Reality Tv

Reality TV

Introduction

Reality television is defined in many ways . The closest if not the clearest definition given to this genre , is that it is a show with no scripts and no real actors but only ordinary people placed in different and sometimes , funny situations . No one has come close to tracing back its true origin , though some claimed the genre already existed back in the early years of television . However , the first television show made known as reality tv was Candid Camera (Rowen 2000 . It first came out in 1948

and the idea of the show sprang from its creator and host Allen Funt 's similar radio show , Candid Microphone in 1947 . Labeled as the granddaddy of reality tv , the show played pranks on ordinary American people and have quite enjoyed showing their funny reactions on television . The entertaining and comical format of Candid Camera was a big break from the gore and pain viewers used to watch during the years of war . Similar radio shows also made it to the television in the 1950s . Truth or Consequences , like Candid Camera surprised contestants by putting them in situations where they never knew what would happen to them . Both shows have been successful in catching people unaware and surprised

Brief history of Reality TV

Perhaps the first contemporary reality show aired was An American Family . It was a documentary of the Loud family , Bill , Pat , and their children (Reality TV , Introduction , 2006 . Week after week viewers have followed the family 's travails and witnessed the dramatic secrets within the family unfold . The most sensational footage of the family 's drama was the divorce of Bill and Pat and the decision of their son , Lance , to admit in public that he was gay . It was that particular shocking television moment that the show was finally named a reality tv

During the late 1980s , a new type of reality television emerged . Cops became a hit because it showed real police officers on duty arresting criminals . The...