Reality T.V.

Reality T.V.

For the last seven years I have been forced to watch many reality television shows. They were not only unbelievably unbearable to stand or comprehend, but they also gave me the highest form of anxiety. They included all the Real Housewives of every city possible especially Beverly Hills, New Jersey and New York City. Others shows were all the different Kardashian shows, The Bachelor/Bachelorette, The Bachelor Pad, Big Brother and The Survivor. Unfortunately, I actually withstood this torture just to hang out more with my now ex-wife! Ironically, somehow I did manage to hold my emotions and negative thoughts in while watching these crazy reality shows. The main reasons were not to cause any unnecessary arguments or create unwanted bitterness between us. Even though I just wanted to say; “what the hell are we watching”, or “not this crap again”, each and every second of every minute about every show!

Now that I’m single, “thank God”, I’ve really become involved in more of the informative reality kinds of T.V. shows; the ones that actually teach you something beneficial and circumstantial. The following reality shows I watch now are; School of Golf, Million Dollar Listing L.A., American Guns, Pawn Stars, Border Wars and U.S. Drug Wars. The last two shows have become particularly more interesting to me lately. For the simple fact, I’m still undecided on my new profession and I have kept my options open. Furthermore, since I have my top secret security clearance already from the military, the government says they need border patrol agents more than ever right now. Indeed, these reality shows have really given me a serious, realistic and intense inside look about their jobs duties and demands. Something I would have never received otherwise, unless I was part of the patrol force for many years.           

Nowadays, it seems like every channel is trying to compete with one another on who can have the most interesting reality T.V. show. There seems to be a demand for people to engage into other people’s lives; maybe for a reasoning to justify that their own lives are not as superficial, out of control or just plain out ridiculous? I don’t think reality shows are harming our society, because there is a choice for people to not view them. Actually, reality shows are allowing the average person to have a chance at stardom, riches and stature; all these advantages give hope to many normal people that would have never had a chance in show business in the first place!  

In the 1990’s era, there was only a handful of reality television shows to watch or acknowledge. Even in the early 2000’s; reality television was just barely starting to go mainstream. Now since the mid 2000’s, reality television controls each and every channel on both cable and on primetime basic channels. Think how scary this would be? Each and every family will have cameras all through their houses, anyone and everyone would be able to view their every move and action at any time through their 3D internet T.V.’s, all through the day and night! Well here’s to our technological reality future right? Just a reality thought!