Television
is a part of our everyday lives. According to the New York Daily News, “Americans
spend 34 hours a week watching TV”. That’s about five hours of television a day
for the average American making it one of America’s biggest past times. There are a variety of genres of television
that they may indulge in, one of the most popular genres being reality TV. From
FOX’s “American Idol” to MTV’s “My Super Sweet 16” reality TV can be
found on any channel. Since reality television
is a significant part of our everyday society, it is difficult to be biased
towards it; most people either love reality tv or not.
I
am one of those people that do not and have not watched tv in years. However,
for this blog entry I did watch an episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” and an episode of a show called “Amish Mafia” to better understand what
is considered to be reality tv. What I saw was completely ridiculous, I
couldn’t even stand to watch the whole episode of either show. These shows were
the furthest thing from reality and I hardly found any entertainment in either
of them. Both of these “reality” shows were completely scripted and it was
quite unbelievable how overdramatic the people on the shows got over something
that can be considered so small in real life. In fact, I actually got a bit
angry and had a slight revulsion that these shows are as popular as they are. Instead
of being productive, people are spending their time watching these people
pretend to live their overly dramatic fake lives. If all “reality shows” are
like “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”
and this “Amish Mafia” show then I
believe that it is harming our society. It’s not like these reality shows are
setting a good example for anyone and I highly doubt people are gaining any
knowledge from the shows that could benefit our society.
I
try to avoid television and I can honestly say that I don’t keep up with the
Kardashians or any kind of reality show. My personal opinion about television
is that it is a waste of time. Five hours a day on television is excessive;
there is so much a person can do during that time besides sitting around
watching this “reality” tv. There are many people that may find these shows
entertaining and can’t go a day without watching it, which is fine. However, I would rather go out and live life
instead of watching people pretend to.
Citation:
HINCKLEY, DAVID. "Americans
Spend 34 Hours a Week Watching TV, According to Nielsen Numbers." NEW YORK
DAILY NEWS, 19 Sept. 2012. Web. 12 Oct. 2014.
I feel the same way about reality tv. It all seems too fake for me to watch.
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely on the same page with you. These shows are too unreal to be reality. They aren't fooling me either.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your statement about the shows being scripted and over dramatic. I believe the producers of the shows do this in order to keep ratings up and people viewing. I don't believe these peoples lives are that dramatic or interesting.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that reality shows are too fake to be real. TV shows nowadays are always scripted.
ReplyDeleteI take back what I said on my blog. Maybe reality tv shows CAN harm you. Giving you migrains that is..
ReplyDeleteI agree with you I rather be out living life than spend my time sitting in a couch wasting my time. Television nowadays is very corrective and only trying to change our opinions over life.
ReplyDeleteMost reality show are not real at all. Five hours a day of television is extremely addicting.
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