Student rant.

This is from Biana from Mayfield High School.

So, this week it’s finally my turn to rant on something media related. It was so difficult for me to choose something specific, because there were so many things to choose from and almost everyone who knows me knows that I rant about something almost every day. Well, with all the choices to choose from, I decided to rant about how pointless Reality TV shows are, especially the ones where someone is looking for love. The one thing I will admit about Reality shows is that they are good entertainment, but nowadays, that’s all that they’re good for. I have noticed how every reality show has to have the same content in order for it to be interesting, like, girls getting into catfights, some one being racist, someone accusing someone else of BEING a racist, someone afraid to come out, and just drama, drama, and more drama.

At one point these shows were actually interesting to watch. You could actually learn something from them. For example, you had “Survivor”. I personally haven’t ever seen an episode at all, but from what I’ve heard from others, that show could actually teach you something. Shows like “Tila Tequila’s Shot at Love”, “Brett Michael’s Rock of Love”, and “That’s Amore” have gotten the highest ratings and the most viewers but are so pointless and are just there to earn their network some more money. The most annoying show of all time has to be “Flavor of Love”. (No offense to anyone who actually likes it) Oh my gosh, does anyone know what season it’s on? I hope Flav doesn’t come back with another season because I lost count of how many seasons that show has gone on till.

With so many celebrities having their own reality shows, I’m beginning to just think that many people are just bored with their lives. I don’t think anyone should really care about who this one movie star is sleeping with or just about their life in general. I know that almost all the celebrities who do these reality shows just want more popularity, which leads to more money, which leads to more stupid stuff they can do. There’s all these stupid Reality Shows on t.v. like, “Make Me a Supermodel”, “America’s Most Smartest Model”, “I Know my Kid’s a Star”, and “Celebrity Fit Club”. “America’s Next Top Model” is one of my favorite shows, even though it is getting a little annoying as to how many seasons there have been. Has anyone noticed how there are like a million seasons of every single reality show?

People get bored of the same thing over again, like “American Idol”, I stopped watching “American Idol” after the second season. I don’t know if “The Bachelor” is still on, but that had a million different seasons too. Did you know “Tila Tequila” is coming back? Isn’t it so sad that some people actually enjoyed watching that the first time it came out? What is America coming to? Yeah, it definitely crossed some borderlines of reality TV show guidelines. No other show has had both sexes competing for the attention and love of one woman. But that show didn’t cross the line all the way, because if Tila had chosen Dani, can you imagine what would have happened? I know that nobody really cares, but there is always someone out there who will make a big deal out of everything that happens in life.

I believe “The Real World” dominates over all the other reality shows with being controversial and having a million seasons. That show has been on since before I was born. What I’m trying to say is that American television has changed so much over the years. I know people like watching other kinds of shows and not just only reality shows, but the majority of America is watching pointless reality shows where people make fools of themselves. It’s really sad how America finds this entertaining, but apparently stupid stuff sells. People should do something better with their time.