factor is largely determined by Whether You Give a Fuck. If you vote or watch live feeds...well, not sure if that makes them go up or down a notch. You decide.

Tier 4 (Crap, but who cares)
Fear Factor, any dating show not mentioned above.

I know I've left out a bazillion or so shows...if you are a reality show junky, please feel free to amend this list. Perhaps we can create something wonderful. Right now I have to go - I hear snoring on my Big Brother live feeds, and I simply must see who it is...

Big Brother rules!

I think I watch the live feed so much that I'm beginning to think that I'm a houseguest as well.

I really liked the surreal life, and the first outtakes from each city of american idol are hilarious! So many funny looking people with zero talents gets honestly suprised when they get dissed by Simon is freakin' comedy!

Yeah, agree with u!!!
This shit brings good and quick money! Unfortunately, millions of damn ppl watch them every day

It's not that we've run out of script ideas, it's that reality shows don't have to pay script writers which saves a huge chunk of change for the network. Not to mention that instead of hiring big name stars they get "talent" (contestants) at scale. The fact that these shows are also doing great in the ratings is just icing on the cake. When they quit making money maybe the networks will go back to hiring a few writers.

depends on how you see it. Shows like seinfeld etc will probably be on tv forever so in long term these are way more profitable than reality shows which airs for a few months and thats it.