PBS came out with “An American Family” in 1973 that had some affect and influence on MTV’s first reality sitcom called “The Real World” in 1992. In this show they took seven different people with different backgrounds and put them in the same house for seven months. The first reality show can be compared to “Big Brother” where they also get taped with their interactions towards each other. Survivor was the first actual show that had given reality TV a name. Reality TV has changed in many different ways. First off reality TV shows have drowned out any other shows with theirs. ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox are the main channels that have reality show times on. Reality TV shows have become much more graphic in aspects of sexuality. There are lots of different types of reality shows where there are random hookups between the contestants or even the whole show is based on sexual matter. Many of the older reality TV shows are still running today such as Cops, The Real World, Who wants to be a Millionaire, Survivor, American Idol and Influential, but Unsuccessful. I personally think that the show Survivor has been on far too long with too many seasons. I think that every season it just seems to be the same things over and over, causing it to become boring. More reality shows are coming out just becoming weirder and weirder. Reality TV shows have always been about people being glued to a TV while watching anonymous others do “Stupid” things. You will still find people doing things they couldn’t typically do if it wasn’t on TV. This genre that started many years ago may be causing problems for the near future. People are taking risks that could be very dangerous such as on Survivor or Fear Factor and for what? Money.
http://reality-tv.lovetoknow.com/History_of_Reality_Television
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Introduction
Hello, my name is Brittney Robertson. I am from Brandon, Manitoba Canada. I am currently in my second semester here at Valley City State University as a freshman. I am earning my degree in elementary education and undecided on my minor. I earned a scholarship in softball here at VCSU.
You may find yourself wondering what exactly is the definition of a reality show? A reality show is a type of genre that is an unscripted with either humorous or dramatic situations. There are many shows that you might have not even known they were reality sitcoms. I sometimes find myself being sucked into the television when these dramatic reality shows come on but in other cases I find some of these shows absolutely ridiculous. A couple of my favorite reality shows are Jon and Kate plus 8, Extreme Make-over: Home Edition and the Hills.
Jon and Kate plus 8 show plays on the channel TLC. Jon and Kate Gosselin originally have a set of twins born in the year 2000 but four short years later sextuplets arrive. This show follows the Gosselin family around their everyday life experiences. I find it very interesting seeing the Gosselin family trying to cope with having eight children you can definitely see the difficulties with having that many children but they make best of what they can do. I also enjoy watching Extreme Make-over: Home Edition because I love watching people renovate houses and fix them up for a good cause. The things those families go through are horrible and heartbreaking and the types of lives they live are sad and to help them make their live better is amazing. The Hills is another show I tend to get sucked into, even though you know what is usually going to happen I still watch it. The Hills is a life-drama setting with “high-class” girls and new drama they are experiencing with their jobs or even other girls.
You may find yourself wondering what exactly is the definition of a reality show? A reality show is a type of genre that is an unscripted with either humorous or dramatic situations. There are many shows that you might have not even known they were reality sitcoms. I sometimes find myself being sucked into the television when these dramatic reality shows come on but in other cases I find some of these shows absolutely ridiculous. A couple of my favorite reality shows are Jon and Kate plus 8, Extreme Make-over: Home Edition and the Hills.
Jon and Kate plus 8 show plays on the channel TLC. Jon and Kate Gosselin originally have a set of twins born in the year 2000 but four short years later sextuplets arrive. This show follows the Gosselin family around their everyday life experiences. I find it very interesting seeing the Gosselin family trying to cope with having eight children you can definitely see the difficulties with having that many children but they make best of what they can do. I also enjoy watching Extreme Make-over: Home Edition because I love watching people renovate houses and fix them up for a good cause. The things those families go through are horrible and heartbreaking and the types of lives they live are sad and to help them make their live better is amazing. The Hills is another show I tend to get sucked into, even though you know what is usually going to happen I still watch it. The Hills is a life-drama setting with “high-class” girls and new drama they are experiencing with their jobs or even other girls.
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