TV Shows and Real Life TV shows are probably the primary source of entertainment for the average American. Most of them run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. with reruns starting at 5 p.m. We watch them because they give us something to do‚ a way to relax‚ something to help pass the time. We all watch different shows‚ some people like "Married...with Children"‚ some are repulsed with it‚ but like to watch "Home Improvement"‚ what draws particular crowds to certain shows? How do these shows portray the
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English 101 November 26‚ 2012 When researching on the effects of television towards Americans‚ I found quite a few published studies‚ articles and books that were helpful in educating me on this epidemic. The average child will spend 1‚500 hours a year watching television and in those 1‚500 hours they will view an average of 200‚000 acts of violence by the time they graduated high school (Norman Herr‚ Ph.D.). By the time a person turns 18 years old they will have watched 3 years worth of
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The television and the shows it broadcasts are both very powerful modes of communication. With millions of people watching the messages and propaganda‚ one show on a single channel can reach an enormous amount of viewers. The television is like an amplifier of ideas and thoughts. It is not necessarily a specific station that gives out this thought‚ but the television shows that are seen by worldwide viewers. People can gravitate towards the ideas shown by the shows. Millions of people see it‚ therefore
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success of this show is a great example of how much the American culture is attracted to two types of heroes embodied in the show‚ the outlaw hero and the official hero. While the outlaw hero questions society‚ the official hero celebrates it. "The functioning American‚ as the heir of a history of extreme contrast and abrupt changes‚ bases his final ego identity on some tentative combination of dynamic polarities" (Ray 378)‚ in this case the outlaw and the official hero. Still for a show to be so popular
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1970s‚ you’ll remember these TV shows: All in the Family‚ The Carol Burnett Show‚ Bob Newhart‚ Little House on the Prairie‚ The Waltons‚ Marcus Welby‚ MD‚ M*A*S*H‚ Happy Days‚ The Rockford Files‚ The Brady Bunch‚ The Mary Tyler Moore Show‚ Sanford and Son‚ Good Times‚ Dallas‚ The Jeffersons‚ Columbo‚ Hawaii Five-O‚ and Starsky and Hutch. Some say that the 1970s were the‚ “Golden Age of Television.” Unlike‚ most of today’s TV shows‚ during the 1970s‚ television shows were family oriented. They were
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Take me Out- The show you can surely live without Take me Out is back‚ ready to leave you as a disturbed and paralysed wreck. This series‚ the dating show silently guarantees you the worst experience of a lifetime which includes special features such as: a comical-looking yet wooden host‚ a range of presumptuous‚ “plastic” Barbie dolls that come in all shapes and sizes‚ and lastly‚ but by no means least‚ recently spray tanned‚ egotistical males‚ who most of which‚ narrowly pass as men. Take Me
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If you have been watching too many channels of late‚ then chances are that you will be tired of seeing orchestrated shows with nothing new. Reality shows are a lot different. It will actually be a refreshing change where you can relate it to your own lifestyle. No makeovers‚ no silly settings…everything real almost. If you thought that reality shows have all been made as the events uncovered‚ then you are mistaken. Some channels will fake that too and pass it off as real. But nevertheless they can
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An example for the essay about a TV show Check‚ Please! Check‚ Please! Check‚ Please! Bay Area is a local TV program‚ which reviews local restaurants. During each episode‚ three guests introduce their favorite restaurants to the television audience. Each guest also has to review the other two restaurants that are being featured on the show. Together with the host‚ the three guests gather around a table and talk about their experiences. The host of the show‚ Leslie Sbrocco‚ who has blond hair
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Stranger Things is a Netflix Original tv show that follows the disappearance of a young boy and the story of how his friends and family try to find him. The show is set in the 1980s‚ in the fictional town of Hawkins‚ Indiana. His friends‚ Mike‚ Dustin and Lucas are helped by a young Telekinetic girl‚ Eleven‚ in their search for their missing friend‚ while Joyce‚ wills Mother‚ is also searching for him with the help of Chief Hopper. Meanwhile‚ Jonathan‚ Wills older brother‚ and Nancy‚ Mikes older
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the main cast of each show. Most shows have diversity however‚ the crucial roles are not accessible to most. These shows that have dominantly white casts‚ the recurring roles for people of color are limited. If there is someone of color‚ maybe they will stick around for one or two seasons tops‚ before replacing them. For years TV shows have been reinforcing white supremacy by displaying the main casts as predominately white Caucasians. Since the beginning The popular show Friends have been extremely
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