I have to admit that I spend little time in front of theTV.
Still, as everybody else I already saw a reality shows, and I am definetly not fond of.
Actually, I don't see the appeal of watching normal people at the tv whereas there are a lot around us in real life.
According to me, people enjoy reality shows because contestants give them the feeling to be superior : they mock at stupidity's contestants.
Regarding episodics tv shows, the ones where we follow a contestant only for one hour in his or her shooping day/ house/ kitchen, I think they're made to satisfay the telespectator's curiosity.
If these reasons are disappointfull, according to me the worst case is teenagers.
Indeed, teenagers are looking for theirself through these exaggerated personnalities, and I think reality shows make them dream of perfect love stories, perfect bodies, that they probably would not have beacause over there, everything is planned or fake.
Still, people think that reality shows will tell them a story, but more real than movies or books' stories, this is what is exaspering me.
Otherwise, a lot of reality shows defend values that I don't share : if a constestant wants to win, he has to do evrything he could to reach this goal, to the detriment of others.
Moreover, this kind of tv might be destructive for people who participate.
Indeed, between 1997 and 2012, eighteen old contestants commited a suicide.
We cant reproch them : they live for many months a fake reality, beeing watched all the time and the day after, they return to a normal life.
According to me, the fame is not worth there.
To conclud, I would say that even if reality shows are entertaining, they are definetly not great tv.