Fox to dumb down America even more with the Fox Reality Channel

[LynneSin]

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Entertainment/ap20040713_1408.html

NEW YORK July 13, 2004 — Fox is planning to start the Fox Reality Channel early next year, perhaps moving to the front of the suddenly crowded sweepstakes of networks looking to capitalize on the format.
The new network will air a mix of original series and reruns of series like "Joe Millionaire" and "Temptation Island."

[tom_paine]

1. I hate to say it, but Reality TV is a signal that the end is nigh

There is something SO ROMAN, so obscene and sci-fi nightmarish about it that I cannot articulate in words why.

But I'll bet ProfessorGAC or a sociologist could...

[Beware the Beast Man]

6. Fights to the Death would be more exciting

Than a bunch of whining, narcissistic social climbers lumped together in a particular situation for 13 weeks.


EDIT- spelling & clarification

[tom_paine]

8. I agree, but that's more of a Caligula or Nero Bush kind of thing

2050 stuff.

[Catfight]

2. BAHAAAAAW...they had the best reality show for FOX already...

The Simpsons is as real as FOX will ever get.

[GOPisEvil]

3. Yet another network to avoid!

:bounce:

[amber dog democrat]

4. Further dumbing down - would be redundant, wouldn't it?

We are already living in the land of the Lowest Common Denominator -



Another reason my video viewing device stays off, dark and cold.

gathering dust,

I love it when cable sales reps are not able to grasp that for me, no TV is a good thing. The skelly goblin in my closet is a degree from the Univ ot Texas in Radio Television Film.

[eleonora]

5. I don't watch TV anymore

exactly for that same reason: idiotic programming.

[amber dog democrat]

9. I still rent movies

and watch the Simpsons... but after that, how enjoyable is it getting hosed down by garbage and lies?

I read instead -

[Mike Daniels]

7. It's not just FOX

All of the networks have shows the insult the intelligence and every single one of them has at least one reality show that is totally debasing in nature.

I refuse to hold FOX solely responsible for the decline of the cultural outlook of the USA.

[KamaAina]

10. I'm still waiting for "Trista and Ryan's Divorce"

in which the network (ABC, in this instance) pays Raoul Felder or the equivalent to help Trista take Ryan to the cleaners (did they have a dog? They could get a whole episode out of the "dog fight").

[sus]

11. anybody catch Andy Dick's new reality show on Mtv?

it's called "The Assistant" and it's hilarious.

[LynneSin]

12. Yeah I saw it

It looks like a keeper!

[sus]

13. i saw my neighbor cutting her lawn with scissors this morning

so i think you're right! it's clearly having a great impact on society.

[NightTrain]

14. "Fox" and "Reality" should never appear in the same sentence.

When I moved recently, I stuck my TV set in a box and put it in the basement. And I plan to leave it there!

[sus]

15. that reminds me...

we really need a "words that should never appear in the same sentence" thread.