Watson ENG 3073‚ sec. 01 Genre TV vs. Reality Sadly‚ the days of scripted television may soon be gone. Reality programming is rapidly consuming much of today’s entertainment. One of the genres that is taking the reality hit the hardest is the sci-fi/supernatural genre. Shows in this category are th polar opposite of reality TV and are suffering for it. More networks are letting go of quality escapism and are instead churning out cookie cutter versions of reality. The sci-fi/supernatural genre
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The Rise of the Ordinary According to the Oxford Dictionary‚ reality television can be defined as “television programs in which real people are continuously filmed‚ designed to be entertaining rather than informative.” (Oxford). This genre first made an appearance in television rankings back in 2000. By 2007-2008 it captured 77 percent of the total audiences (Nielsen). Reality Television started in the early 1970’s with shows like An American Family and Candid Camera. From then‚ different authors
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Does Reality TV Affect People in a Positive Way? Have you ever watched a reality television show? Reality TV has become widely known to many people over the years. In the 1940s‚ there were only 2 reality TV shows aired‚ and in 2010 there were more than 300 (Ocasio 1)! Reality TV is divided into the following categories: game or elimination‚ talent‚ talk‚ makeover‚ documentary‚ or spoofs (Thomas 1). It is controversial that reality TV has an influence on the way people act. Some may think it is a
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Reality Tv shows effects Have you heard about the multi million dollar Empire?... Well this empire is known as The Kardashians. As you know this family is always on top of the fashion world and well aware of how public will view them as it’s the most important thing for us is to look fancy that’s how it is these days you should be and the most important thing is how you look and appear to the public because you will gain more respect depending on which brand you are wearing‚ and this show
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than It is now. Teenagers getting pregnant had never really been heard of and people having affairs or getting divorced would have been very slim. Television brought many different and innovative programs‚ soap operas which have become the most popular over the years. These soap operas deal with a variety of different issues‚ but it was in the middle and late 1990’s when this programs started to disturb me. They started to deal with issues such as teenage pregnancy‚ affairs‚ divorce and homosexuality
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the positive and negative sides of reality TV. Psychiatrist Randy Dellosa and reality TV host Paolo Abrera (of ?Hired?) were in the panel as well. Reality television‚ as defined by Wikipedia‚ is ?a genre of television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations‚ documents actual events‚ and features ordinary people instead of professional actors. Such shows frequently portray a modified and highly influenced form of reality‚ with participants put in exotic locations
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Reality TV is a genre of television programming in which actual occurrences and unscripted situations are depicted‚ usually using a cast that is previously unknown to the audience. Since the beginning of reality TV programming‚ believed to be in the 1940s‚ it has become an increasingly popular form of television programming that ultimately achieved worldwide success in the late twentieth/early twenty first century. (OSU‚ 2001) In this essay‚ a makeover reality TV show will be looked at with regard
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Entertainment programming scheduled during primetime has always been popular amongst audiences‚ however; in recent years certain reality competition programs have risen above the other formats by using innovative concepts to engage viewers. The key to the explosion of this television format was the interactive element of audience participation. For each interactive reality competition‚ the viewers determine the winners. The beginning of the popular format as we know it started with Britain’s “Pop Idol” back
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Is there too much reality TV? On the other hand shows like big brother only occur for a certain part of the year‚ however when big brother is on it is on for a long time therefore it consumes a lot of TV airtime. Even so a lot of the British public enjoy big brother and text in there votes every week. It might also be argued that people only watch reality TV because there is nothing else on TV at these times. On big brother alcohol is the most comely drunk beverage no one drinks water when
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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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