Networks to channel reality

[Chris Blount]

By David Bauder, Associated Press
August 23, 2004

NEW YORK - In one corner, the Fox television empire. In another, cable executives who once ran the USA network and E! Entertainment Television.

They're fighting to see who can establish a television network devoted exclusively to the reality genre. Maybe both will win. Maybe neither.

Viewers won't be able to see Reality 24-7 until later this year, or the Fox Reality Channel until early 2005. Both networks are developing and acquiring programming.

"Reality and reality stars have become the chatter of pop culture," said Larry Namer, the former E! executive who is a partner with USA founder Kay Koplovitz in Reality 24-7.

With shows like Survivor and American Idol among TV's biggest hits, it was inevitable that someone would devote a network to reality. The question is whether people will want to revisit their favorite reality shows like they do comedies and dramas.

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[mwgiii]

I thought we already had a "compelling content" reality channel, Reality TV USA channel 190.

[kwajr]

I thought we already had a "compelling content" reality channel, Reality TV USA channel 190.
YES I GUESS THEY MEAN ALL SHOWS LIKE IDOL i myself was hoping the trend was over

[jdspencer]

By consolidating the reality shows on one or two channels, it will make it easier to ignore.:D

[Steve Mehs]

That's what I was thinking, one or two central channels dedicated to reality TV, so all those shows can rot there and stop infesting the rest of the TV networks, but I seriously doubt they will ever disappear soon.

[jdspencer]

Reality TV is to 2004 as Game shows were to the 90's.

Hopefully, the trend will die down to be replaced with some other mind numbing show genre.

[jpurkey]

I thought we already had a "compelling content" reality channel, Reality TV USA channel 190.

TLC has become a reality channel with only the occasional educational program and the Discovery channel is starting to head down the same path too. There really needs to be a Discovery Reality Channel where all those shows can be put and I can more easily avoid them.

[zman977]

I read a couple of weeks ago where a new reality TV show will feature people trying to loose weight. That sounds almost as much fun as watching flesh decompose. One can only hope this trend ends soon. I just wonder when it ends, will something even worse come along to replace it.

[Nick]

...a new reality TV show will feature people trying to loose weight.:nono: :nono2: :bad_nono:

For the 1,955,103rd time, it's lose, not "loose". Are you people ineducable (incapable of learning)? :welcome:

Someone needs to launch the "In reality, I'm really stupid" channel. Reruns of Leno's "Jay Walking" segments would be a good start. Then Jay could ask people on the street how to spell "lose", and then "than" :scratch: , while back in the studio, the audience is laughing their collective gluteous maximi off. I would be laughing right along with them but I can't stay up that late anymore. I've got to get my sleep so I can spell words like "censorious", "parsimonious" and "hypercritical".

Seriously, people, how hard can it be to spell "lose" and "than" correctly? They are not exactly polysyllabic words, fer crissake! :shrug: Try to remember, it's lose, not loose; than, not then. :scratchin Don't make me put it in my sig again! :ramblinon

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<edit> For you chronic, repetitive "loosers" with memories shorter than your proboscis, print out this helpful hint and stick it on the wall. :contract:

[Paul Secic]

I read a couple of weeks ago where a new reality TV show will feature people trying to loose weight. That sounds almost as much fun as watching flesh decompose. One can only hope this trend ends soon. I just wonder when it ends, will something even worse come along to replace it.
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Oh my God!