It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by extraterrestrialentity
Finally. My sister actually thinks it's real.
I watched Ghost Hunters too and thought they were legit until the Halloween Scandal and quit watching.
Reality shows are taking over TV
when i found out that pawn stars isnt really a store , just a front to sell t-shirts for the show and such i stopped watching, but i do love american restoration & counting cars
Originally posted by sandman441
Originally posted by extraterrestrialentity
Finally. My sister actually thinks it's real.
. I used to watch pawn stars and they got pretty irritating pretty fast. and American Restoration until that show became more about drama .edit on 15-5-2013 by sandman441 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by blackz28
what was considered the first "reality show" to start this trend , was it suvivor around 2000 ??
Reality television saw an explosion of global popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with the successes of the Big Brother and Survivor/Expedition Robinson franchises.
Originally posted by Berzerked
I dont see how people can watch these shows, ever other word has to be "beeped" out, so its like.. .Hey, where the beep to you think your beeping going you mother beep...
Originally posted by ThePeaceMaker
If I watch tv it's usually a good documentary usually about wild life or Ray Mears survival. I can't stand when I over hear people banging on about the newest reality show I think to myself ... Jeees do you have nothing better to do
Originally posted by darkbake
Yeah, you forgot stuff like Pawn Stars, Storage Wars, etc.
And the news is just ridiculous. I don't watch that anymore, it's like a soap opera.
I kind of like the reality television - at least there is less drama.
Originally posted by Berzerked
reply to post by sandman441
I watched Ghost Hunters too and thought they were legit until the Halloween Scandal and quit watching.
Lmao, I remember that, that scene where his jacket collar was "pulled" was analyzed all over youtube
Originally posted by blackz28
when i found out that pawn stars isnt really a store , just a front to sell t-shirts for the show and such i stopped watching, but i do love american restoration & counting cars
Originally posted by sandman441
Originally posted by extraterrestrialentity
Finally. My sister actually thinks it's real.
. I used to watch pawn stars and they got pretty irritating pretty fast. and American Restoration until that show became more about drama .edit on 15-5-2013 by sandman441 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by darkbake
Yeah, you forgot stuff like Pawn Stars, Storage Wars, etc.
And the news is just ridiculous. I don't watch that anymore, it's like a soap opera.
I kind of like the reality television - at least there is less drama.
In all, I don't watch T.V., I use Netflix or other websites when I do, or do something else, like gaming or reading. I get my news from off-shore sources like BBC News or here.edit on 15-5-2013 by darkbake because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Dominar
Originally posted by darkbake
Yeah, you forgot stuff like Pawn Stars, Storage Wars, etc.
And the news is just ridiculous. I don't watch that anymore, it's like a soap opera.
I kind of like the reality television - at least there is less drama.
Interesting thing about Storage Wars... Dave Hester (The "Yuup!" guy...) filed a law suit against A&E and Original Productions, claiming that the producers staged entire units, planted items in lockers after having them appraised weeks in advance, and funneled cash to weaker teams to buy lockers they could not have otherwise afforded. Source (Wikipedia)
Whether true or not, I strongly believe that these "reality" shows are always scripted on some level, people shouldn't take them too seriously...
Maybe we should call them "1/2 reality shows".
Is this a conspiracy?
what was considered the first "reality show" to start this trend , was it suvivor around 2000 ??