Reality TV: limitless

Reality TV is a broad genre, with a wide variety of topics that can appeal to anybody's tastes. The immensely popular British show Top Gear has recently been transformed into an American Version, and in the American version there was recently a race between a speed boat, a sea plane, and a Lotus. This race took place mid-day, on a civilian highway (and obviously in the air, and sea), the police warned the driver not to speed over a bridge for safety reasons, the driver ignored the warning, endangering himself and the film crew in an attempt to win. Well he was caught, and justly cited. However their was a deeper impact in his actions, he taught young drivers that it is okay to not obey the "rules of the road." However, many reality shows are actually very beneficial to their viewers. Shows like: I shouldn't be alive, and Man vs. Wild can teach us important survival skills. Shows like: Pawn Stars, and, American Pickers teach us the value of every day objects, as well as how our history is still relevant today, with the use of the wacky miscellaneous objects that they deal with every day. This Variety of reality television goes to show not just the genre's variety, but the variety of viewers that reality TV has.