REALITY SHOWS ON TELEVISION

These are a fast growing type !
Post 2000 there has been a boom in reality shows on TV all across the world !

Reality Shows are of many types. They rely on Attractive propositions like:

Fear
Sports
Game Shows
Contests
Celebrity based
Hoaxes
Self Improvement/makeover
Singing
Dance

Thousands of teen-agers dream of attaining an instant celebrity status Through this quick route….some do …as well !!!

Many wonder if these ‘unscripted’ drama sequences are actually ….carefully thought of….pre-meditated strategies to gain TRP ratings !

But the biggest negative factor  of  these reality shows is the celebration of humiliation !
Contests are feeding people with their inner hidden desire to see others being humiliated???

On the other hand there are many votaries of reality TV and those who feel that reality TV heralds the ‘death’ of scripted drama !

Here is an excerpt from the relevant section in wikipedia:

Screenwriter Sheryl Longin, who describes herself as "a reality show addict", has written that based on her experiences, "we may be approaching the death of drama," because seeing real people act naturally matches viewers' expectations of human body language in a way that actors cannot achieve: "Not even Sir Alec Guinness could give us the richness of body language and facial cues emanating from eliminated contestant 'Organic Josh' on this season’s Design Star. The difference to the brain between watching reality television and scripted drama is like the difference to our vision between High Definition television and 1970’s quality video."

Whatever be the outcome of the traditional drama….one thing is very obvious :
The Reality TV shows have altered the meaning of REALITY and probably they shall soon alter the definition of HUMAN SENSIBILITIES as well !