The Reality of the Show

The Reality of the Show

Lying down bored on the couch? Eh, that was me too. With a remote clenched at the end of my finger tips, waiting for the next show to appear on the TV screen. I tend to like watching the reality shows of The National Geographic channel or the Discovery Channel. The shows like “Man vs. Wild”, “Mystery Diagnosis”, and “I (almost) got away with it” are entertaining as well as informative. I like watching “Man vs. Wild” because it teaches you how to survive in different environments and locations. I have always been interested in traveling the world to see something new and I feel like that show teaches survival for the worst case scenario. Each episode is filmed in a new location and faces different situations and methods to use for the same techniques. I say watching that show I probably can name at least 4 different ways to make fire, and have successfully accomplished 2 of the 4. (Still working on the other 2). “Mystery Diagnosis”, is a health reality show trying to find a cure or treatment for an odd medical condition.  “I (almost) got away with it” is just purely amusing watching how the criminals think they got away with the crime but it’s just a matter of time before they get caught. When any of the aforementioned shows are not airing I have a tendency to catch myself engaging in the other reality shows like “Bad Girls Club”, “Basketball Wives”, “First 48”, and “Real Housewives of Atlanta” mainly for the drama of the shows.

I try to break myself of the reality show trend but there aren’t too many shows that are stimulating and beneficial to my mindset. Resulting in me watching the reality shows. I feel as if some of the time the shows feel scripted and rehearsed. Some of the time the reality of the shows can harm our culture by attracting the attention of minors who then misinterpret the true moral of the story. It was a controversy with MTV and “16 and pregnant” show how since it started, the rate of teen pregnancy has tripled in efforts to audition for the show. I would say that the reality show craze could be considered as a guilty pleasure based on the ratings alone. It wouldn’t be something to avoid in the long run because it’s nice to sit back and laugh, giggle, cry or entertain yourself once in a while with a great TV show.