explain to me how reality tv works

[cyclohexane]

Take survivor for example, if the show is filmed over 40 days then
how in the world is CBS able to have it on for months? Wouldn't the news of who won leak
out and ruin the whole show?😕

 

[Canai]

They implant small bombs in the abdomens of everyone involved in making it. Anyone tells, they all get asploded. Ever heard of Survivor: peru? No? didn't think so. See, I was lucky. I shat out my bomb just in time....

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: cyclohexane
Take survivor for example, if the show is filmed over 40 days then
how in the world is CBS able to have it on for months? Wouldn't the news of who won leak
out and ruin the whole show?😕

Dude, its live. Its like the truman show.

 

[40sTheme]

Reality TV works like this:
See how many people you can get to fight and get angry at each other, and put it on TV.
Basically, the asshole of TV.

 

[her209]

The finale is live.

 

[Killerme33]

I read some story about a lady from my city (AZ) that went on Fear Factor once. She couldn't even tell her family if she won or lost or what the challenges were until the show aired. I'm pretty sure they sign about 30 million NDAs, and if they slip at all they get no $$.

 

[Geocentricity]

The winner of survivor isn't determined til the LIVE finale. DUH?

 

[Kirby64]

Originally posted by: her209
The finale is live.

Exactly, so the winner doesn't actually know they win until the finale, when the votes are revealed.

Basically, the worst that could happen is that the survivors could 'spoil' what was going to happen in the episodes, but never could they spoil who win the million dollars.

So really, who cares about anything except who wins the million dollars?

 

[AAjax]

Originally posted by: 40sTheme
Reality TV works like this:
See how many people you can get to fight and get angry at each other, and put it on TV.
Basically, the asshole of TV.

QFT


Recipe for reality TV:

1)Take people who would never hang out with each other (but are starved for attention)
2)Get them to fight, probably not that hard since most off of them seem like asshats anyhow
3)Good editing (really, this is the key)

Viola, human car crash

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: AAjax

Originally posted by: 40sTheme
Reality TV works like this:
See how many people you can get to fight and get angry at each other, and put it on TV.
Basically, the asshole of TV.

QFT

Recipe for reality TV:

1)Take people who would never hang out with each other (but are starved for attention)
2)Get them to fight, probably not that hard since most off of them seem like asshats anyhow
3)Good editing (really, this is the key)

Viola, human car crash

Don't forget the obligatory flamboyant gay guy and the angry black guy coupled with the slutty blonde chick with huge rack and the nerdy brunette bookworm who is being secretly lusted after by the drunk redhead.

 

[Parrotheader]

People gripe about reality TV, but there's a reason it's been successful.

Like Sports, most big hit primetime reality shows (Survivor, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Amazing Race, American Idol) have some sort of winner/loser scenario that unfolds at the end of each episode. And again, like sports, it's not something you can easily record and expect to watch later without having the experience spoiled by learning the outcome before you get a chance to watch it. As a result, you almost HAVE to watch it live (or only slightly time-delayed.) Networks love it because it boosts their realtime viewer ratings and advertisers obviously love the larger real-time audience as well. The trade-off is a lot of reality TV shows don't do well in syndication or with DVD sales.