RTV: Boredom's Last Resort

To me, reality television is something that should not be taken seriously in most circumstances. I don't necessarily love it, but I also don't hate it. Watching reality TV is basically something I watch when I want to either get my mind off something or am extremely bored and there is nothing else good on TV. Some of the shows I have watched in the past include: Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Flipping Out, What Not to Wear, NatGeo documentaries, Celebrity Rehab, and Gene Simmon's Family Jewels. My two favorite shows are Gene Simmon's Family Jewels and Keeping Up With the Kardashians, mainly because I find their individual personalities along with their family dynamics very entertaining and comical. The shows also deal with issues that a lot of families in the "real world" deal with, however the shows can put some things into a different perspective that can help people/ families going through similar things feel better. My least favorite show (right below Jersey Shore) is Bridalplasty, which a brand new show in its first season on Entertainment Television. It is a show where a group of soon-to-be brides are put into a mansion together and compete in wedding-related challenges. The prize for winning a challenge is a plastic surgery procedure of their choice, and the ultimate prize is a "perfect" wedding. Personally I find this show to be horrible. These women have such a negative self-image that they feel they need to change every aspect of their body in order to have a good wedding, when what they should be focusing on is the person they are marrying. All in all, I feel reality TV is a good escape from your own reality, but in some circumstances can be detrimental to society.