TV watching is an art. There are the shows that you've seen every episode for several times. That's for when you're so tired you can't take everything in. There are the shows you watch for the fanfiction expansion of things they'll never touch on TV. Etc.
And yeah, I agree. Reality TV will not take over TV. I think it's a phase that may dominate for a bit, but there will always be something else on. But I do understand the frustration. Especially when you're looking at the fall line-up and the scandals dominating the news and flists and it seems like the reason there is no good TV is because of reality TV. And I agree that there are great reality shows, but I do remember hearing somewhere that the actor's guild pushed for something like no non-actors on TV to give their members more job security and I do think of all the effort that goes into all the production elements of a show like Supernatural or Heroes and sometimes reality TV seems like a cheap cop-out and it's frustrating to think of my shows not being renewed or new good shows being shot down because of them (especially when you're a person that goes out of her way not to watch them). (With the caveat that these are my impressions and not the reality.) That said, I've always found plenty of non-reality TV to feed my addiction and my problem is going to be cutting back when supply remains so high, not having my supply cut off.
Yeah, my brother likes that too, and he also has a wide variety of TV interests.
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Date: 2007-08-27 01:19 am (UTC)And yeah, I agree. Reality TV will not take over TV. I think it's a phase that may dominate for a bit, but there will always be something else on. But I do understand the frustration. Especially when you're looking at the fall line-up and the scandals dominating the news and flists and it seems like the reason there is no good TV is because of reality TV. And I agree that there are great reality shows, but I do remember hearing somewhere that the actor's guild pushed for something like no non-actors on TV to give their members more job security and I do think of all the effort that goes into all the production elements of a show like Supernatural or Heroes and sometimes reality TV seems like a cheap cop-out and it's frustrating to think of my shows not being renewed or new good shows being shot down because of them (especially when you're a person that goes out of her way not to watch them). (With the caveat that these are my impressions and not the reality.) That said, I've always found plenty of non-reality TV to feed my addiction and my problem is going to be cutting back when supply remains so high, not having my supply cut off.
Yeah, my brother likes that too, and he also has a wide variety of TV interests.