TV has hit another low... and no, it's not fox.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-02-14 12:50am

Eh...like this is anything surprising.

Ah well more talk around the cooler over pointless crap...

Still only reaon I have a TV is it's too much to buy a large enough monitor and VGA cables for my game systems.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-02-14 07:09am

Fools! turn the tv off if oyu don´t like the shows.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-02-14 07:13am

Wicked Pilot wrote:Hey now, all that reality crap came from Europe.

That actually has some truth to it. Survivor, who wants to be a millionare, big brother, american idol and many others all are complete copies of shows that aired in europe...mostly the UK.

Skelron · Post by **Skelron** » 2003-02-14 08:01am

I think Survivor is US actually, Imported over here where it Bombed, and Big Brother is from else where in Europe originally, the UK Imported it... still we have to admit to Idol, Sorry....

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-02-14 08:16am

who wants to be millionare isn´t a reality show though. in case we´re talking about the sam wwtbam.

big brother came from endemol in holland.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-02-14 08:22am

so nearly every one of these reality shows that are supposedly evidence of the 'decline of American society' actually originate in Europe. hmmmmm, now tell me again who's society is in 'moral decline'?

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2003-02-14 08:29am

Bah. The drunken idiot masses can have cable TV. It belongs to them and their glassy-eyed high-school-dropout stares.

The rest of us have actual literature, movies, video games, art and porn. The majority of entertainment medis is still solidly and comfortably making me happy.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-02-14 08:41am

ReinnResauq wrote:
Alferd Packer wrote:This is why I only watch Comedy Central; it never had high standards to begin with!
Comedy Central hasn't escaped the reality TV bit, with Insomniac and Travel Sick. Travel Sick is as dull as dirt, but at least Insomniac takes a viable principle and makes fun of it, rather than taking a stupid principle and trying to take it seriously.

I read a recent article online that indicates there are at least 20 more reality shows in the works. They have to make a ton of them since no one watches reruns, but they're so cheap per episode, somewhere between $500K to $700K each.

WTF?!?!!? That fucking does it! I'm not watching TV anymore except for sci-fi, music vids (to get MP3 ideas, natch), and my Playstation 2!!! Fuck Network TV!

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-02-14 08:50am

you know what, at least it is something diferent. i for one am tired of shitty sit-coms and shitty dramas, and from the look of the ratings, so are the majority of the american people. there are only a handfull of quality shows on all of television, IMHO...and most of those are on cable. The Sopranos is outstanding...Six Feet Under is pretty damn good too. The Shield is decent, although a little bit too intense for me. what do the 6 broadcast networks offer? ER has been tired and overdone for years now, and how many goddamn crime shows do we need? So, say what you will about reality, but the way i see it, it is just a case of the networks reacting (poorly) to a demand for something new.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-02-14 01:27pm

*cough* http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main ... 12.00.film *cough*

Vivendi has taken a great movie and is making a shitty sequel out of it.

(wheres the puke emoticon when you need it?)

CmdrSweevo · Post by **CmdrSweevo** » 2003-02-14 03:00pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:
Wicked Pilot wrote:Hey now, all that reality crap came from Europe.

That actually has some truth to it. Survivor, who wants to be a millionare, big brother, american idol and many others all are complete copies of shows that aired in europe...mostly the UK.

Funnily enough, we've already done Britain's Sexiest... too.

CmdrSweevo · Post by **CmdrSweevo** » 2003-02-14 03:03pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:ER has been tired and overdone for years now,

But still so much better than the UK's medical dramas. In fact, a lot of American drama is lightyears ahead of ours (although I don't think The Shield is a patch on Red Cap).

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-02-14 03:07pm

CmdrSweevo wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:ER has been tired and overdone for years now,
But still so much better than the UK's medical dramas. In fact, a lot of American drama is lightyears ahead of ours (although I don't think The Shield is a patch on Red Cap).

Alot of American drama is excellent, I agree.
But many, many of them aren't worth shit, and the sitcoms are worse.
(excluding the Simpsons.)

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-02-14 03:09pm

Still, I remember when I was growing up in New Zealand, there were some very good shows on. Not imported from the UK or even Aussieland, but our own sitcoms and dramas. Not alot to watch, but what little shows we had were excellent.

Post by **AdmiralKanos** » 2003-02-14 03:10pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:
Wicked Pilot wrote:Hey now, all that reality crap came from Europe.
That actually has some truth to it. Survivor, who wants to be a millionare, big brother, american idol and many others all are complete copies of shows that aired in europe...mostly the UK.

And they've been airing "Fear Factor"-style shows down in South America for a long time now.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-02-14 03:24pm

Captain tycho wrote:Still, I remember when I was growing up in New Zealand, there were some very good shows on. Not imported from the UK or even Aussieland, but our own sitcoms and dramas. Not alot to watch, but what little shows we had were excellent.

Hey, the aussies have some decent programming. After all, Farscape was filmed there.

LT.Hit-Man · Post by **LT.Hit-Man** » 2003-02-14 03:49pm

Oh for fuck sakes don't any of you get it yet ?
This is there way of say that there a bucnh of anal retentive porn freaks while trying to fool the masses into thinking that there a bunch of would be saints.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-02-14 08:06pm

ReinnResauq wrote:
Alferd Packer wrote:This is why I only watch Comedy Central; it never had high standards to begin with!
Comedy Central hasn't escaped the reality TV bit, with Insomniac and Travel Sick. Travel Sick is as dull as dirt, but at least Insomniac takes a viable principle and makes fun of it, rather than taking a stupid principle and trying to take it seriously.

I read a recent article online that indicates there are at least 20 more reality shows in the works. They have to make a ton of them since no one watches reruns, but they're so cheap per episode, somewhere between $500K to $700K each.

Maybe that's why they do so much reality TV. Perhaps if the spoiled casts of non-reality shows would settle down for less money per episode, then there would be one less excuse for reality TV.

ReinnResauq · Post by **ReinnResauq** » 2003-02-15 12:06am

BTW, not all of them are bad. The Osbournes is pretty damned good. Particularly since I want to fuck Kelly Osbourne until she turns inside out.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-02-15 12:19am

This "Reality shows" trend may actually turn out to be nothing more than a trend. Perhaps it will fade away as culture gets tired of them.

Will something worse take its place?

Well, there's been stuff told around about how gladiator-like stuff may become prominent.

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2003-02-15 12:59am

Fuck., This is glad I got hooked on watching anime

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-02-15 01:19am

Captain tycho wrote:Are yout hot?: The search for America's sexiest men and women on ABC
Just the simple premise of the show makes me sick. 'Are You Hot' makes Survivor look like a PBS show...
TV has hit another new low.

PBS has had reality shows, 1900, 1850 and some other houses which take a modern family and puts them in a restored house of that period. Then watch them cope.

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