Reality Shows

[Guest]

I've noticed especially ABC especially dropping some decent shows in favor of reality TV. They are cheaper to make. Are they an insult to our brain power? I hope this isn't the wave of the future it seems to be. I love dramas.

Laura

[Carolyn Marie]

You're right, Laura. All the networks are into it, some more than others, especially during the summer.

Mindless drivel for the most part. There are a couple though, that are fun to watch and aren't as

simple minded, such as "The Amazing Race."

Look at what NBC is doing with their 10 p.m. slot, which used to have the best dramas. Five nights a week

of Jay Leno!

Lots of good folks in the indusrty are out of work too, as a result. Its a real shame.

Carolyn Marie

[Guest Kaze]

I've been getting kind of tired of the reality shows and dramas. Not that there aren't good ones of each, but it seems like they are making up most of evening/night TV these days. I have been finding myself looking for new things to watch a lot more often lately because I've been getting tired of all these reality shows.

I've been wanting to see a good new non-animated comedy show, but there hasn't been one in a while, at least that I know of. Glee on Fox looks like it might have potential, although I haven't gotten around to watching the pilot yet.

[Sally]

I am afraid that they are not an insult to the brain power of most TV viewers.

There have been fewer and fewer good dramas each year and even the good ones spend most of their time away from the main story lines an in the various bedrooms of the sordid lives of the main characters - am I alone in thinking that there is more to life than just sex and that extra marital affairs should not be held up as the norm and perfectly acceptable?

Oh well, at least I don't have to waste any money an an HD TV.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest CharlieRose]

I've been wanting to see a good new non-animated comedy show, but there hasn't been one in a while, at least that I know of. Glee on Fox looks like it might have potential, although I haven't gotten around to watching the pilot yet.

Glee's great. You should have seen me when they were like "And we're just giving you the pilot! The REAL show isn't being broadcasted until the fall!" "What? Nooooo!!!" That's one I'm looking forward to, and crossing my fingers it won't be cancelled.

I miss all the good shows that have been cancelled, like Pushing Daisies and Arrested Development. It seems like nowadays unless it's uncreative drivel churned out to appeal to the general population, like those endless amounts of medical and forensic shows, or a reality show that really toes the boundaries of taste, ("Watch people scream and yell!") it's deemed too eccentric. Thank heavens for AMC with Breaking Bad. That's one really inspired, intelligent, and complex show.

[Guest Melanieshaman]

I think the largest portion of "reality shows" are scripted and fake... they use the premise of reality, and unknown, or rather just people that don't LOOK like actors (but ya notice some shows always have good looking people on them) to play the parts. I hate reality tv...well except Daisy of Love...my wife got my started and now i am hooked. LOL