Reality Television Journal 2

Ignorance is bliss

            Reality television is clearly overrated and a waste of time and the effort that it takes to film such, what I like to call garbage. Now I would be a hypocrite if I said I have never watched any of these shows. But I watch just enough to see what fresh rubbish they air just to trick people in to watching. They call it reality TV, but is it really reality? I feel that it is nothing more than a made up soap opera. All of the fake lying and fighting that is exploited on these TV shows are just absurd. They make these shows with the “oh my god factor”, just to draw viewers’ attention. It is absolutely ridiculous that they are even allowed to air it as reality television. When the majority of the time, behind the scenes they are telling the actors and actresses what to do, so that they can gain more viewers’, to make more money. The networks can monitor how many viewers have tuned in for each show. I believe that when there ratings are down they throw in john to beat up jack, and bam you have five thousand more viewers. The reality of it is, we the people allow them to air these TV shows because the more that you watch, the more they will continue to air. So maybe if we stop watching the outrageous reality TV shows the less they will be able to air.