Tom wrote:

I have no problem with this type of show. I don't watch them. Sooner or later the sponcers will figure out they are wasting their money. I get a lot of channels from my cable provider and I have Tivo. I don't have to watch this type of programming.

posted at September 18, 2006 03:57 PM

Y wrote:

If you watched the opening speech Judd Hirsch gave on Studio 60 it said it all ..I am so tired of these shows taking up legitimate time that could provide actual quality Television that it makes me Mad as Hell....who wants to watch someone eat something gross or someone get rejected or "chosen " to be the next lucky person to be in a fake relationship...NOT ME

posted at September 19, 2006 10:27 AM

emily wrote:

AMEN...All of these shows remind me of Circus of the Stars. And were/are these participants really stars? Unfortunately, some people love to see has-beens and never-were types at their personal low. What happened to quality drama or comedy? Maybe the networks need to start investing in quality writing, and maybe people will get excited about TV again.

posted at September 19, 2006 03:25 PM

PaisPark wrote:

Come on ppl, wasn't "Battle of the Network Stars" fun though? But I do agree, we need more quality writing in order for us to get excited, but along with that, station execs need to give shows a chance and not pull them after five eps. Like "Now and Again". Still one of the best shows to come out in the past ten years, and where was it a year after its' debut?

posted at September 20, 2006 06:42 AM

eyespy wrote:

I have to admit that I do love Dancing with the Stars, but I am really tired of most of the other celebrity/reality shows. Had it been a ballroom dance competition with strictly pros I'd like it even more. It's not because of the celebrities I watch, it's for the dancing.

I watch old syndicated shows with excellent writing, good chemistry between the actors, and a fine sense of wit and then weep for the kids raised on reality TV.

posted at September 20, 2006 08:13 AM

K Gee wrote:

I really wish that the stations weren't dotted with these "reality" shows. Why can't they simply designate a channel (like cartoon network, sci-fi network, or CNN) for reality show fans (who REALLY need to get a life of their own). ONE PLACE where if you just want to overdose on reality you can tune in and if you hate those show (like I do) you can avoid the channel.

It seems as though public television (you know, the kind that you don't have to PAY to get) gets stuck with the lame programs these days. When they do offer a decent program it only lasts one season and is then either cancelled and replaced with a reality show or bought out by a cable channel. What happened to Invasion and Surface from last season?

I could gripe forever but the bottom line is America is OD'ing on Reality Shows

posted at September 20, 2006 09:24 AM

Dr David Stickley wrote:

I hope that this gets canceled. I'm getting sick to death of all these reality shows. Give me a break, if they want reality then go to the front lines where the fighting is happening in Iraq. I think that they would change their minds extremely quick.

posted at September 20, 2006 10:18 AM

Stephanie wrote:

I am tired of all reality shows, Survivor, Big Brother, American Idol, Amazing Race.... Not just the Celeb reality fad. Most of these shows are edited into some kind of fake drama or conflict. They are only popular because everyone wants to believe they have a chance to be famous. PLEASE, PLEASE give us back good tv and quality entertainment.

posted at September 20, 2006 10:36 AM

Barbara wrote:

Morbid curiosity! I hate reality shows PERIOD, but I find myself still watching. Something about watching how low these people had to sink to get a few minutes of shame amuses me.
Now, there are a couple I do like. Like... Intervention, Dog the Bounty Hunter and what else? Oh, things like The First 48. Those type of reality shows I like. But the ones where celebrities or "normal" people are acting a fool? No thanks. Time to go!!! Bring back good shows, something with a good story line that actually made me look forward to tuning in the following week!

posted at September 20, 2006 10:38 AM

Chris wrote:

Yeah, reality shows are getting really old. If you're looking for who to blame though, I would say MTV. After all, they had the first true "reality show" with the real world years back. Now MTV has sooo many reality shows that it could probably start up a reality MTV to launch with its new latin MTV. Arrrrgghhhh, the pain.....

P.S. Its celebrity fit club, not camp. Club. Sorry, my girlfriend makes me watch. :(

posted at September 20, 2006 11:11 AM

Heather wrote:

I love Dancing with the Stars, as does most of America. I also loved Celebrity Mole, but the rest suck. I am waiting for Celebrity Survivor. Think about it, famous stars with noi little dogs, personal assistants or make-up. Now that would be worth watching!!!

posted at September 20, 2006 11:30 AM

Carol wrote:

I agree that the networks need to give the shows a chance to develop. I just start to get interested in a new show and it disapears. Take off all the eat weird food for money, who cares if a star needs to lose weight, actually it is refreshing to see them look like most of America.
What's with all of the infomercials, I learned more about my colon at 3am than I really needed to know.

posted at September 20, 2006 05:06 PM

Jackie wrote:

Ahhhh, more and more Reality shows! What would we ever do without them? Hmmmm, maybe talk? maybe play with the kids? maybe find out that there really is another world out there - a REAL Reality World? It's just like the talk shows - what a hype that was when Phil Donohue first started and then, on and on, they came, fast and furious trying to outdo one another. What's next?

posted at September 20, 2006 05:43 PM

wshazbot wrote:

I like the reality shows, they are more entertaining then most of the regular shows that have been on for a while. The Dancing with the stars is lame I think its stupid. But shows like survivor and Flavor of love, now thats entertainment! Cat fights every week.

posted at September 20, 2006 08:53 PM

Gayle wrote:

I hate reality shows. I have ALWAYS hated reality shows - whether they involve "celebrities" or not. I am proud to say that I have NEVER been heard to be said - "Oh I have to get home and watch "Survivor"!

DEATH TO REALITY SHOWS!!!

posted at September 21, 2006 03:33 PM

crimsonphotog wrote:

I LOVE these shows, they make it so much easier to decide what to watch, for it will be anything BUT Celeb reality, or Love Connection reality.

Thursdays when you have Survivor, ER, 6 Degrees, Greys Anatomy, it is really nice to be able to eleminate options like Celeb Reality.

posted at September 22, 2006 12:34 PM

Jenn wrote:

Two Words - Flavor Flav, I really don't want to see Ho's trying to hook up, and persuade him they are not just trying to get on TV. COME ON.

posted at September 24, 2006 01:22 PM

LsL wrote:

I HATE reality shows, celebrity and otherwise. They are someone's version of reality---not mine. Survivor needs to die. Once that goes, all of them will drop like flies.

posted at September 25, 2006 05:01 PM

paula wrote:

I like the reality show fear factor, but most of the other ones aren't that great! I don't think we should watch their lives, and waste ours! We should go out and live out lives and not worry about theirs!(what is so great about watching other people lives?!?

posted at September 25, 2006 05:13 PM

Coco wrote:

BRING...THEM...ON!!!! Celebrity shows are a hoot! Well, ok, not all of them. Not interested in Duets or Flava Flav, but for the most part I'm ok with them. It's like seeing old friends of yours from high school that you haven't kept touch with. You're comfortable because they're people you know, but you don't have to commit to spending a lot of time with them.

posted at September 26, 2006 01:52 AM

J Frankow wrote:

Ah...For the days when television was an ESCAPE from reality, not a forum to stretch the boundaries of how much someone will denegrate themselves for a moment in the spotlight, or a has-been celeb thinking exposure will make us remember they were once "beloved".
WE are responsible for this, it's our fault. We had a passing interest in MTV's Real World, but the execs sat up and drooled at the new world opened to them when millions of idiots watched Darva Conger agree to Marry a Millionaire. Low production cost, no actors paid union scale or higher, just morons seeking their 15 minutes of fame for minimal compensation, chasing the carrot of a "big" (small potatos compared to paying a cast) payday. Now WE must undo the damage to the fabric of life and society.
Die reality shows! Die quickly, and try not to leave to many stinking corpses on the airwaves as you have for so long now.

posted at September 27, 2006 08:20 AM

Kelly wrote:

Sorry Heather, they did a reality show with a survivor theme. Remember I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here? Robin Leach, Tyson Beckford,Nikki Ziering, Stuttering Jon (who parlayed his appearance into the Tonight Show announcer gig) Melissa Rivers, and the first ex-Mr. Jennifer Lopez (the eventual winner due to his syrupy love stories and dish about J-lo). It was pathetic, I mean waaay beyond sad, and there was a reason that they haven't done anyting like it since.

posted at September 27, 2006 08:30 AM

ted wrote:

Ok at least Fear factor is off the air so we don't have to sit through that any more. But remember a few decades ago Challenge of the network stars?????? At least I think that was the name of the show. Howard Cosell would do the "play by play" and different stars from different shows would compete in a series of "athletic" events! So this is nothing new just more of it. Then we have whole familes like the Hogans, and the Ozbornes etc in front of the cameras, what's next a show about celebraty dogs?????????

posted at September 28, 2006 07:31 PM

Lovin' Life wrote:

Don't forget "Downtown" Julie Brown (Help I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!!) and wasn't Rod Stewart's wife on there too?... You sure have a good memory for someone that hated the show. I thought the stab at the first Jaylo-ex was way harsh though. Obviously he loved her in a way that she didn't love him; I respect the fact, that though prodded, he never took the bait to badmouth Jen on air or off. He simply said-more than once mind you-that it was hard to talk about and he'd rather not get into it.

Ever broke up with someone and then had (it seems) all the folks who knew you as a couple, ask about your ex every time you turned around? I didn't think it was syrupy at all. In fact I think he was the most sincere(celebrity?)individual on the show, which is probably why he won (though I din't remember the winner).

The sickening part was the whiney celebs crying about the suvivor-like conditions; Melissa being devastated by the bugs in her pants and ranting about how no one should be forced to "endure" that type of treatment. Julie losin' it over the bloodsuckers; Alana being unable to deal with the "substandard" conditions (how dare they not have her evian mist and fresh linen in the Jungle), Leach saying the stagnant water could cost them there lives and trying to lead every one into mutiny beginning with Tyson demanding his manager or else, blah blah, blah etc... On the whole the celebs came off as pamperd wimps, I mean wasn't it all supposed to be for charity?

Come to think of it, it was pretty hysterical.

P.S No, offense Mr. Stickley, but the war in Iraq is way more than reality tv. It is the genuine surreal life. If life from the frontline was broadcast 24 hours a day no holds barred, I'm sad to say most of the country wouldn't tune in. I have had the great blessing of having family members who served come back alive, and every life lost in the gulf is emotional for me. But I know people.

People like their news in small servings so that they can tune out the real life issues and turn on the mindless entertainment. That is the real reason that "quality" shows get dumped and Flava Flav lives on to find his next nutcase :-)

posted at September 30, 2006 04:20 AM

Juice wrote:

Ya know, I'm utterly fed-up with reality shows. If you think about it, you can pawn it back to the days of Jerry Springer. Made up people, going on TV to make jackasses out of themselves, all to become recognized. After his show, then you had Real World and Road Rules on MTV. Come on! Who REALLY wants to watch 7 random low-lifes complain and argue? Who wants to watch nudity, censored? If you actually enjoy these shows, all the way up to present day (fear factor, flavor of love, celebrity fit club, biggest loser, dancing with the stars, supernova) then maybe you should come up with your own idiotic show idea and submit them to the major networks. Because, obviously, they will at least give one season to the most braindead show ideas, and make them a popular hit by the braindead population of America who have nothing to do in their lives other than to watch celeb low-lifes, and morons make idiots of themselves and be rejected. It all boils down to this simple fact why reality shows have become so popular....American people like to see other people (preferably washed up celebrities) hit rock bottom to make their own petty lives seem that much more interesting and valid. Grow a pair, live a life, and quit wishing you had theirs.

posted at October 2, 2006 01:32 PM

Lovin' Life wrote:

Aren't the nielsens outdated? I mean if people can call in for American Idol, how about letting us really chose what shows stay and who has to go?

Of course the Network Execs won't like the loss of power-which is probably why this will never happen.

posted at October 5, 2006 04:54 AM

Lovin' Life wrote:

Any votes on a new ratings system?

posted at December 6, 2006 01:58 PM

brutony wrote:

Hey, dorkie blog writer,"Someone named Sara Evens", as if she was some Jeannie-come-lately? Shes like the hottest country singer today, and I guess if shes not the bimbo-of-the-month pop wannabe singer, you all dont know who she is? Geez, get a life! Like stop watching these lame assed reality shows! And, BTW, the best celebrity show was on in the '70's called "Network Battle of the T's and A's"-the Biggest T's, the nicest A's-remember?

posted at December 6, 2006 07:04 PM