Networks ruined by reality television.
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Chocolate Lab
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Yep, it's pathetic. You know it's bad when even the Golf Channel and Weather Channel are running these things.
And the worst part is, they all look exactly the same. They may have a different subject matter, but it's all the exact same formula.
Telemundo soap operas are more "real", and have better eye candy. :thumbsup:
And the worst part is, they all look exactly the same. They may have a different subject matter, but it's all the exact same formula.
Telemundo soap operas are more "real", and have better eye candy. :thumbsup:
Lodeus
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Lost is done.
Smallville is done.
Chuck was good but got cancelled.
The Event was cancelled.
The Office has gone downhill.
Heroes started to suck and got cancelled.
Alcatraz and Fringe are decent.
Parks and Rec, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Walking Dead my favorites now. TV could certainly be better.
Smallville is done.
Chuck was good but got cancelled.
The Event was cancelled.
The Office has gone downhill.
Heroes started to suck and got cancelled.
Alcatraz and Fringe are decent.
Parks and Rec, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Walking Dead my favorites now. TV could certainly be better.
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The market for television shows has changed considerably. 30+ years ago, families sat down to eat together and watched TV for several hours each night. 30+ years ago if someone didn't have a TV in their house, they were considered poor. Now it is quite common due to computers and TV on demand through streaming and DVR playback.
The bottom line comes down to costs though. Most reality TV shows cost a small fraction of what scripted shows cost to make. Not to mention a reality TV show's production time is much smaller than scripted shows and is not limited to 20-24 episodes. If most people knew how little "reality" tv shows were actual "reality" and instead "scripted", they would likely not be as fond of them as they are. But being oblivious makes people happy in general so the formula continues to work at least for now.
What network do not realize is that this formula may be profitable or self-sustainable now, but underneath they are destroying their product and opening the door for a lot of other networks who are less concerned with bottom lines on each show and instead look at their overall bottom line. That's why pay networks such as Showtime and HBO have become more successful and some of the other non-major networks are starting to gain in popularity.
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The bottom line comes down to costs though. Most reality TV shows cost a small fraction of what scripted shows cost to make. Not to mention a reality TV show's production time is much smaller than scripted shows and is not limited to 20-24 episodes. If most people knew how little "reality" tv shows were actual "reality" and instead "scripted", they would likely not be as fond of them as they are. But being oblivious makes people happy in general so the formula continues to work at least for now.
What network do not realize is that this formula may be profitable or self-sustainable now, but underneath they are destroying their product and opening the door for a lot of other networks who are less concerned with bottom lines on each show and instead look at their overall bottom line. That's why pay networks such as Showtime and HBO have become more successful and some of the other non-major networks are starting to gain in popularity.
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Think of the average intelligence of a person you meet, and then realize that half the population is below that. Voila! An instant market for bad reality TV.
That said, I watch Deadliest Catch, Sons of Guns, Swamp People, and Dual Survival. I don't watch them with any regularity, but if they're on when I flipping through the channels I'll stop surfing.
Caught a couple of episodes of Wicked Tuna, but that show is so over the top with deckhands trying to inject drama that I lost interest. "Oh this could be our grander!" and then they pull up a short fish? C'mon guys, anyone who's fished offshore could tell in a second the difference between a 100 pound fish and an 500 pound fish.
That said, I watch Deadliest Catch, Sons of Guns, Swamp People, and Dual Survival. I don't watch them with any regularity, but if they're on when I flipping through the channels I'll stop surfing.
Caught a couple of episodes of Wicked Tuna, but that show is so over the top with deckhands trying to inject drama that I lost interest. "Oh this could be our grander!" and then they pull up a short fish? C'mon guys, anyone who's fished offshore could tell in a second the difference between a 100 pound fish and an 500 pound fish.
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Hoofbite;4541907 said:
My favorite comedian.
I think he would tell you he doesn't give a <explicitive> that Salt used it.
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Yes, it's mostly 'here's somebody's job' reality TV. To make matters worse, they script so much of 'reality TV' that it's not reality to begin with. I think if I was a higher-up in the world of TV, my motto would be that if we have to script 'reality TV', chances are it's not that interesting to begin with.
It does pain me because there are some really good reality shows out there like Pawn Stars and Storage Wars, but they keep scripting them as well. Those shows were interesting because they delved into so many different things that you never quite knew about. They were like the equivalent of taking Social Studies in school. But, they can't help but script them to death and they really lose their luster.
Probably what bums me out the most is how bad late-night and super-late night TV has become. When I was growing up I loved late-night and super-late night TV because that's when you had creative minds that were really taking chances on TV. Now it's become diluted with late night talk shows and informercials.
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It does pain me because there are some really good reality shows out there like Pawn Stars and Storage Wars, but they keep scripting them as well. Those shows were interesting because they delved into so many different things that you never quite knew about. They were like the equivalent of taking Social Studies in school. But, they can't help but script them to death and they really lose their luster.
Probably what bums me out the most is how bad late-night and super-late night TV has become. When I was growing up I loved late-night and super-late night TV because that's when you had creative minds that were really taking chances on TV. Now it's become diluted with late night talk shows and informercials.
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