tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17501440.post7285185721755980653..comments2023-08-20T07:26:25.416-04:00Comments on Walker Economics Blog: Why Are There So Many Reality Shows?Michael Arjonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189327401592258439noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17501440.post-66217213250889253272014-09-12T10:39:25.816-04:002014-09-12T10:39:25.816-04:00It was really interesting reading why you say that...It was really interesting reading why you say that reality shows are so popular. I never knew that it is cheaper to make a reality show than a scripted show, but i do however know that money is not the only factor to why reality shows are popular. There is a big market for these kind of shows, and it is something new. People like seeing what goes on in the everyday lives of celebrities. A new market opened thus increasing the popularity for reality shows. But I do agree with you as well. If it is cheaper to make, why not make it? -Nanki HumanNanki Humannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17501440.post-80539630575412028032012-09-13T17:53:51.861-04:002012-09-13T17:53:51.861-04:00Actually the first American reality show was Alan ...Actually the first American reality show was Alan Funt's Candid Camera in 1948.Cary Jorgensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715559984016166648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17501440.post-91475706903229031682009-12-07T15:03:19.264-05:002009-12-07T15:03:19.264-05:00The first TV reality show was aired on PBS over 30...The first TV reality show was aired on PBS over 30 years ago about the<br />Loud Family - "An AMerican Family".<br />It was an unprecendented inside look at family life. The viewers were also inrtoduced to the first real open gay male on television - Lance Loud.<br /><br />What does not get addressed is the importance of technology in the creation of reality shows. The participants are usually filmed 24 hours per day. It takes a tremendous amount of storage to save one day's footage, let alone 7 months, as the Loud Family was filmed. <br /><br />But most "reality" shows are a canard. Read the credits for the<br />show. Why does a "real" reality show need writers?<br /><br />What concers me most is how vicious and angry the participants in these shows act, whether real or not. The only way you can become a participant on these shows is to be a backstabbing, throat-cutting sleazoid? I sure hope not. The tells more about what the viewers have become than what these shows present.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197290234337718084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17501440.post-34348923699814508832007-05-03T23:23:00.000-04:002007-05-03T23:23:00.000-04:00they are popular because people watch them. many o...they are popular because people watch them. many of the reality shows these days are hardly even reality and seem so scripted that it is not even funny. take for example, the bachelor. my mom watches that garbage and any time i go downstairs i have to listen to it. all i ever hear them say is "i have a connection" blah blah blah with this dude. but people like my mom are obsessed with these shows and continue to watch them. i think that once survivor was introduced as a reality show and it went well that all the other starting popping up because they saw the demand. i disagree that reality shows are cheaper though because a show like survivor cannot be much cheaper than any other scripted show. <BR/><BR/>-Austin LintaultAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17501440.post-45115816025001940422007-05-03T22:55:00.000-04:002007-05-03T22:55:00.000-04:00this is a very intersting theory on why so many re...this is a very intersting theory on why so many reality shows are being created for tv now. I however do not buy that the main reason reality shows are popular is because they are cheap to make. I actually chose to believe the idea of reality shows was not really though of until around 10 years ago. I believe people use to enjoy scripted tv shows, but like every industry someone is trying to create the hot new thing. i think the hot new thing 10 years ago was reality tv and it has cought on and stayed how. I believe cheap production cost is just a factor why there are abe to be so many, but no the main reason there is reality or it is popular.<BR/><BR/>sethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com