I Can't Believe These Are All TV Shows - Neatorama

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Someone once theorized that new "reality" TV shows are created by pulling words out of hats, one word from the adjective hat and one from the noun hat. That's the only way you can explain Cupcake Wars or Amish Mafia. -via mental_floss

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That describes all of them. And it's a chicken-and-egg thing... which came first, moronic shows, or moronic viewers? (oops; reply to Miss C)

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According to the Wikipedia link, it was changing target demographic from old to young.

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Changing demographics from rural to urban, I suppose?

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I think it's partly because reality TV shows are so easy and cheap to produce (as compared to traditional story-based ones). Plus, there's a lot of trashy people who love to watch trashy shows!

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Wow. I had no idea most of those shows existed. And I kind of wish that I still didn't know about them.

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TV production has always been massively derivative. With so many channels, "me too" programming is a safe way to keep your job for a short while. Does anyone else remember when all three of the networks killed any show that was even slightly rural?

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Oh, what have we become?

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Have you seen Amish Mafia? It's so awesome I could watch 30 of those in a row. Don't mess with Lebanon Levi!

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Seriously, who the hell is watching this damn trash? Other trash I suppose? It's no wonder there's so many zombies, robots and idiots than ever before. Trash in, trash out.

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Wow. I had no idea most of those shows existed. And I kind of wish that I still didn't know about them.

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