Reality TV
Some years ago--more than I like to image--dear husband and I had numerous conversations about all the “reality tv” shows cropping up. We didn’t think we liked them.
The banker husband posited that it was a grand plot to save money using local and outdoor sets for free advertising, unknown “regular” people instead of trained, professional actors.
How could people expose themselves this way? Monitors and cameras on them night and day. Certainly edits of their conversations to make them sound more titillating. What were these people thinking? A way to stardom? A few dollars?
So last week, before the dire death of my motherboard in my computer, thankfully I had pulled up a few Google sites: realityblurred.com, IMDb.com, history.com.
How long has it been since reality tv has crept into our tv viewing? The following reality shows have been watched off and on over the years. OH MY GOSH!! WE WERE AMAZED at the number of shows we have watched and HOW OLD the shows were. Our thoughts on this tv genre were really wrong! Reality tv is here to stay!
Please take a look at our list--in no chronological order and in no priority order. Just wrote down the names as we remembered them. See which you remember.
Please take a look at our list--in no chronological order and in no priority order. Just wrote down the names as we remembered them. See which you remember.
Survivor (this was our first show - liked the host)
American Pickers
The Bachelorette (still watching)
American Pickers
The Bachelorette (still watching)
The Bachelor (still watching)
Duck Dynasty (what a disappoint they turned out to be)
The Kardashians (nope – only one season) American Idol
Project Runway (love Tim Gunn)
Duck Dynasty (what a disappoint they turned out to be)
The Kardashians (nope – only one season) American Idol
Project Runway (love Tim Gunn)
Dancing with the Stars
RuPaul (he’s become a “phenom”)
America’s Got Talent
Great British Bakeoff (though I can NOT do any of their recipes)
Forensic Files (only in reruns)
Pawn Stars (miss the “Old Man”)
Great British Bakeoff (though I can NOT do any of their recipes)
Forensic Files (only in reruns)
Pawn Stars (miss the “Old Man”)
Hell’s Kitchen (love Gordon)
Dance Moms (in its heyday)
And, of course, (my weekly snarky comment): sometimes we count the news as a reality show!
And, of course, (my weekly snarky comment): sometimes we count the news as a reality show!
Awaiting a New Motherboard
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