Monday, January 17, 2011
RTV
To me, for something to be considered reality TV it has to be unscripted, yet not everything that is unscripted has to be reality TV. For example, I do not see football as being reality TV, even though it is unscripted and the final outcome is unknown. The way I see it, sports has always just been on its own separate platform away from all of the reality TV shows. In fact, I often use watching sports as a way to get away from some of the reality nonsense even if it is a game with teams I don't particularly care for.
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Good defining points here, but do you think the definition of RTV is a little more ambiguous than you allow? Are shows we commonly consider RTV such as Jersey Shore, etc. completely "unscripted"?
A lot of RTV shows nowadays are made to seem to be 'reality' when they are actually scripted. So by saying RTV has to be unscripted, you are eliminating a lot of shows the media considers reality TV, such as Jersey Shore as Ms. Cowart mentioned above. I do agree with you that sports are in their own category and while they are technically 'reality' because it is happening in real time, I would not consider to them to be RTV either.
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