Lists of television programs

U.S. citizens consider themselves “working class” or middle class, a larger emphasis of media influences including: TV series, social networking sites, tabloids, etc. depict a more intriguing life for people who fall in higher social realms. One television…

fiction in television has taken the world by storm. Everyday there is something that relates to the gothic side of society. Television shows have such a great impact on society that anywhere a person looks, there is always someone talking about things that happen on television that they almost cannot avoid hearing about it. Any television show is going to have an impact on people in general, but some have a greater affect than others. Eric Kripke, the master mind behind the hit television show…

After 33 seasons, we have seen the Television Series Survivor become the Grandfather of reality television in the United States. We have also seen Survivor struggle against other line ups and move days in order to not lose viewers. The show has long been hailed as the topic of conversation around water coolers, but it may be time they faced their own elimination. The year 2000 brought a new era of reality tv to the forefront. The concept of 16 castaways being stranded on a deserted island,…

Television programs today are not what they were twenty to thirty years ago. Evening television several years ago used to promote good clean family entertainment, with at times references to typical family issues, teenage troubles, and bringing to lite current society concerns. However, with the change in the times family television airtime has taken a turn in a different direction and has promoted a change in society by the overabundance of loathsome reality television. Reality television…

Blue’s Clues, Dora the Explorer, and Sesame Street are television shows I grew up watching. My mother sat me in front of the TV when I was just a baby. Did I know what I was watching? No, but I knew that I saw colors and became intrigued. I obviously didn’t know what I was looking at but the television was a distraction if my mother was cooking or cleaning. My mother was not aware exposing me to the TV could have negative effects. Today, no one sees the TV as an immoral object. It is rare…

Reality television, as the name suggests, offers viewers a multitude of programs ranging from wilderness survival to a multitude of attractive woman vying for the attention and marriage of a singular man to the everyday lives of a family. These shows aim to provide entertainment to audiences, giving them insider access to the apparently unscripted events and relationships of the contestants. While filmed and edited to appear as if everything occurred naturally, without directing and prompting,…

audiences are affected by certain media texts, specifically reality TV. “A companion to Reality Television”, edited by Laurie Ouellette, analyzes many topics under the umbrella of television, but a few of its chapters cover topics that relate to my study specifically, one in particular is called “Realism and Reality”. This book’s over arching theme is the complex relationship between reality television and actual reality, or “realism”, and more specifically how they shape the audience’s idea’s…

Jersey Shore is an American reality television series which originally run on MTV from December 3, 2009 until December 20, 2012 in the United States. The show follows the lives of eight housemates spending their summer at Jersey Shore, New Jersey. The morality of this show can be questioned since members usually behave like reckless teenagers. Certainly there is not underage drinking, but we have to question ourselves why is this behavior shown on air as normal and acceptable. Moreover,…

In a popular TV show “Bones”, lead character Dr. Brennan Bones, socially awkward, but brilliant anthropologist, believes that reality television show “Jersey Shore” is actually a documentary about a tribe called “Guidos”. Although she is mistaken about the genre of that show, her assumptions about their language and customs is not far off. Using the same observation methods, future anthropologists might conclude that the basic human need for entertainment hasn’t changed since gladiator games in…

TV, idol shows, and singing or dancing competitions that can be scrolled from any network. Viewers are fascinated by such programs that give a chance to ordinary people at making it to the big screen and to become a celebrity. Author of various books and writer of “A Nation of Idol-Worshippers”, Terry Golway analyzes the growing popularity of pop culture resulting from television shows like American Idol. He states his viewpoint on how the issue has reached a growing seriousness in children and…