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As a civilization and a society there’s no denying one simple truth – we love watching other people. Call it voyeurism, call it schadenfreude, even call it nothing more than a morbid curiosity but the fact remains that every night many of us are likely to be watching reality shows courtesy of our Direct TV st louis services and the like. In fact, reality shows have really dominated the industry in recent years and it seems like we just can’t get enough of watching people travel, build homes, cook foods, succeed, fail, you name it – we’re watching it happen.

Part of the reason, I feel, is because we feel like we can live vicariously through these people. Take the Amazing Race, for example. In today’s economy, an all-expenses paid trip to Uruguay or Portugal and all the way across China might seem a little too expensive, but with these shows we can watch seemingly ordinary people like you and me live the dream. We can watch reality TV romances unfold and, in many ways, we are more interested in these lives than we are in our own because, frankly, our lives usually aren’t all that interesting. No one is usually offering us trips around the world, building us new houses or trying to marry us – but it’s nice to dream.

We like to dream, and why not? Isn’t dreaming the first step towards making a dream come true? For many these days when mortgages are hard to get, and we’ve lost all the equity built up in our present homes, the closest we are going to get (at least for now, let’s not get too pessimistic) to our dream of buying a lovely new home, is watching someone else do it on reality tv. It’s fun to watch shows like House Hunters and Read more…

The Batchelor is professing his undying love for the woman he finally chose as his soul mate. It’s too bad that they are going to split up in a few months. It’s inevitable and all too common. These reality shows bring the average viewer into the lives of everyday people who are thrust, either willingly or unwillingly, into the spotlight. One must decide if the shows have life lessons or are just entertainment.

The question of whether the spotlight causes the break ups or the break ups would happen Read more…

There are a couple of nanny-rescue TV programs that feature unruly children and their exasperated parents. These reality shows are set in the subject family’s home where camera crews document kids who are out of control and screaming or oblivious parents. The nanny swoops in to save the beleaguered family with simple disciplinary techniques and reward systems.

I might be a bigger of these supper nanny shows if they had been around while my children were small. The nannies offer sound Read more…

You don’t have to be good with a hammer to appreciate Extreme Makeover Home Edition. This is one of my favorite reality shows even though I’m all thumbs when it comes to hand tools. Each episode features a family facing some time of housing crises. Sometimes the home has been damaged by fire or flood. Other times a devastating illness or financial situation has placed the home at risk.

The families chosen for Extreme Makeover are very deserving of a helping hand due to some Read more…