Reality shows........I'm sick of them for the most part

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I don't watch a lot of TV anyway, but have seen a few of the so called 'reality shows' (no, not the 'Keeping up with the
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and most are anything but reality.
Some are pretty good. American Pickers I enjoy, Forged in Fire is not terrible, Pawn Stars still has some good ones, Storage Wars is interesting most of the time, and some of the cooking 'contests' are interesting. I like Beat Bobby Flay, because he actually loses sometimes. Deadly Catch and Wicked Tuna Outer Banks are fairly good.
The history recreation shows are simply boring and too often, too far fetched if anyone has even read 5th grade history..


Life Below Zero is not terrible, and with maybe the exception of The Last Alaskans, the survivor shows are junk, which brings me to one of the dumbest shows (and families) on television...the Browns. Alaskan (millionaire) Bush :rolleyes:People. The should have called it the Alaskan Bull&$#!*& People. Second only (but barely) to some nut called Joe Ray from a show called The Boonies. Lives in a cave somewhere near a place called Calico Rock Arkansas. He should move to Alaska (or Colorado or Washington) wherever that dysfunctional group called the Browns now live. And what kind of accent is that the Brown kids are all supposed to have?

I've seen several of those Alaskan shows and one thing stands out in my mind. I know some people that have lived in Alaska. Seen pictures and videos of their homes. Look like regular homes and yards to me, but is there some law that says to be on TV from Alaska, that your yard has to be overgrown with chest high weeds all over the place and everything made from junk (and looks like it) ?
Even on Alaskan State Troopers, the homes they go to look like Joe Poop the Ragman lived there.
Is it against the law in Alaska to own a machete or (Gawd forbid) a weedeater?
 

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TV watching for me is usually after 8:30pm to bedtime and on the weekends. I like some of the reality shows (not the "Keeping up with whatever" or those "real housewives").
I like American Pickers and Forged in Fire. Most of the cooking shows I like. I have seen Life Below Zero and also Mountain Man and like them but never seem to be able to find the shows when I have time to watch. You're right Alaskan Bush People are stupid.

IMO, the next time they pick a location for "Survivor" it should be somewhere really out in the wilderness and during winter time. Not somewhere by the ocean and camp near the beach, that just seems like a vacation to me. :hu
 

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Pretty much the TV stays off unless DH is home and I am ok with that. He is retiring in two weeks...heaven help me. He flips through channels on the tv like wind whipping a flag and seldom watches anything to conclusion. That being said I have seen bits and pieces of most of those "Alaska" shows and the others. In my humble opinion they could all be cancelled. Storage Wars and Pawn Stars are staged, but entertaining. American Pickers is ok, fun to see what people collect but I don't seek it out to watch. If the TV is on at all in the evening when I am home alone it is usually HGTV.
 

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He flips through channels on the tv like wind whipping a flag and seldom watches anything to conclusion.
Easily bored no doubt.

One of the problems today is the number, length and frequency of commercials. I detest them and can't wait until TVs get advanced enough to be able to download ad blockers for them.
 

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I like Ancient Aliens and Naked and Afraid. Naked and Afraid is a little out there. Even in the worst SHTF situation, you could find clothes in a empty home (looting) or take some off a dead body. LOL These people strip naked and go out in the wilderness and starve for 21 days. And they call that surviving.

Ancient Aliens is much better and makes me go hmmm... Ancient man did not have the technology to build the pyramids or many of the other structures. Makes you wonder if aliens really did help things out.
 

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I don't watch any of those reality shows. Survival is silly - like there are going to be real life-threatening things happening when you know there is a full film crew, catering service and medical team right there! I like Antiques Roadshow and HGTV. DH and I have been known to binge watch Forensic Files. In the end it is usually the husband, wife, significant other but the science is interesting. Last Sunday on our second day of FF DH and I kept telling each other "if you or I kill each other these are the mistakes not to make!" LOL
 

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I like Ancient Aliens and Naked and Afraid. Naked and Afraid is a little out there. Even in the worst SHTF situation, you could find clothes in a empty home (looting) or take some off a dead body. LOL These people strip naked and go out in the wilderness and starve for 21 days. And they call that surviving.

Ancient Aliens is much better and makes me go hmmm... Ancient man did not have the technology to build the pyramids or many of the other structures. Makes you wonder if aliens really did help things out.

N&A is not at all what it is purported to be. Modern conveniences such as OTC pain relief, personal hygiene supplies and other things are given to the contestants by the program on an almost daily basis.

AA?
The only thing I've ever seen on the show that is even one bit mysterious is Giorgio Tsoukalos' hair.


The rest...extreme speculation...... at best.
 

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