Reality Show Glut, too many of them. uhh

Macfanforever · #1 02-07-2007, 06:10 PM

Does everyone agree with me, MTV,VH1,CMT now suck. were's the music.
I want music videos and concerts on those channels. ABC,CBS,NBC,FOX networks are a little better. CSI Shows are still going strong.I don't know,
I'm just tired of this junk tv thrown in my face every night.

DrummerDeanna · #2 02-07-2007, 06:44 PM

I don't have cable...but I've noticed lots of articles and such for various "reality shows" on different networks...it does seem excessive, but then again I've been guilty of watching one or two on network tv.

Guilty pleasures: WifeSwap, SuperNanny and I was hooked on For Love or Money in the first and second seasons

I hate myself afterward, but once in a while reality shows capture my interest...

Even with that I still claim to hate them.

SuzeQuze · #3 02-08-2007, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

I don't have cable...but I've noticed lots of articles and such for various "reality shows" on different networks...it does seem excessive, but then again I've been guilty of watching one or two on network tv.

Guilty pleasures: WifeSwap, SuperNanny and I was hooked on For Love or Money in the first and second seasons

I hate myself afterward, but once in a while reality shows capture my interest...

Even with that I still claim to hate them.

The Bad Girls Club on Oxygen. It will make you feel really together and smart! Those girls are crazy idiots.

mikeschmike · #4 02-08-2007, 12:44 PM

It is getting out of control. Especially with the music channels and their blurred interpretation of the word "celebrity". VH1 used to have such great shows that were actually music related. I'm sure I've talked about it before, but Pop Up Video was my ****. I also loved 8-Track flashback, and the Rock and Roll Picture Show. Now it seems the only movie left in their vault is the tv movie about the Jackson family. Hated it!

BTFLCHLD · #5 02-08-2007, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

Those girls are crazy idiots.

Too bad it is not an hour long

SuzeQuze · #6 02-08-2007, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

Too bad it is not an hour long

They have marathons!

estranged4life · #7 02-08-2007, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Macfanforever

Does everyone agree with me, MTV,VH1,CMT now suck. were's the music.
I want music videos and concerts on those channels.

EmptyVee (Formerly MTV) has sucked for years, and it was only a matter of time before EmptyVee's sister channels went the same way of shoving life style on its viewer instead of music.

I can rarely sit through MTV 2's (aka EmptyVee Too) "Headbanger's Ball" without having to see a promo for more lameass-IQ-lower-dumbing-down-of-America-"reality TV"-and-lifestyle-shows.

CMT used to be a great source of music videos, but about 2 years ago they started on this 'reality show' (Which I now call "****ality" show) craze and ruined the network.

Who wants to see some wife-beating-inbred-goat-f**ker 'pimping' their semi-truck or see some 'supposedly' educated East/West Coast citizens attempt to become a cowboy/cowgirl? The closest some of these people will ever get to a cow in their city life is when they stop at an Arby's restaurant.

danax6 · #8 02-08-2007, 01:30 PM

Ugh, please. I don't watch reality TV. It was still fun when it just started, but it's gotten out of hand now. They have a show for everything! And most of the time I get the feeling the audience is being completely duped. I don't get people's fascination with these shows, I really don't. I never watch MTV anymore, I don't need to see snobby 16-year old girls bitch about a million dollar not being enough for their sweet 16. In fact, it makes me want to gag. And if there's no reality TV on, we get rap music. Where did all the good music go to?

What is VH1 airing these days? I am getting a new cable box in a few weeks and VH1 is part of it. Do they still have things like Storytellers and Behind the Music?

carrie721 · #9 02-08-2007, 01:38 PM

vanessa, most of those shows are now on vh1 classic. vh1 shows reality shows all.damn.day. i can't watch it anymore. when i was little, i used to leave it on like it was the radio. now, i can't stand more than 7 or 8 minutes of it before i have to shut it off.

danax6 · #10 02-08-2007, 01:42 PM

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vanessa, most of those shows are now on vh1 classic. vh1 shows reality shows all.damn.day. i can't watch it anymore. when i was little, i used to leave it on like it was the radio. now, i can't stand more than 7 or 8 minutes of it before i have to shut it off.

Well, classic is on it also, so that's good. How sad is it that they've moved music and artists and bands over to 'classic' and the regular VH1 is only showing fukcing reality tv? What's the world coming to?

carrie721 · #11 02-08-2007, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by danax6

Well, classic is on it also, so that's good. How sad is it that they've moved music and artists and bands over to 'classic' and the regular VH1 is only showing fukcing reality tv? What's the world coming to?

it's really sad. mtv is the same way. you have to watch mtv2 to get any music, unless you can stomach TRL ... which i can't. gag.

danax6 · #12 02-08-2007, 01:47 PM

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it's really sad. mtv is the same way. you have to watch mtv2 to get any music, unless you can stomach TRL ... which i can't. gag.

I know, I just wasn't aware VH1 had gone down the same path as MTV. We don't even get MTV2 here.

seeker007nmss · #13 02-08-2007, 01:51 PM

I stll think those "reality" shows are partially scripted. The only ones (which are really in that category) I kinda watch are the Bike builders - like american chopper, and that seems scripted also. I haven't watched any of the MTV ...etc since about 1990. Just can't stand rap and hip-hop.

carrie721 · #14 02-08-2007, 01:53 PM

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I stll think those "reality" shows are partially scripted. The only ones (which are really in that category) I kinda watch are the Bike builders - like american chopper, and that seems scripted also. I haven't watched any of the MTV ...etc since about 1990. Just can't stand rap and hip-hop.

yeah, i think you're right. the only reality show i really watch is little people, big world, and it feels scripted too. or at the very least, craftily edited.

skcin · #15 02-08-2007, 02:06 PM

I don't mind some reality shows, if they're helping the viewer in some way - Supernanny is good, and I love all the home improvement shows on TLC or HGTV. But that's what those channel are there for. VH1 & MTV are supposed to be for music, and haven't been for some time. It's getting worse & worse too. I don't watch either one anymore, I'm all about VH1 Classic if anything.