How much reality in "reality" t.v- Page 2

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 11/10/13 at 9:53pm

Reality TV is so Bush era.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 11/10/13 at 10:33pm

Judge Judy is all true as far as cases are concerned. There's a guy from my town who was on it and friend of my dad got an invite to be on the show, but his ex-wife wouldn't agree to it. They each get a $5000 pool of money and if they have to pay it comes out of that.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 12:18pm

Reality TV is an insult to the viewer's intelligence. I can't even stand to watch the house shows on HGTV any more. Or that House Brothers where they show the people a crap hole and then tell them they can fix it up. OBVIOUSLY the people KNOW the show is A house fix-up show but EVERY SINGLE couple says "Oh no, I don't want construction, it will NEVER be done, what if you find mold?" the miraculously say "oh, OK! We'll wait 6 weeks to get our house!"

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 12:28pm

i have a question on those home shows where people only have a certain amount of money in their budget to remodel their house... now is it safe to assume that they don't really pay the money or does the show pay part of it in order to have everything filmed and whatnot? I always wondered how that works out..

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 12:47pm

Me too! I am especially curious because they say things like "They've been approved for $400K mortgage"but then buy a house for $300K and act like they just tacked on the other hundred grand to pay for all these deluxe renovations. Mortgages just don't work that way.

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[Mister Matt]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 2:29pm

They even do auditions for game shows.

Oh, this has always been true. I've known a couple of potential and actual contestants for Wheel of Fortune. And if you've ever seen "where are they now" specials, it's pretty clear that years ago (not sure if it's still true or not), many game shows would cast their contestants from various agencies.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 3:01pm

There's a big difference between the reality competition shows and reality TV.

I have a friend in the fashion/modeling world and he's heard from various ANTM models who were cut early because the modeling companies wanted them first.

Wasn't there a guy from American Idol that left the show because a company offered him a contract? And it was the same one that was rumored to be with Paula?

I tend to believe the competition shows more than Housewives. If you saw this last Project Runway reunion, Tim Gunn was adamant that there was no rigging when it came to who was eliminated.

[Jane2]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 3:38pm

I watch some of the competition shows but I believe the ones that depend on votes from the public are totally rigged. The producers decide who will win, not the viewers. That's what I think.

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 4:56pm

and I'm going to assume that stuff like COPS isn't rigged, right? i just don't get a feeling that it is....

[StageManager2]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 5:22pm

I've known a couple of potential and actual contestants for Wheel of Fortune. And if you've ever seen "where are they now" specials, it's pretty clear that years ago (not sure if it's still true or not), many game shows would cast their contestants from various agencies.

Emmmy-winner Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) was a contestant on The Price is Right back in 2000. He was about 20/21 then, and I'm willing to bet he was one of those actors that were planted in the audience, because he overdoes it. It's cringeworthy to watch.

Here's the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf7YF8DAwjk

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 5:52pm

Considering that Aaron Paul *is* an actor...

[StageManager2]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 6:47pm

What I meant is that he was probably one of those actors Mister Matt mentioned who audition to be on game shows, and that he wasn't really a contestant. His act seems very forced, like the producers instructed him to go overboard.