I can see why reality television would appeal to some. Real life issues, played out by real life people. Well, sort of.
If you truly think these shows are in no way guided by the producer to go they way (s)he want it, you're a tad dimwitted. Nobody wants to watch a show that consists entirely of some kid sitting on a couch watching the tube all day. So, what they do is find people who like to party and go out, and pay them to do it. They pay for them to get into the hottest clubs, or the best resteruants and pay them even more to act a certain way. They say, "Hey, I'll pay you an extra ten grand to slap that girl you don't like," and that's how they get the audience to keep watching. They find out what the audience would want to see, and pay off these so called "real people" to do what the audience wants them to do.
It's all entirely clever if you think about it, but it's not truly "reality TV" because, well, it's not reality. It's staged. So if you want to sit about and watch people make a fool of themselves, that's up to you, but reality TV is dumb; there's no way of getting around that.
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