Castaway could make a comeback
Castaway could make a comeback
8am: BBC1 controller Peter Fincham is plotting to bring back one of the original reality TV shows, Castaway, nearly five years after it was last on air. By Jason Deans.
Reality TV: Insulating Ourselves Against Sadness
Reality TV: Insulating Ourselves Against Sadness
[Posted from Baltimore] Recently, I glimpsed a few scenes from so-called Reality TV shows while visiting the homes of family and friends. I found them so ghastly, so offensive, so warped, that I had to ask Why anyone would watch such crap. There seems to be no limit to the depths to which producers of this cheap, sleazy, exploitative junk will sink.On the amateur talent ‘Idol’ shows, many of the programs appear 100% devoted to people who deliberately abase and humiliate themselves just to get on TV. Those who survive are subjected to humiliation and torture by self-proclaimed, egom…
Cats to compete in reality TV show in New York (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Cats to compete in reality TV show in New York (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Ten cats in search of owners will spend the next 10 days in a New York store window, their every move caught on camera for a reality TV show on which they will compete for best sleeper and mouse-catcher.