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MTV should replace its name since it truly doesn't present music videos anymore but instead includes a long list of really bad reality shows like "Tool Academy", "Bad Girl's Club" and "From G's to Gents" (which I actually like but still realize that it's unpleasant).
Some of these bad programs are just like watching a train crash.
It's tough at times to switch the stations.
Other programs are so terrible that they're easier to avoid like "The Karadashians" or "Real Housewives of Orange County" or "Jersey Shore".
Some programs aren't even worth mentioning like "The Surrreal World" and "I Love New York".
However, a few reality TV is still convincing and the subsequent titles are on my personal listing of reality shows that do not suck.
One of the best reality shows of all time remains to be "Survivor".
Regardless of where they dump off these people we are captivated to see as they live off of rice and seafood (or at times bats and rats like James did with relish) for thirty days straight.
The infighting continues to be real juicy and despite several years the television show still ranks high among the list of reality Tv Programs on the networks.
When they go to tribal council and another person gets blindsided, it becomes clear that the secret is actually how the producers opt to edit the show.
But as Eisenstein showed us many years ago, every single movie or Television show is done from entire cloth in the editing room.
Included in my brief list of reality shows on tv that do not completely suck is the fantastic and long running "American Idol", which is probably the very best of the bunch.
This is definitely an incredible feat because basically all it really is is a talent show with lots of production value and better contestants for the most part.
The very best part of the television show each season is the very start when individuals line up for countless hours to be heard by the judges.
All these "audition" programs are fantastic as you get to listen to the worst and funniest singing in the world.
People are entertaining and it is simply because they are fully deluded.
This is the place where you will see just how crazy most people is and trust me, it is terrifying.
However, like undesirable karaoke, you cannot turn away from it or switch the station.
Once they get very well into the show it usually gets to be more unexciting, but the start is golden.
Even though reality TV had been available in one form or another for several decades, it truly received momentum during the writer's strike in the mid 1990s.
The producers were forced to fill up air time and that offered all of us several great shows, and dozens more that were awful beyond words.
Let's just hope that the writers stay on for a short while longer.
However, I would much rather watch "Tila Tequila" than "CSI: Miami" any day each week.
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