5 Reasons TV Has Never Been Better And 5 Reasons It's Doomed

2. Reality Programming For Everything

pawn stars It's getting out of hand people. Correction, it's already WAY out of hand. It's no secret that reality programming has brought upon a television takeover but now it's seems like they're just playing with its dead carcass. There seems to be about a million shows (I checked but my math may be off a smidge) dedicated to pawn shops. I'm not kidding but I have to ask, when did people become obsessed with pawn shops? I'm dead serious here, these shows are hits and they have annoying titles like, Pawn Stars or Hardcore Pawn. Do people tune in because they were tricked into watching, thinking they were watching porn? And if that's the case, ewww. We're going down a dark path here. Redirecting. Still here? Good. There are also competition shows on every channel that is home to a significant amount of reality programming. I'm not just talking about your Survivors or Amazing Races or Top Chefs. No, I'm talking about The Next Food Network Star. I'm talking about HGTV Star. These competition shows let us all in on a little secret -- reality tv will never end, it only restocks. Oh yeah, there's also a show about the guys who created duck calls. Don't act surprised, it's also a hit.
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I'm married and live in New York with my wife and pets. I'm a writer and definitely not a comedian (just ask my wife). I've successfully linked my twitter, goodreads, facebook and google+ pages although the successful aspect of all that is up for debate. I also started my own blog on wordpress and have just finished my first novel, The Violent Winds. Now it's time to try and trick some unsuspecting fool into buying it.