Posted by TexasChic on February 5, 2007, at 19:27:45
In reply to Re: Reality TV -- good or bad? -- Everyone, posted by Gee on February 5, 2007, at 17:06:17
But I do get bored with them quickly. I usually don't watch any of them more than one season. After one I lose interest. The exception is Survivor, but as soon as it starts to bore me - I'm gone. In fact, I've quit watching it midseason before.
Of course there are different kinds of reality shows, like the ER one Phillipa was talking about. Those are real... and gross. And there have always been game shows, news shows, talk shows, ect. I don't see reality shows as any more or less detrimental to society than other tv, its all mindless entertainment. I think people are just sick of the silliness of the particular form that has caught on here lately. But everyone has some form of escapism, who's to say one person's is better than another's. Whatever gets you through.
-T
P.S. I can't watch Extreme Home Makeover because it makes me cry uncontrollably.
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