I was the same way with The Real World. The first season felt 'real'. Once it was a hit, I felt like each successive cast came in with an agenda; namely to become famous.I enjoy the competition shows like Survivor, The Amazing Race and American Idol. I've never watched Jersey Shore, but admit to having thoroughly enjoyed shows like The Real World back in my 20's, but only for the first few seasons - lost interest after that.
Like Riz said, some of it is compelling and well-produced and some of it is trash and not worth my time, and that applies to pretty much everything else on television.
The First 48 is phenomenal. It's amazing to see the differences from city to city. Birmingham, Memphis and Miami don't play. If you kill someone in one of those cities, they will find you! Indianapolis... not so much. I also really liked Crime 360. I had to watch it for an EXD class, and found it to be fascinating.If reality TV is filming regular people doing stuff, I enjoy shows like "The First 48" and "Dirty Jobs". I also like "Man vs Wild", idk if that qualifies as reality tv. But I have never been a big fan of game-show type shows, and I really dislike celebrity-based reality tv shows. I feel no urge to find out what random-girl-with-big-boobs is doing to be a youknowwhat this week.
Have you watched The Layover?The two reality shows I will watch are No Reservations and Bizarre Foods.
Yeah... The Layover is really good as well. Honestly, I'm just a big fan of anything Anthony Bourdain does.I was the same way with The Real World. The first season felt 'real'. Once it was a hit, I felt like each successive cast came in with an agenda; namely to become famous.
The First 48 is phenomenal. It's amazing to see the differences from city to city. Birmingham, Memphis and Miami don't play. If you kill someone in one of those cities, they will find you! Indianapolis... not so much. I also really liked Crime 360. I had to watch it for an EXD class, and found it to be fascinating.
Have you watched The Layover?
Interesting...The longer I go without TV, the more I come to understand why my parents called it the "idiot box".
I don't know if this is true or not, but....at wedding #3, I was told (by either the preacher or my best man, who is a native Hawaiian) we were right next to that house. Interesting....Yeah... The Layover is really good as well. Honestly, I'm just a big fan of anything Anthony Bourdain does.
The shift in the Real World happened when they did the season in Hawaii. The producers quickly realized the audience wanted to see the partying and such more so than real situations (Go back and watch seasons 1-4... incredibly tame when compared to previous seasons. Miami in season 5 also laid the foundation for what really took hold in Hawaii).
A little of both.Interesting...
Do you feel like you have become less of an "idiot" or that you have now noticed how much we television watchers are "idiots"?
I used to watch it for the hot redhead. I'm pretty sure the carpet matches the drapes.I do watch Mythbusters, which is kind of reality TV.
http://www.karibyron.com/I used to watch it for the hot redhead. I'm pretty sure the carpet matches the drapes.
My favorites are Pawn Stars and Antique Roadshow. I'm intrigued by the stories behind all of those objects.