Trading Spaces . Trading Spouses, The Benefactor, Extreme Makeover, Big Brother, Survivor, Amish in the City, Fear Factor….

I’ll admit it, I watched every episode of Joe Millionaire, Temptation Island thrilled me….but when OH WHEN, Did American TV take the turn from bad to worse? Every channel is playing this bullshit drivel.

I don’t want, or need some toothpick skinny broad telling me “What Not To Wear”, I don’t care if Donald Trump wants to give me a job. I don’t care if Jay Moore thinks I’m funny. When I turn on the TV to veg out I don’t want to see someone who looks like my 9th grade English teacher getting a nose job. I REALLY don’t want to see Midget dating, or Celebrity poker, and I don’t think anyone else does either. That’s why I’m calling all Americans out there to turn off their televisions. Go read a book, draw a picture, write a song, learn origami, SPEND TIME WITH YOUR KIDS. Do anything you need to do to sent these fuckers the message “ WE ARE NOT AS DUMB AS YOU THINK WE ARE!”

The Dating Story, The Wedding Story, The Baby Story, Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, Renovate My Family, American Idol, The Simple Life, The Simple Life 2,The Bachelor, The Bacholorette,….


The Swan… This is the one that pisses me off. If I hear about any one Tevioing this I’m coming to your house to personally kick your ass. Who decided what the American masses needed was a show that took perfectly normal, beautiful women and spent thousands to turn them into a product that should come in a pink package marked Mattel and THEN after all that, have them compete in a Beauty Pageant to decide on the ultimate Stepford Wife? Does America need this stereotype perpetuated?

I have enough reality in my own life, the only reality on TV I want is Dan Rather telling me lies about the President.


Rant Mode Disengaged.

Sweeny79 said:

Sweeny - and with so many "reality" shows on TV these days - do they really even genuinely exist? We've all seen how the formula works... probably the ONLY real reality TV show with nothing to base itself on was the first season of The Real World... and before that... "An American Family" - the documentary shown on TV... PBS I think? With the Loud family.

I'm with you. I started boycotting that crap as soon as it first hit the airwaves.

A prime example of why I don't watch TV anymore.

DiminutiveRocker said:

I agree! 1000%

LittlePill said:

Pill!

I watched lastnight, first night in FOREVER... I got SO pissed!!!

MrJoker said:

U rock!

Sweeny79 said:

...and so do you!

MrJoker said:

MrJoker said:

same here. i was through with that crap after season one of "the real world", way back in the day.

i LOVED temptation island

the others are ok..... but, now we are kinda in an overkill i think - i miss the good shows... like friends

But, ohmigod last night on "Renovate My Family" they made over this whole goth family. The one normal looking daughter wrote in and they all got makeovers and the parents finally tied the knot and they re-did the whole house!!! And they weren't really very goth anymore except for the master bedroom and master bathroom which still had a mini-chandelier with skulls in it.

I hate reality telesision ... that said my friends the McAlisters are on the one where they are going around the world... tonight I think is the finale.... to my shame I haven't seen any of it... I suspect they have won.....They won't tell me though... some sort of clause they have signed.... grrrrr

Tonight they are in NY ....

Ok its called the Amazing Race .... anyone on the East Coast want to let me know.... It would be appreciated
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Sweeny79 said:[quote]



I don’t want, or need some toothpick skinny broad telling me “What Not To Wear”, I don’t care if Donald Trump wants to give me a job. I don’t care if Jay Moore thinks I’m funny. When I turn on the TV to veg out I don’t want to see someone who looks like my 9th grade English teacher getting a nose job. I REALLY don’t want to see Midget dating, or Celebrity poker, and I don’t think anyone else does either. That’s why I’m calling all Americans out there to turn off their televisions. Go read a book, draw a picture, write a song, learn origami, SPEND TIME WITH YOUR KIDS. Do anything you need to do to sent these fuckers the message “ WE ARE NOT AS DUMB AS YOU THINK WE ARE!”


I have enough reality in my own life, the only reality on TV I want is Dan Rather telling me lies about the President.



100% agree

There's a flood of trashy reality TV. But I gotta say, I LOVE shows like While You Were Out, Trading Spaces, and What Not To Wear. It's just enjoyable to see people create, whether its a cook making a creative dish, a room getting remodeled on a tight budget, or a discussion on choosing a good outfit for a variety of body types. Not all reality shows are based on scandal, and staged plots.

I would love to see an end to shows like Survivor, The Swan, The Bachelorette, etc... because they have no redeeming value. But neither do predictable 30 minute sitcoms that retread the same overused storylines we've been seeing for the past 30 years. And how many freaking variations of Law & Order do we need? It's almost like Scooby Doo for adults.

Egad... I have never watched one of these before and watching one with friends on it is killllleeerrrrr! I will give them a piece of my mind!

Arggggg

Well I'll be dipped!

Its gonna be a party this weekend!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

i've been rooting for them since DAY 1...they are my fave.

saying that i have to say i love reality t.v., i don't have to think while watching it. i have a very high I.Q., love to read (real novels, classics) but still enjoy this drivel. i'm glad i don't have to boycott though...i'm Canadian...you only want help from Americans

i can keep watching.

lillith said:

Chip has been ribbing me for weeks because I kept telling him I really don't watch TV.... Well, I saw this thread and thought I would catch it! Glad I did...

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

don't tell me who won please please please...i'm taping it cause i'm stuck at work!!!! i didn't read your last post 'cause i'm afraid you're gonna ruin the end for me!!!

i can't wait until 630am when i'm off work so i can watch it!!!

My favorite reality show is Knight Rider! I hope I get to go for a ride in Kitt one day!

HobbesLeCute said:

is that the one where you marry the car at the end, but he turns out not to be rich?

I totally agree.Reality shows SUCK and I can't believe that so many people watch this crap.I've been "banning" these stupid shows for the past few years.

Christopher said:

I think it's the one where you have to figure out if the car is gay or not.

Then you and the car compete for $50,000 eating baby placentas.

After that you and the car live in a house with 5 other cars and humans to decide what it's like when people stop making sitcoms.

subhuman09 said:

no no,i think its the one where they give the car a makeover cause people always hated on him and called him ugly....and then he has to vote someone off the island and live with vanilla ice.

Christopher said:

That's the one!

Christopher said:

You sure?

I thought it was the one where they swap the cars, so the owners have to learn what it's like to live with a new car.

Then the cars are alllowed to sing on national television each week for a recording contract.

Only after this that they are allowed to decide whether the car they have is secretely working to overthrow the entire family and one car is given a monetary prize and the other is the secret automotive spy.

HobbesLeCute said:

lol remember the one when kit and vanilla ice had a rap battle? so many cans of cheap beer on the table.

subhuman09 said:

dont forget that the car also had to leave his comfy home in las vegas with miss richie.