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    Schm: Remarks about how such shows are an indication of our society's decline, or "How can anyone watch this crap?" confuse me, because you'd think people w... more »
    mariamariamaria: Full disclosure, i loooove ROL. I used to love ANTM but I petered out after cycle 8, but I'm not fancy, I enjoy reality TV. The thing that makes me ... more »
    The HZA.: I love my reality tv. I'd be sad without it. more »
    Rosaxé: I disagree with your assessment of the "high-brow" shows. First, I'd say that Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson have been pretty damn successful in ... more »
    Grim Reaper of the Forest: I find reality TV insanely boring. I'm not sure why, but I guess if I wanted to watch people sit around and talk or whatever I'd just go hang out in ... more »
    RobertaFisk: I don't think it's fair to imply that all people who don't like these shows are uptight, self-important douchebags and that the reason they don't like... more »
    Ratinski: I watch The Amazing Race and Survivor every week. Of the two, I have to say the one I really LOVE is TAR, and not only because Phil Keoghan is the mo... more »
    J.D.Regent: I see your point but doesn't tv also create, as well as reflect, reality? Now that being a contestant on Rock of Love is an entree to a semi viable c... more »
    Ichigo: I tried to watch Celebrity Apprentice last night, and I was like "Who ARE these people?" Really? Does a 'Deal or No Deal' model actually count as a ce... more »
    saintbernadette: The thing about Top Chef and Project Runway, though, is that people actually have to have a skill to appear on either one. It's so wonderful and refre... more »
    mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it: Good TV - well my standards drop the more hungover I am. more »
    Beat Girl: What's bizarre about American Idol (and its British forebears) is that it is, in all honesty, little worse than the behind closed doors manufacturing ... more »
    YourScreenplaySucks: For a second, I thought that dude standing next to Tyra was Spike from BTVS. See, that reality show I would watch. I give Tyra one minute, including a... more »
    ellaesther: Um. I fear I may have waded into the wrong thread here, but, while I, in fact, do like TV, don't think of it as the idiot box, and actually (gasp!) le... more »
    rocknrollunicorn: Basically, I find that if I watch the Soup and Best Week Ever every week, I can stay on top of major reality happenings (like people lying down in the... more »
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    In Defense Of Reality TV

    Today, in the Washington Post, Robin Givhan writes that "a curse has befallen the best of trash television. It has been afflicted by hubris. It has succumbed to uninspired titillation." And that's a bad thing? More »