Reality TV

To me, reality TV is just another channel. I will only actually watch it, if there is absolutely nothing else on television. Majority of the time, there is something other than reality TV on. Me personally, I don’t shun the idea of reality TV, I just frown upon it. All it really is, is just a whole lot of drama, sometimes mixed in with some hot people here and there, with some catchy title. There are some cases where its not about the good looking people. For example, there is the show called 16 and Pregnant, I’m pretty sure you can tell the title itself spells drama. When I hear the words reality TV, the one show that comes to mind would most definitely be Jersey Shore.  I am not really up to date with reality TV, but I believe to this day, Jersey Shore would be the most watched reality show. To tell you the truth, there was a time where I watched it every Tuesday night. I don’t really know why I did; I guess I just got caught up with the drama. See, that right there is the whole point of reality TV, in my opinion. The public wants something to watch, thus being drama. Drama can be very entertaining if you think about it. I know I think so. The show would keep you in suspense pretty good, to where you’re saying, “He did not say just that about her!”  I think this show is definitely harming our society, they basically influence the idea of partying and drinking until you cannot stand up. The good thing they influence is the gym and that’s it, well they do have safe sex. Then again, that is another subject. Anyway, the show itself had so much drama as well. They would fight over who said what, who “smashed” who, and what Mike said about someone. In my opinion, Mike is the main source of drama in that show, and then you cannot really have one person being the drama queen. Everyone had there round of drama throughout the seasons of Jersey Shore. Seeing how I did watch that show at one point, I would have to say it was a guilty pleasure for me. I really do try to avoid watching reality TV. There are better things to watch on TV, like the discovery channel or national geographic. Reality TV has a main goal of getting a lot of ratings. So, when people turn on the TV and find some reality show, you just boost their numbers.

Reality TV is different for everybody. You can like it, hate it, ignore it, whatever. But the reality of this is that reality TV is here and it’s probably going to be around for a long time. It’s basically public entertainment, and what is a world without entertainment? That is my take on reality TV. I don’t like it, but I don’t hate it. It is just there for whoever wants to watch it. Thanks for reading.