Reality TV: It’s Impact on America

Lately there has been a great increase in the number of reality TV shows on network television. This makes me wonder, is it really necessary for every show to be a reality TV show? I thought TV was supposed to be an unreal world, a world that takes you away from the real world. Now, the real world is being brought to TV for entertainment and mockery. What ever happened to the unreal fantasy worlds that were shown on TV and made us laugh? Now we laugh at people getting hurt, people backstabbing one another, people cheating on their lovers and a lot of other mischievous things. In some aspects it is okay to have a reality TV show when addressing a certain issue, such as the real life of an African American family. A reality TV show that is meant to help the viewer and increase their knowledge about a certain issue is okay because it is not dumbfounding their mind and it has a purpose. The reality TV shows that are on TV now have no purpose and are very absurd. Networks that decide to s...