I do watch storage wars sometimes.

Reality TV shows
 

Do you hate them or love them?

Hate:
X-Factor
American Idol
Big Brother (I really don't like this especially)

Love it... Trashier the better

ive been known to watch a few.. bad girls was always a good one http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...smilies/24.gif

i watched americas next top model and design star a couple times.. aside from that not any more i can think of

I watched one episode of Big Brother with my Dad (he is obsessed with reality TV) and hated it too.
I watch some reality TV but most of it I don't care for.

I really miss all the super trashy "I love" shows of vh1. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/frown.gif

I like some of them. Big Brother is one of my favorites and im anxiously waiting for next weeks season premier. (thats America's BB. From what i understand, its a different show than whats on across the pond)

Amazing Race, So You Think You Can Dance, and DanceMoms are my other favorites

Shows like the bachelor/ette, and any 'find my real love' shows, teen pregnancies, etc. are just stupid!!

Totally miss Rock of Love.... drunk strippers catfighting over an old rock star??? never.missed.an.episode.

All they are doing in Big Brother is marlarking around and sleeping :| Hardly "entertaining"

Yeah, if you're watching After Dark!

in order of tolerance level:

1. Storage Wars
2. Gene Simmons Family Jewels
3. Hells Kitchen
4. Chopped
5. Frontline

This is a really terrible poll to try to lump all reality shows into one bag. Please people think it out before you post a poll.

I can't vote, but I can tell you Pawn Stars and American Pickers are among the best and Real House Wives of... and any reality show that portrays itself as reality but in actuality is reenacted with actors is among the worst. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif

There are two elements to a reality show - the reality of the task at hand [for example - driving trucks on frozen lakes]
and the reality of the personalities involved [i.e. the father/son relationships at Orange County Choppers]

When you deliberately skew the reality to add pressure by adding things like 'elimination', or you force people who would never normally associate with each other to work together [for example, Wife Swap], it ceases to be reality.

Flavor of Love!!!

I agree with you but for all intents, a reality show simply means using people (vs actors) placed in a situation even if it's an artificial situation. I'm not necessarily against competition such as a dance contest or a "great race". Those can be interesting and would qualify as a reality show. Among the weakest are when you follow someone around with a camera like Family Jewels. You may see some hints of their real lives, but they know if their lives are boring, we won't watch. So much for reality. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif

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You guys are silly... they're all fake. Pawn Stars, Housewives, American Idol.... everyone of them. It's just entertainment.

Even on HGTV... just read a whole article about how fake the show House Hunters is.

*cough, wheeze*.......... back in the day, we had 'reality tv'.............of course, we called it documentaries, mind.

I agree, even House Hunters is fake.