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Reality television offers viewers a unique combination of lurid deceptions, clumsy sexual encounters, drunken ramblings, and uninhibited outbursts of aggression that keeps them glued to their television screens night after night and week after week.

It seems as though reality tv shows today are a dime a dozen. To bring life back into the reality tv show realm, I propose that we have a tv show where pets are voted for our future president.

Do you have someone on your shopping list that thinks they are the next American Idol ? Maybe they think they have what it takes to make it on Survivor. Here are some gift suggestions for the Reality TV Junkie on your holiday list.

With the intensity and sometimes danger associated with many reality TV shows, it is my opinion that reality TV is a tragedy waiting to happen.

Reality TV just won't die. Most of the members of the Screen Actors Guild hate reality TV because it costs them jobs, so is it any wonder then, that now there is the disturbing trend of celebrity reality TV shows?

I remember when I used to look forward to "Friends" and other sitcoms, but now I am all about Reality TV! What can you get into this fall? Read my review!

What is America's obsession with reality TV? Why do millions of people spend thousands of hours each week, watching ordinary people try to get a job, try to get a date or try to sing instead of actually living their own lives?

Does reality TV help or hurt it's participants? Does the audience really enjoy watching the disappointment and often humiliation of contestants?

Reality television is not real but I am pretty sure you are already aware of this. While these shows take up at least 40% of all television programming, it never cease to amaze me that people continue to fall for the ridiculously scripted plots.

You would be surprised to find the number of things studying abroad (in a small group) and a reality TV show have in common. You're in a condensed social world, and those few people are your world. What do you think would happen?

The overwhelming majority of critics view reality TV as a poison so lethal to TV and the public that it is destroying TV. However, it is reality TV that serves many beneficial purposes to not only the public, but amazingly also the TV industry.

Join Misti as she discusses her favorite reality TV shows. She also invites you to share your views by posting your comments.

Join in the fun and invite all the reality TV show fans that you know to join in too. We'll have a blast!

Text messages have become a way of life, but have they become a form of gambling also? Combined with reality TV, text messaging has become a financial boon to network producers

The ideology being reinforced by reality TV is a dangerous one that is further corrupting the minds of its young fans. Honestly, you'd be better off listening to Marilyn Manson, watching The Matrix and playing Doom.

Reality TV has taken this nation by storm and opened doors for some semi-well known TV personalities. Find out how to sell yourself.

Summer is the season for reality shows, and the four big networks, CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox have filled their summer line up with reality tv.

Pregnant fans of reality television may want to consider choosing a baby name from a list of reality television contestants and winners.

What can we look forward to when reality television takes it another step to break a barrier of what is acceptable behavior.

One reality TV program tends to stand out, at least among regular watchers of daytime television: Starting Over, an hour-long NBC program. Its premise is bringing six women from different walks of life together under one roof to heal and grow.

Reality television is predicated on presenting the very worst behavior in people..
"Cheaters" falls very neatly into that category, but is it going too far?

Romance is blooming. Well, at least it's infiltrating the airwaves via reality TV. But does it ever really last?

Ed Bagley Jr.s HGTV show "Living With Ed" has a rather unique twist on any other shows that are seen on HGTV. With each show you will learn how Ed and Rachelle Bagley live their lives in Studio City, California, rather than in the plush lifestyle of Beverly Hills.

Do you have what it takes to be the next big reality television star? Have you dreamed of blowing Simon Cowell away with
your awesome singing?

You're promised reality. The word is right there: reality TV. But can you really watch any of those shows and think that you're seeing the same unscripted drama you'll get in real life?

This past television season has been one of the best in the past decade.

This is a list of blogs that write about Reality Television. There are links to blogs that focus on just one show (i.e. Blogging Project Runway), as well as blogs that focus on the genre in general (i.e. Reality Blurred).

This reality game show attempts to humiliate the players at every opportunity. The winner is the one who can stay in the game the longest and deal with the humiliation the show provides.

Television is a limited medium subject to many compromises. Independent culture offers an alternative to reality programming and other media inventions. The real trick is getting started.

What's in the life and mind of Hollywood's cameramen and women who film reality shows, what's the reality of their own life?

I may be the last parent on the planet who doesn't allow her teens to have MySpace Accounts and Who has Put a Moratorium on Most Reality TV, but I can live with myself.

What is the most boring -- and maybe even dysfunctional -- aspect of a presidential election? a) the candidates, b) the political parties, or c) the process? Imagine how turning the presidential election into a TV reality show would shake things up.

So I found myself watching "For Love or Money 4" the other night, the latest in a long line of so-called reality shows intertwining the search for true love with gaudy entertainment.

"Dog the Bounty Hunter" is a guilty pleasure of mine. Learn what makes this program one of the most entertaining reality shows on television..

Having trouble enjoying Sunday and Monday football action because of the woman in your life? This article is proof that television can be a very useful ally in keeping both partners happy during a football-crazy weekend.

These days, many people complain about the glut of reality programming that has infiltrated our television airwaves. The truth of the matter is reality shows have been with us since the caveman days-- or at least since the inception of the RCA floor model

This essay examines how men communicate and examples of this by using reality television.

Two primetime television shows of which I have become a great fan recently are Bones and House, both on the Fox Network. It's been years since I've watched primetime.

There are many great reality television shows like Ammerica's Next Top Model. Tyra Banks is a model and the show's host.

The grit and guts of modern reality TV must follow its true ancestral lines all the way across the Atlantic to a young man from the Netherlands, who wondered what real people would do under the watchful eye of Big Brother.

A look at the racial stereotypes reality tv producers constantly portray on television and why Cirie, from Survivor: Exile Island doesn't fit the stereotypes

"Reality" television, a phenomenon that in recent years has dominated TV broadcasting, has about as much to do with reality as bread has to do with butter. They go together, but one should never be mistaken for the other.

How gender is manipulated and the roles of gender in reality television.

How to Look Good Naked airs on Lifetime TV , hosted by Carson Kressley. I just happened to tune into this Reality TV show about making full-figured women feel sexy enough to pose naked at the end of the show.

Here are my choices for the top ten television shows from 2007.

For those of us waiting on our favorite television shows to start their new season or to restart midseason, figuring out the start dates, new days and new times can be very confusing. Find out when your favorite television show starts.

With writers on strike and the 'real' news so dismal and depressing, the networks have come up with a batch of new (and cheap-to-produce) shows for mid-season introduction.

Reality television, the "crack cocaine of programming," promises that their viewers will get unscripted, and unabashed access to the participant's lives (Lauzen, 445 and Brancato, 49).

Victoria Beckham and NBC are in negotiations for an upcoming reality tv series featuring the former Spice Girl. The show will be about the former pop star's recent move from England to Los Angeles, and could hit the small screen as early as this summer.

Similar to the MTV Reality show Tiara Girls, I believe America would be interested in a reality show called Homeschooling Kids, or Home schooled adults.

I want to see the paparazzi being stalked as if they were celebrities. Now they can be! Reality shows make any ordinary person a celebrity, so why not paparrazi? I think even Oprah might list her in her favorite things show. Think of the ratings!

Reality TV shows are getting a little more real when it comes to programs over substance abuse. At what point should producers get involved if others outside of the show are at risk?

There are some reality TV shows that are great. These are not them.

My reality TV show idea would take place every four years. lt would replace the Presidential campaign with a reality show in which the candidates were forced to live on minimum wage.

Since the first craze that started the wave of new Reality TV shows, the major networks haven't slowed down a bit. Even cable is cashing in on the action. Why do we love Reality TV?

This reality TV show idea steps in an outlet that has been tip toed around but has never been stepped into. In the footsteps of all the great "firsts" of reality TV here comes the next logical step. Could you survive in the 'Career Swap'?

Do you think reality TV is real? Does any of us?

This is an op-ed piece about reality TV shows that also touches on movies.

After today's announcement that the next season will feature four tribes divided by race (whites, blacks, Asians, and Hispanics) I can say for sure that I will not be watching it.

Fall of 2006 brought a bunch of great new television shows, but it seems that ABC is leading the pack with the most new shows that deserve to be watched.

Having a hard time trying to look for gifts to give to your friends? Reality TV shows are popular these days, and if you know someone who is a certified reality TV show addict, then these gift ideas would be worth checking out.

There are a lot of good shows on TV right now. Here are the ones I think you really shouldn't miss. Plan accordingly.

This reality TV show idea shows us yet another side of law enforcement and how they protect us and our children. Cyber stalking has gotten out of control and remains to be one of the largest mediums used between predators and our children.

Idea for a reality tv show based around the real and healthy weight loss journey.

are our local music scenes in danger today?

Review of Reality TV. Are we bombarded with too many real life shows? Why do we watch Reality TV shows?

I watch a whole lot of television, too much probably. So that's what I'm going to do. I decided I would share with you all what I feel are the ten best television shows this year.

Message boards have an inherant code of conduct. This article addresses the etiquette for message boards about television shows. Violate them and you will be the laughing stock to your imaginery friends on the internet.

With so many teens headed down the wrong path and criminal activity is becoming increasingly popular it would be nice to know that help could be a phone call away. This reality show allows a drill instructor to straighten out troubled youth.

Since the next season of television is rumored to have an onslaught of new reality television shows, due to the writer's strike, here are a few ideas for reality shows that Americans would probably watch.

A look at different "reality" shows and how real they are. Or are they really not that real?

Ever since the first season of The Bachelor aired, television has been inundated with reality dating shows. Why not take it up a notch, put the potential lovebirds in a very awkward and comedic situation-a bring your ex party.

The explosion of reality television over the past few years is a sign of the networks trying to tighten their budgets. Still, there are signs of life within this fledgling industry:

Have you ever wondered why they call today's most dominant programming Reality TV when what they present is anything but reality? Survivor brings to mind someone who manages to make it through untold hardship.

The concept is so ripe for satire that there are plenty of laughs throughout the film for both fans and detractors of reality shows.

I have a tendency to fall in love with television shows only to have my heart broken when the network cancels them later that year. Here are several shows that left too soon.

This article outlines ten television shows on the Fall 2007 schedule that should have been cancelled.

Get a privileged behind-the-scenes peek at television production by attending the filming of a network or cable show. Here's how to get your tickets.

To be technical, contestant rigging and the manipulation of television outcomes has been present since the earliest "reality" shows - the quiz shows.

In the television industry, the term "jump the shark" was conceived in the late 1970's. It is defined as the moment when a hit television series takes that almost inevitable turn from greatness to mediocrity or worse.

Many wrestling fans have been watching professional wrestling since its inception, but if you are just tuning in, here is a guide to the WWE television lineup.

You probably have seen these hot characters on familiar LGBT Television shows. Here are the 10 Sexiest LGBT television Characters.

A list of current television shows that are both appropriate for preteens and enjoyable for most adults to watch as well.

If you have a young child you should know that there is a new television show on PBS that your child may truly enjoy. It is called Curious George and it brings the books that so many children have loved for so long to animated life.

Each year television networks premiere new tv shows that seem very promising. These networks put out major commercials on tv, on buses, the internet and huge posters in some major cities but all that means nothing when the show is cancelled after two episodes.

We all like vegging in front of the TV every now and again, but the problem that plagues us all is the fact that many times, there's just nothing on! Well no more is this going to be the case with a network like TV Land around

One couple's adventure into a life without television - how we survived.

I'm clearly in an unhealthy relationship with my television. It serves up a load of superficial, predictable plot lines, poor acting, and eye-rollingly bad dialogue, and I eat it up with the spork that came with my TV dinner.

The changes of the family on television often changes to reflect the change in family structure in modern society.

I propose a reality TV show called "Tough Tots." This show pits three year olds against each other in a competition for one million dollars.

The Sharp 32" Flat Tube Digital Television, Model: 32SF560 has all of the features that you will need to enjoy a great night with a movie, and is perfectly sized for living rooms, bedrooms and even dorm rooms.

In2TV will feature 3400 hours of programming obtained through a deal with Warner Brothers. The network will be entirely free and based on advertising. Some of the shows will include "Welcome Back, Kotter", "The Fugitive", and "Eight is Enough?"

Is That An Alien? is a reality TV idea about people who've seen aliens. Check it out!

I watched lots of premieres this week on television and anticipate a few more. Which do I think will be the best choices for television viewing this fall?

The television over the years has become a mainstay in many homes. The television is used to keep up-to-date on what is happening locally, nationally, and around the world.