I believe RTV is...

The true definition of reality tv is obviously ambiguous. I think shows like Jersey Shore or The Real World are reality tv. Football games and Jeopardy to me are not really reality tv shows. I guess what classifies a show as reality tv in my opinion is when we get to know the characters in the show at a personal level. Whether it be solving a person's problems in MTV's MADE or seeing people try to find a partner like in I Love New York, we are experiencing how those people react to certain situations and get to know them even if just superficially. In football, we do know the quarterback and a few other players of our favorite team, but we do not know what is going through their mind during the game, we just hope for our team to win and remain in suspense until the end of the game. To me, the fact that we get to know the qualities of certain characters classifies these shows as reality tv.