Survivor Starts Tonight

[ThrobX]

Alright, I'll stand up and take the heat...

Nick, I'll be watching Survivor as well, just as I've watched all the previous ones.

And Amazing Race (better than Survivor)...

And next week's finale of Rock Star: INXS (which I haven't missed an episode of)...

And Made In The USA (inventors compete for a year contract with Home Shopping Network -- actually an interesting show for marketing people to watch)...

And Surreal Life...

And Breaking Bonaduce...

... and I will like them.

That said, I won't watch either Apprentice show or Big Brother, but only for the same reason that I don't watch other shows: they don't interest me.

People who bitch about "reality" shows because they say "it's not reality" are really missing the point. Do you watch CSI because it's scripted? Nope. You watch it because it entertains you. Using the word "reality" to describe anything on TV is really a misnomer, something a TV critic came up with that has been latched onto. Even the most unscripted unmanipulated reality show has to be edited to fit into its timeslot, which instantly injects producer bias as to what to show.

A show's a show's a show, whether it's a scripted drama, a sitcom, or a "reality" show. Entertainment.

[TheEnforcer]

Originally Posted by ThrobX

Alright, I'll stand up and take the heat...

Nick, I'll be watching Survivor as well, just as I've watched all the previous ones.

And Amazing Race (better than Survivor)...

And next week's finale of Rock Star: INXS (which I haven't missed an episode of)...

And Made In The USA (inventors compete for a year contract with Home Shopping Network -- actually an interesting show for marketing people to watch)...

And Surreal Life...

And Breaking Bonaduce...

... and I will like them.

That said, I won't watch either Apprentice show or Big Brother, but only for the same reason that I don't watch other shows: they don't interest me.

People who bitch about "reality" shows because they say "it's not reality" are really missing the point. Do you watch CSI because it's scripted? Nope. You watch it because it entertains you. Using the word "reality" to describe anything on TV is really a misnomer, something a TV critic came up with that has been latched onto. Even the most unscripted unmanipulated reality show has to be edited to fit into its timeslot, which instantly injects producer bias as to what to show.

A show's a show's a show, whether it's a scripted drama, a sitcom, or a "reality" show. Entertainment.

I've watched Big Brother twice. This years and the one two summers ago. I've haven't watched The Amazing Race though many people claim that is the best reality show of them all. It never held my attention to watch a full epsiode. I've never watche The Apprentice either. Why watch that when I see shit like that every day here in the real world? Seen plenty of people come in this biz and make it big.