No More “Reality” Please…

I am over it. Actually I was over it about one and a half episodes after it started.

There is nothing productive (or entertaining) about reality shows. I get enough “reality” in REAL life…I don’t need to watch it on TV as well. I want written-for-me comedy and drama — is that too much to ask? Here is what I don’t want…

I don’t need to see people thrown together in a house to see who cracks first. For that I need only have my family over for the holidays. 

I don’t need to see the super-real-housewives of the hills. For that I can go by Starbucks in the middle of a workday. 

I don’t need to see people lose weight, eat bugs, or try and destroy someone else for ratings. 

I don’t need to see insecure, 15-minutes-of-fame people cutting themselves up in an effort to “improve” their natural beauty. Stop buying magazines with supermodels on the cover, and you will probably be fine.

I don’t care about Britney, who she is married to, or her kids. 

Nor am I concerned with Paris Hilton’s latest “movie” or Ashley Spears being a mother, grandmother, or uncle. And please, don’t show me another small dog in a purse. 

I don’t care who is dating a quarterback, being seen in a club together with who-cares-who, or breaking up with the most recent hanger-on via text messaging on the latest diamond encrusted hot cell phone. 

Dear TV producers, do you actually watch any of this stuff? Just give me some thoughtful, witty shows that were created with anything but reality in mind.

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Comments

  1. Scott S says:

    Amen. You know, the comedies and dramas today are more realistic than these so-called reality shows. But the networks are looking for the cheap way out, so they put more and more of these insufferable shows on the air.

  2. RustyNail says:

    They don’t have to pay the “actors” any money (other than prize money anyway). I think most people will have their own show by 2020. Forget 15 min. of fame.

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